Hot Club de Paris

Infobox musical artist
Name = Hot Club de Paris


Background = group_or_band
Origin = Liverpool, England
Genre = Indie rock
Years_active = 2004 – present
Label = Moshi Moshi
URL = [http://welcometothehotclub.tk/ Official website]
Current_members = Alasdair Smith
Paul Rafferty
Matthew Cameron Smith

Hot Club de Paris are an English band from Liverpool. They are signed to the London-based Moshi Moshi Records and released their debut album Drop It 'Til It Pops in October 2006. The band released their second album Live at Dead Lake in June 2008.

History

The band formed in early 2004 after Matthew and Paul met in 03 working as temps at Chester racecourse. Its members were involved in other bands in the Liverpool music scene including street punkers Down and Outs and new wave popsters Victor FME.

Further to their shared love of American punk rock bands (Minutemen, Firehose, SST Records bands etc) they became interested in math rock and experimental indie bands which influenced their sound considerably. They signed to Moshi Moshi Records in 2005, and have since toured extensively around the world in support of their debut record.

They have been featured on a number of music-based TV shows in the UK including MTV2 and Channel 4 shows. Their record enjoyed airplay on BBC Radio1, BBC 6 Music and XFM, whose DJ John Kennedy has championed the band. Kennedy claimed that their debut album is 'one of the best of 2006'.

2006/7 saw tours with Jamie T,Maxïmo Park and The Who as well as a number of shows at the 2007 SXSW music festival in Austin, TX. [http://2007.sxsw.com/music/showcases/date/2007-03-15.html] So far their tours have taken them through the UK, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, Spain, France, Sweden, Iceland, Germany, Switzerland, America, Holland and India.

Trivia

Matthew is endorsed by Hiwatt amplification.Paul and Alasdair also play in Liverpool band ANTLERS with Chris Smith of goFASTER>>.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

* "Sometimesitsbetternottostickbitsofeachotherineachotherforeachother" (2006) UK #126
* "Everyeveryeverything" (2006) UK #140
* "Shipwreck" (2007) UK #153
* "Clockwork Toy/You can call me Al" (2007) UK #N/A
* "Will You Still Be In Love With Me Next Year?" (2007)
* "Hey! Housebrick" (2008)
* "My Little Haunting" (2008)

Compilation contributions

Hot Club De Paris have released several tracks on compilation albums, including "Can You Hear Me Clearly?", on Moshi Moshi records, and a rare CDR release "Munkyfest v7.0", released by the organisers of the Munkyfest festival. They can also be heard on "Print is Dead" the first volume of the collaboration project with .

Sources

* [http://www.thunderchunky.co.uk/hot-club-de-paris.html Interview]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2006/07/13/milburn_live_feature.shtml BBC gig review]
* [http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=20187 Article on gigwise]
* [http://retrolifestylemag.com/blog/2006/06/07/drop-it-till-it-pops/]

External links

* [http://www.hotclubdeparis.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.krugermagazine.com/component/option,com_alphacontent/section,14/cat,105/task,view/id,222/Itemid,10068/ Interview on www.krugermagazine.com]
* [http://www.moshimoshimusic.com/artists/hot-club-de-paris HCdP page on Moshi moshi records web site]
* [http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/3211.html album review on This is Fake DIY]
* [http://www.theindiemusicdb.com/db/artist.php?id=27 Hot Club de Paris entry in The Indie Music Database]