Hot Chip add live drummer to North American tour dates + watch video

Hot Chip

Hot Chip have spent much of the last 12 months compounding their status as one of the hardest working bands around. Apart from numerous musical side projects, remixing duties and running a record label, they have had sold-out tours in the UK, Europe and the US.

Watch "Ready For The Floor" video:

Now the band are set to return to the US for a second tour this Fall. Vampire Weekend, Growing, Drums Of Death, IO Echo are also on the bills (tour information below). The dates include two shows each at the Wiltern in L.A., the Metro in Chicago, and Terminal 5 in NYC.

In addition to the music making partnership of Alexis Taylor, Joe Goddard, Owen Clarke, Al Doyle and Felix Martin, the band will be adding a live drummer on these dates.

The drummer, Leo Taylor has played with the bands Zongamin and Gramme and is sure to add another dimension to their already pulsating, propulsive, and unequivocally fun live shows.

If the band aren't playing in your area, you can enjoy a slice of their live experience from their new EP entitled iTunes Live: Berlin Festival. Recorded at Radialsystem V in Berlin on May 8, the 6 track EP features: "Over and Over", "Out At The Pictures", "One Pure Thought", "Don't Dance", "No Fit State", and "Ready for the Floor". It is available now exclusively on iTunes.

This is the second tour this year in support of their massively acclaimed album 'Made in the Dark' released earlier this year. 'Made In The Dark' was informed by two years of touring, so the album was designed to be performed live.

See what the press has to say about them:

"A non-stop pressure cooker of a performance." - Boston Herald

"Thank fu** for Hot Chip. In a world where pretentious indie rock and boring electro reign supreme, its inspiring to see a group so innovative, so eclectic, so weird, not only exist but also be extremely popular (as a packed floor at Terminal 5 confirmed by going buckwild at every single opportunity)." - 'Sup magazine

Hot Chip September/October 2008 North American tour dates:

Dates could be added or changed! Go to Hot Chip's Official Website for the latest tour dates and information.

9/19 San Diego, CA - Street Scene
9/20 San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Fest
9/21 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern - w/ IO Echo
9/22 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern - w/ Drums of Death
9/23 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theater - w/ Vampire Weekend & Drums of Death
9/25 Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom - w/ Drums of Death
9/26 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
9/28 Chicago, IL - Metro - w/ Growing
9/29 Chicago, IL - Metro - w/ Growing
9/30 Toronto, ON - Koolhaus - w/ Growing
10/1 Montreal, QC - Metropolis - w/ Growing
10/3 New York, NY - Terminal 5 - w/ Growing
10/4 New York, NY - Terminal 5 - w/ Growing
10/5 Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero - w/ Growing
10/7 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live - w/ Growing
10/8 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club - w/ Growing
10/9 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse - w/ Growing

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One Response to Hot Chip add live drummer to North American tour dates + watch video

  1. Beat says:

    Caught hot chip at the Wiltern with io echo. Was amazed by how good hot chip were. Really solid folk, great show, wonderfulness all around. Oh, and the opener, io echo? one word: AMAZING. Now I am infected in the best way possible, I have a feeling I was not the only one. YES HOT CHIP YES!!!!!!!

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