PHOTOS: Hot Chip Tour 2010 @ Fox Theater CA
- Author: Faith-Ann Young
- Posted on: Friday April 23, 2010 at 4:00 PM
- Filed under: music, exclusive, photos, hot chip, hot chip tour 2010, european festivals, fox theater oakland renovation
The UK-based electro-boppers Hot Chip dropped down last Friday, April 16th in Oakland, CA, to promote their brand-new album, One Life Stand, to a sold-out crowd of exhuberant hipsters, snuggling couples, coy females anchoring the front row, and mohawked men - all of whom were ready to make the floor shake.
Oakland's The Fox Theater is a ferocious new music hot spot for live music in the Bay Area. Since 1966, the glamorous yet dilapidated theater had shuttered its doors until this Feb, when after a $75 mm renovation, the Fox reopened with a foxy new sound system, painstakingly-restored ornamentation (the type that reminds you of the golden age of cinema when men and women wore their best, shiny and sleek formal dress to a night at the Theater) and a drowl-worthy summer line-up that includes: The National, She & Him, Nas and Damien Marley, and Goldfrapp. SFers out there, take mental note now!
Presumed text: "I waited for 4 hours but it was worth it to be front row. Even though I really need to go to the bathroom. Man. I really need to go to the bathroom," texted while biting lip.
Al Doyle stumming
Giddy crowd
Alexis Taylor in front. Joe Goddard on keyboard.
Lead singer Alexis Taylor waxes introspective...
Heavenly transcendent moment...
The best news? Hot Chip is continuing touring on the East Coast before heading on an extensive European tour (Hot Chip, if you are listening, we will hide in your suitcases, clean your gear, and give back massages all tour - if you take us on tour with you this summer. The tour list looks.....delightfully hedonistic. [*sigh])
Oh and in case you missed one of the weirdest videos of all time put out by Hot Chip last week....feast your eyes on this:
I Feel Better
Hot Chip | MySpace Music Videos
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