As expected, Cut Copy's Saturday night show at First Avenue sold out shortly after doors opened. There was a great deal of curiosity as to whether or not the live show would live up to the buzz surrounding the recently released Zonoscope record (frequently a question, fair or not, with band's who have a heavy electronic sound in their music).
Those concerns were, without a doubt, completely put to rest. Cut Copy throws one hell of a party. The group emerged from a large, white door in the middle of the stage, tweaked their instruments, started playing & poured on the energy and did not stop until the last note was played.
The lead singer / keyboardist was the grand master of the party - hair flying all over the place as he somehow managed to jump all over, sing and play the keys.
There was a copious amount of flashing lights, a throbbing baseline that threatened to both blow out your eardrums and reset your heartbeat, more smoke than I've ever seen at First Ave - and there was so much dancing.
There's been buzz around these guys potentially being the next LCD Soundsystem. I don't think they need to worry about it. They should have no problem craving out a well-deserved niche of their own.
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