Dollars To Pounds: Chips On The Side
- story THE FADER
The mighty Hot Chip headlined two nights at Brixton Academy last week, including a Friday late show. It was possibly the best I’ve ever seen them play: they always seem to come across better in front of a club or festival crowd, segueing tunes into each other for maximum aural strobe effect, and this time they had a live drummer for added traction ‘cross the Academy’s slippery floors. Joe wore a black suit and Al a dazzling white one, flanking Alexis who came on engulfed by a giant harlequin gown and matching paper crown before stripping down to white dungarees.
There were two new songs, one called “Alley Cat,” which sounded like a continuation of the twilight soul mood of ‘Made In The Dark’’s closing numbers. Then again, the new Chip album could easily go in the opposite direction, as signalled by a throbbing trance version of “Boy From School.”
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posted on Nov 12, 2008 in DOLLARS TO POUNDS tags electronic/dance, Hot Chip, Jesse Rose, Little Boots
