Electrelane Rocks!

Last night, London's Electrelane played an amazing show in front of a packed house at the Empty Bottle in Chicago. Yours truly was in attendance, right up front where it was nice and loud.

The four-piece band (guitar, bass, drums, keyboards/guitar/vocals) mainly played new songs from a forthcoming album. Those songs blend the droned improvisation of Rocket to the Moon with this year's excellent The Power Out, an album with more traditional song structures, but not enough to be a straightforward rock album. The new material was also very "motorik" rhythmically, reminiscent of Neu!, Stereolab and other bands. Their live sound surpassed their strong albums; no easy feat.


Image � Philippe Noisette