N: Last night Toronto was invaded by the Brits.  Tris­tan and myself were there to soak up all its ear­gas­mic glory.  Let me tell you, what a great night it was!  We like to say we got two qual­ity con­certs for the price of one.  The xx was so smooth sound­ing, I was left mes­mer­ized.  It really fit as last night was the evening of 4/20, the place reeked of mar­i­juana, I’m sure all those ston­ers were blown away and trans­ferred to some new mag­i­cal musi­cal envi­ron­ment hah.  After a short break Hot Chip came on and in good tim­ing.  They opened with “Hand Me Down Your Love,” and left us super pumped for the rest of the show.  I think the most pow­er­ful song was “Over & Over,” Tris­tan joked about how he almost had to leave because it was mega-intense, when that cho­rus kicked in the crowd went crazy and I think my ears almost exploded because it was so loud.  I lit­er­ally felt the music shake my body, and that’s what I like to expe­ri­ence when I see such an act.  They are such a cooky band, and I love it.  They joked about all night long, and the front­man Alexis Tay­lor was sport­ing a Wham! t-shirt, which I thought summed up the band’s sense of humour.

I’ve uploaded some of both bands’ tunes incase some of you aren’t famil­iar.  “Intro” is an instru­men­tal but really sets you up for the “xx sound,” and it was fit­tingly the song that the trio opened up with.  “Shel­ter” is my favourite xx tune, and it blew me away last night when they played it.  The Hot Chip songs below are pure clas­sics: “Over & Over” is a must in your music library, and “Ready For The Floor” is my favourite tune of theirs.  They closed the show with that song in their encore, and it made the evening that much bet­ter for.  I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face when they played it, and the live twist that they put on it is pretty awe­some.  Last is from their new album, “One Life Stand.”  If you haven’t got­ten a hold of it yet, you must, I think it’s Hot Chip’s best work to date.

Our next con­cert is the amaz­ing Brazil­ian duo, The Twelves and all us Unkitsch boys are going to it.  So be sure to check back for some sort of report.  Till then, enjoy the sounds of The xx and Hot Chip!

T: My thoughts… hmm.. this was the loud­est fuck­ing con­cert I’ve been to in my life. It was so loud that at one point I asked Nick whether he was breath­ing through his mouth because my nos­trils were hum­ming and it was really strange feel­ing. It was so loud that you couldn’t think — only kind of groove with the crowd.. the hour and half set seemed to just pass us by and before we knew it they were fin­ish­ing up with an amaz­ing encore of “Ready for the Floor”. What stole the show was the per­for­mance of “Over and Over”. It was to put it bluntly: ear­gas­mic. The video doesn’t really do it jus­tice– but hope­fully you get the point.

Down­loads:

1. Intro — The xx
2. Shel­ter — The xx
3. Over & Over — Hot Chip
4. Ready For The Floor — Hot Chip
5. Hand Me Down Your Love — Hot Chip

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