Reader review: Hot Chip at Variety Playhouse
October 10th, 2008 by Web Editor in Music newsSubmitted by Terry Sartor
Thurs., Oct. 9
As the lead single from their latest full-length release goes, “Ready for the Floor” — that is exactly what the throngs of people at Hot Chip’s Variety Playhouse show were on Thursday night October 9.
A very up-for-it crowd soaked up the band’s idiosyncratic knack for playing a wide-ranging sound that fearlessly ventured everywhere from electro-pop-infused indie rock to killer soulful R&B slow jams. As they effortlessly worked the crowd up with rowdy club bangers like “Over and Over” and “Shake a Fist,” they just as effortlessly wound them down with their more downtempo numbers — like the poignant “Made in the Dark.”
And even with all of their extremely quirky yet adorable musical inconsistencies, a common thread — as witnessed with their funk-inspired rock sounds — was their overt adoration of his royal badness: Prince. Plus, as if name-dropping the purple one’s protégé girl supergroup Vanity 6 was not enough to put them completely over the top with their homage, they closed out the show with a heart-warming and epic medley that started off with the classic “Nothing Compares 2 U,” which smoothly transitioned over to their quiet storm anthem “In the Privacy of Our Love.”
Hot show indeed.
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