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Concert Wed Oct 31 2007
The Hideout Becomes a Hot Club de Paris
This Friday, Liverpool rockers Hot Club de Paris add a European touch to Hideout. Minimalistic in instrumentation, the trio nonetheless dish out enough melodic hooks to keep you staring at their MySpace page much longer than necessary. Listing influences as diverse as Cap'N Jazz, Black Flag, Don Caballero, and The Police, Hot Club de Paris sound like they're a very young Bloc Party (but maybe vocalist Matthew Smith just sounds like Kele Okereke?), with a member who keeps insisting that the band cover Love of Diagrams--while listening to enough Tokyo Police Club to have TPC's stuttered bass lines subconsciously rub off in tracks like "Your Face Looks All Wrong." The band -- who's members met while working part-time at a racetrack -- released their debut album Drop It 'Til It Pops on Moshi Moshi last year, with 2 more singles out this summer. Catchy, innovative, and from across the pond (so who knows when they'll be over again?), definitely try to get out to this show.
Hot Club de Paris @ The Hideout, 11/2, 8PM, 21+, $8 (also playing Head of Skulls)