Hot Chip previewed new material at their sold-out CMJ show last night (November 2) at Webster Hall in New York City.
The band enjoyed one of the biggest crowds of CMJ so far, and received a rapturous reception when they took to the stage around 9.15pm.
Opening with ‘Keep Fallin’’, half of the set came from current album ‘The Warning’, with the other half comprised of tracks from their 2004 debut ‘Coming On Strong’ and some as yet unreleased material, including the ‘Shake A Fist’ and the brand new ‘Graceland’.
The full set went like this:
‘Keep Fallin’’
‘Shake A Fist’
‘Hold On’
‘Boy From School’
‘Graceland’
‘(Just) Like We Breakdown’
‘Colours/Laws of Salvation’
‘Out at the Pictures’
‘Beach Party’
‘No Fit State’
‘Careful’
‘Over And Over’
The CMJ show was the second gig on the band’s North American tour, which started on November 1 in Baltimore.
The remaining dates are:
Boston Paradise Club (November 4)
Montreal La Sala Rossa (5)
Toronto The Mod Club (6)
Cleveland Grog Shop (7)
Columbus Wexner Centre (8)
Chicago Metro (10)
Minneapolis First Avenue (11)
Seattle Neumos (14)
Portland Doug Fir Lounge (15)
San Francisco Mezzanine (17)
Los Angeles Henry Fonda Theatre (18)
San Diego Casbah (19)
–By our New York staff.