Hot Chip and Tortoise

Tortoise and Hot Chip. Saturday, June 16, at The Granada

Reviewed by Andy Vihstadt

Hot Chip and Tortoise seemed like an unlikely combination, but a very welcome one when faced with the sweltering heat on Saturday night. Instrumental-rock requires very little movement from its listeners.

To be honest, I’ve never quite acquired a taste for Tortoise, although I did enjoy watching the massive video screen during the Chicago band’s lengthy set, which continuously looped trippy computerized visuals. Meanwhile, girls in the background could be heard saying, “When are they going to be done? I’m ready to shake my ass!”

It was hot enough at The Granada Saturday for this dude from Tortoise to break a sweat just by playing xylophone. Photo by Scott Spychalski.