Hot Chip - "What's In My Bag": Shopping at Amoeba Records, San Francisco

London electro-pop band Hot Chip just finished a well-received US tour. The band was out on the West Coast last month and here is how SF Weekly described the band's show at The Warfield: "Hot Chip bring[s] it live. This weekend was awash in stage adaptations of electro-pop acts, and this one was at least as compelling as Miike Snow's, without the creepy face masks. (HC singer Alexis Taylor was wearing a sequined-elephant-festooned baseball cap that my stepmother also owns, but that was an entirely different, altogether more non-threatening kind of creepy.) At six strong -- only one more than their current operational lineup, mind you -- they breathed more life into their songs than I've ever found on record: something about the distribution of sounds, maybe, or the refreshingly schlubby keyboardist-cum-cowbell guy, or the non-stop dancing other-keyboardist, or the drummer. The drummer! God bless the touring drummers of electronic-based bands, you know? Their rhythmic precision, their interminable fours-on-the-floor, their tireless muscle memory." (link to full review)

Here is a video of Hot Chip stopping in at Amoeba Records in San Francisco for some record shopping while they were in town along with an audience video from the show at The Warfield.





Links:
Hot Chip
Amoeba Records

Dan Auerbach - "What's In My Bag": Shopping at Amoeba Records, San Francisco

While The Black Keys played APW this past weekend and have a couple more shows scheduled this year, Dan Auerbach is primarily spending the remainder of the year touring with his new project Dan Auerbach & the Fast Five.

Here is a video of Dan stopping in at Amoeba Records in San Francisco for some record shopping while he was in town for a show at Bimbo's this past March.



Here is a live video from the show at Bimbo's:



Dan Auerbach & the Fast Five Tour Dates:
Aug 8, 2009 - 8:00PM, Schuba’s, Chicago, Illinois
Aug 9, 2009 - 8:00PM, Lollapalooza - Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois
Nov 5, 2009 - 8:00PM, Newport Music Hall, Columbus, Ohio
Nov 6, 2009 - 8:00PM, The Majestic Theatre, Detroit, Michigan
Nov 7, 2009 - 8:00PM, Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto
Nov 8, 2009 - 8:00PM, Le National, Montreal
Nov 9, 2009 - 8:00PM, The Paradise, Boston
Nov 11, 2009 - 8:00PM, Webster Hall, New York
Nov 12, 2009 - 8:00PM, Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Links:
Dan Auerbach's MySpace Profile

Vivian Girls - "What's In My Bag": Shopping at Amoeba Records, San Francisco

Here is a kind of goofy record store video that was filmed this past April during the Vivian Girls' West Coast tour.



The Vivian Girls have their second disc, Everything Goes Wrong, coming out September 8th on In The Red Records. The band looks to have a pretty quiet summer but they are playing two local shows next month:

July 4, 2009, 2:00PM, Woodsist / Captured Tracks Festival, Brooklyn, NY
(show is at 979 BROADWAY BACKYARD, 979 Broadway btwn Myrtle Ave & Ditmars St, Bushwick)

July 31, 2009, 8:00PM, The Whitney Museum, New York, NY
("Free with museum admission. Seating is first-come, first-served. No reservations.")

Links:
Vivian Girls' MySpace Profile