Greetings Chemical brothers & sisters,



A happy new year to you all from Chemicals' HQ!





The band are gearing up for numerous live dates in the coming year across the planet, but Tom took a moment to offer a list of some of his favorite stuff from 2010, the year that was:



TOM ROWLANDS



In no particular order...



emeralds - "does it look like im here"

tame impala - "lucidity"

kanye west - "my beautiful..."

cassius - "i love you so"

i break horses - "hearts"

gladys knight - "its a better than good time" (unreleased walter gibbons acetate mix) on strut compilation "jungle music"



tv show -"the trip"



sound generators : old - a steiner parker synthacon and new - a korg ims20 for ipad.





And speaking of live dates, here's a reminder of the dates the band have confirmed for 2011 so far:



Thursday, January 13

The Chemical Brothers live @ Rockhall. Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourgg



Friday, January 14

The Chemical Brothers live @Zenith de Paris, France





Wednesday, March 2

The Chemical Brothers live @ Vector Arena, Auckland, NZ



Friday, March 4

The Chemical Brothers live @ Brisbane Sideshow, Australia



Saturday, March 5

The Chemical Brothers live @ The Turf Club, Brisbane, Australia



Sunday, March 6

The Chemical Brothers live @ Ascot Racecource, Perth, Australia



Wednesday, March 9

The Chemical Brothers live @ Melbourne Sideshow, Australia



Thursday, March 10

The Chemical Brothers live @ Sydney Sideshow, Australia



Saturday, March 12

The Chemical Brothers live @ Randwick Racecource, Sydney, Australia



Sunday, March 13

The Chemical Brothers live @ Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia



Monday, March 14

The Chemical Brothers live @ Rundle Park, Adelaide, Australia



Sunday, March 27

The Chemical Brothers live @ Ultra Music Festival, Miami, FL





Saturday, June 4

The Chemical Brothers live @ Flippaut Dance Reload, Milan, Italy



Saturday, June 11

The Chemical Brothers live @ Rock Ness, Scotland



Saturday, June 18

The Chemical Brothers live @ Hurricane Festival, Germany



Sunday, June 19

The Chemical Brothers live @ Southside Festival, Germany



Thursday, June 30

The Chemical Brothers live at Rock Werchter 2011



Friday, July 8

The Chemical Brothers live @ The Optimus Alive Festival, Lisbon, Portugal



More dates to come very soon...





Lastly, check out the trailer for the new film from Joe Wright, "Hanna," featuring a new score from The Chemical Brothers:





http://www.youtube.c...r_embedded#!



Release Date: April 8th, 2011





That's all for now. 'Till next time - remember to fall in love.





E

Chemicals HQ