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News

Oct 02, 2023

Canadian electro-funk duo Chromeo have announced a new album, Adult Contemporary, and shared a new song from it, “Personal Effects,” via a music video. More

Jun 30, 2023

Canadian electro-funk duo Chromeo let loose in their new song, “(I Don’t Need a) New Girl,” which was produced by Morgan Geist. More

Chromeo Share New Single “Real Breezy”

Released as Part of Adult Swim’s Singles Program

Dec 06, 2021

Canadian electro funk duo Chromeo have shared a new single, “Real Breezy.” It is the latest single to be released as a part of Adult Swim’s Singles Program. More

Dirty Projectors Share Chromeo Remix of “Lose Your Love”

5EPs Album Due Out November 20 via Domino

Oct 15, 2020

Dirty Projectors previously announced their intentions to release five EPs this year and on November 20 the band are releasing a 20-song anthology that collects all the EPs, the fittingly titled 5EPs, via Domino. Now they have shared a funky remix of “Lose Your Love,” a song from June’s Flight Tower EP, by Canadian electro funk duo Chromeo. More

Chromeo Surprise Release New Quarantine-Themed EP Recorded Under Lockdown

Proceeds fromQuarantine Casanova EP to Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp COVID-19 Relief Fund

Jun 12, 2020

Canadian electro funk duo Chromeo have surprise released a new EP, Quarantine Casanova, which was written and recorded while under lockdown from the pandemic. It features five new songs about the quarantine and COVID-19. More

Watch Chromeo Perform a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR Music

Head Over Heels Out Now via Big Beat/Atlantic

Oct 19, 2018

Canadian electro funk duo Chromeo released a new album, Head Over Heels, back in June via Big Beat/Atlantic. Now the band have stopped by NPR’s offices to perform four songs as a Tiny Desk Concert. More

Jun 15, 2018

After last year’s excellent EP The French Press, young Melbournians Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have amassed quite the deal of hype. And justifiably so, the title track in particular went down as of the best tracks of 2017, excelling a considerable amount of excitement towards their first full length, when it comes. More

Chromeo Share New Song “Bad Business”

Head Over Heels Due Out June 15 via Big Beat/Atlantic

May 08, 2018

Canadian electro funk duo Chromeo are releasing a new album, Head Over Heels, on June 15 via Big Beat/Atlantic. Now they have shared another song from it, “Bad Business.” Listen below. (And tonight they will be performing previous single “Must’ve Been” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.) More

Apr 06, 2018

Canadian electro funk duo Chromeo has shared a video for another new song from the album, “Must’ve Been,” which features DRAM. More

Outside Lands 2018 Lineup: Florence + The Machine, Janet Jackson, CHVRCHES, Beck, Bon Iver, and More

Plus The Weeknd, Huey Lewis and the News, Father John Misty, Broken Social Scene, Jamie xx, Mac DeMarco, Jessie Ware, Perfume Genius, Lucy Dacus, James Blake, and More

Apr 03, 2018

Outside Lands have announced their 2018 lineup. The festival goes down August 10 - 12 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The headliners are Florence + The Machine, Janet Jackson, and The Weeknd. More

Jan 29, 2018

Last fall Canadian electro funk duo Chromeo announced a new album, Head Over Heels, via a funny one-minute teaser video that featured part of a new song, “Juice.” Then “Juice” was shared in full via a funny video featuring the duo wearing short black skirts and red high heels. The release date for Head Over Heels, the band’s fifth album, has yet to be announced, but now they’ve shared another song from it, “Bedroom Calling,” which features The-Dream. More

Coachella 2018 Announces Lineup Featuring Beyoncé, The War on Drugs, St. Vincent, and More

Plus The Weeknd, Eminem, Fleet Foxes, alt-J, Perfume Genius, Moses Sumney, Angel Olsen, First Aid Kit, Japanese Breakfast, and Others

Jan 03, 2018

Coachella has announced the lineup for their 2018 festival, which goes down in Indio, California over two weekends in April (with the same bill each weekend). Friday April 13 and 20 is headlined by The Weeknd, Saturday April 14 and 21 is headlined by Beyoncé, and Sunday April 15 and 22 is headlined by Eminem. More

7 Best Songs of the Week: Marlon Williams, Chromeo, Morrissey, Superchunk, and More

Plus Elbow, Widowspeak, Mavis Staples, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Nov 10, 2017

We haven’t done a Songs of the Week post for a few weeks, due to various factors, but now we’re back. This week we’ve got the first singles from the upcoming new albums by Marlon Williams, Chromeo, and Superchunk, as well as two covers (Widowspeak covering Neil Young and Elbow taking on The Beatles). More

Nov 07, 2017

Canadian electro funk duo Chromeo recently announced a new album, Head Over Heels, via a funny one-minute teaser video that featured part of a new song. Now that full song and video have been revealed. More

Nov 02, 2017

Canadian electro funk duo Chromeo have announced a new album via a funny one-minute teaser video that features part of a new song. The album, which will be their fifth, is entitled Head Over Heels. The video, which features the duo and has an amusing ending, simply says the album is “Coming Soon.” More

Charli XCX Shares “Boys” Video with Mac DeMarco, Vampire Weekend, Mark Ronson, and More

Video for New Song Also Includes Diplo, Chromeo, Rostam, Jack Antonoff, and Many Other Boys

Jul 26, 2017

Charli XCX has shared a brand new song, “Boys,” via a video she self-directed (with Sarah McColgan). In keeping with the song’s title, the video features a bunch of well-known “boys.” More

Jun 02, 2015

On Saturday, May 30, Chromeo performed at The Santa Barbara Bowl. More

Sep 30, 2014

Dance duo Chromeo have premiered a brand new music video for “Old 45’s,” the latest single off their LP, White Women. More

Jul 03, 2014

To unveil their new music streaming service, Milk Music, Samsung enlisted the help of Charli XCX, Iggy Azaela, Chromeo, Childish Gambino, and Little Dragon in a new ad. More

Jun 30, 2014

Feeling that the pre-flight safety speeches of today’s airlines were starting to get a little stale, dance duo Chromeo have apparently joined forces with the folks of Funny or Die to deliver a brand new instructional video to ensure passengers have the funkiest flying experience possible. More

May 06, 2014

Next week electro/funk duo P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) and Dave 1 (David Macklovitch), a.k.a. Chromeo, will release their brand new album White Women. More

Apr 18, 2014

Next month dance duo Chromeo will release their newest LP White Women. More

Feb 17, 2014

After sharing their included tracks “Sexy Socialite” and “Come Alive,” dance/funk duo Chromeo have officially announced that their upcoming album White Women will see release on May 12. More

Jan 31, 2014

This year electro/funk duo Chromeo will release their brand new album White Women. More

Listen: Chromeo Featuring Toro y Moi - “Come Alive”

Chromeo’s White Women Due Out This Year

Jan 06, 2014

Chromeo’s forthcoming album (due out early this year) features Solange, Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koeng, and Toro Y Moi. More

Watch: Chromeo on “Fallon”

Perform "Sexy Socialite"

Oct 30, 2013

Last night electro/funk duo Chromeo visited the set of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon where members P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) and Dave 1 (David Macklovitch) performed their new song “Sexy Socialite.” More

Listen: Chromeo - “Sexy Socialite”

New Album White Women Coming Soon

Oct 23, 2013

Last month electro/funk duo Chromeo announced the upcoming release of White Women, the follow-up to the band’s 2010 album Business Casual. More

Sep 20, 2011

Check out photos from Day Two of ACL Music Festival 2011 in Austin, TX including Stevie Wonder, Alexander, Chromeo, Cut Copy, Iron and Wine, My Morning Jacket, Telekinesis, Twin Shadow, and more. More

Treasure Island Festival 2011 Lineup Announced – Death Cab for Cutie, St. Vincent, and more

Performers Also Include Cut Copy, Beach House, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Friendly Fires, Empire of the Sun, Battles, and others

Jul 26, 2011

Today, Treasure Island Music Festival announced their 2011 lineup. More

Chromeo is a “Hot Mess” In New Video

Police Work is a Messy Business

Nov 12, 2010

The latest cut from their debut album Business Casual, “Hot Mess” is Chromeo’s attempt to delve into the messy world of policing—with a big retro-shirtless-twist. We have the video. More

Virgin Mobile Fest Announces Line-up

Free Festival September 25th

Jul 20, 2010

Indie shmindie. Sometimes it’s hard to argue with cooperate sponsorship. Today, Virgin Mobile announced its free festival (September 25th at Merriweather Post Pavilion) and it is a dozy. The daylong genre-hopping festival will play host to buzz bands such as Sleigh Bells and Neon Indian, scene stalwarts LCD Soundsystem and M.I.A. and legends such as Pavement and Joan Jett. We have the full lineup. More



Interviews

2014 Artist Survey: Chromeo

David Macklovitch on the Question He's Tired of Answering, Racism in America, Uplifting Fan Interactions, and the One Who Got Away

Feb 09, 2015

For Under the Radar’s 12th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2014. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2014 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. More


Reviews

Apr 20, 2011

Day three of Coachella 2011 was already the weakest day in terms of the lineup, so this year’s festival ended with more of a whimper. There were highlights, including some ’80s New Wave legends, and some dancing Danes. And then there was Kanye West. More