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Nonchalantly clothed in a bland-colored buttondown and saggy khakis, Alexis Taylor looked more like a necktie-shedding Catholic school boy at final bell than the unflappable frontman of the best live act I've seen in this year.
As far as appearances go, Hot Chip is unmemorable. You see guys who look like them every day browsing the canned soup section in Shop-Rite. Buy they rip. Taylor's delicate, nearly feminine tenor and Joe Goddard's weighty growl bookended that buzzing, between-the-lines tempo the rest of the band is so adept at distilling, bottling and pouring. Touring drummer Leo Taylor lent a hard-copy tangibility to the more synthetic discotheque meanderings of Made in the Dark.
Using the word "sincere" to describe a band seems trite. But Hot Chip was endlessly friendly and gracious to the pulsing crowd, namedropping local boy Dave P and showering the faithful in marshmallow-colored balloons to temper the twitching. (Check out the comments on our video of the Sinead O'Connor shoutout closer to get an idea of just how excited/overexcited we were.) The cheeky singalong "Wrestlers" and an exquisite rendition of "My Piano" off their DJ Kicks mix compilation saw the Chippies at their earnest, entrancing best.
Set list after the jump.
(Pretty sure this is right on, but please let me know if there any oversights or omissions. Asterisks note as-yet-unreleased songs.)
One Pure Thought
Bendable Poseable
Shake a Fist
Hold On
Over and Over
Alley Cats*
Out at the Pictures
Wrestlers
Playboy
Ready for the Floor
Thieves in the Night* (?)
My Piano
No Fit State
Nothing Compares 2 U / In the Privacy of Our Love
- Activism
- Arts
- — Arts Events
- — Books
- — Dance
- — First Person Fest
- — Last Chance
- — Museum
- — On the Fringe
- — Philly Artists
- — The Curator
- — Theater
- — Visual Art
- — Arts News
- — Artist Profile
- — Arts Preview
- — Street Art
- Been There, Done That
- Big Ups
- Comedy
- — LOL With It
- — Stand-up
- Critical Mass
- DVD
- Events
- Friday Fill-in
- Ice Cubes
- In Memoriam
- Interview
- Just Do It
- Just Opened
- Kaleidoscopic
- LGBTQ
- — Art Phag
- Mailbag
- Movies
- — Film Fest
- — Movie Review
- — On set
- — Scenester
- — screening
- — trailer!
- Music
- — 10 Track Mind
- — Album
- — Album Review
- — Concert Review
- — DJs
- — Local Support
- — Now Hear This
- — One Track Mind
- — Philly Bands
- — Show
- — Somebody Else Was There
- — Song
- — The Showdown
- — concert photos
- — jazz
- — DJ Nights Blogged
- Night Watch
- Now See This
- Poetic License
- Printed Matter
- Radio
- Shopping
- — Coveted
- — Fashion
- — What We Heart
- TV
- — 24
- — Idol Hands
- — Mad Men
- — ProjRun
- — True Blood
- — Useless Lost Recaps
- — Couch Potato
- — Shore Trash
- — Turned ONN
- — TopMod
- Video Games
- — Free Online Game
- — PSP
- — PlayStation 2
- — The 1-Upper
- — Wii
- Web Junk
- — CAGE MATCH
- — Free Online Toy
- Weekend Omnibus
- Win
- May
- April
- March
- February
- January
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
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- December 2007
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