The Pipettes - In Color and In Black and White - Live at The Blender Theater

The Pipettes - Views from Monday night's show at the Blender Theater in NYC:







An excellent show by The Pipettes on Monday night. It was really fun to see the girls (Rosay, Gwenno and RiotBecki) shimmy and shake and dance and sing and do their thing. At times, I felt I was back in a Brighton disco 18 years ago, and that was altogether not a bad thing (for the record, it was a shandy I had in my dream).

See the setlist above - the hits and more were played in rapid fire succession. A bit of song intro patter from the frontwomen on love and sex and sex and love livened up the crowd somewhat, but it was definitely a school night gathering, one that took 3/4 of the set to get some movement and dancing going...

Naysayers of The Pipettes' 'manufactured pop' could quibble about their canned dance moves, their 60s dresses or the somewhat dull-ish band behind them (led by Monster Bobby). But why worry? Rest your pretty head! Pop music this exact to the girl group genre is a joy to behold in this modern age. And besides, it was big fun. I heard "The Martian Hop" for the first time in years (in the pre-set music) and I went home with an autographed CD :-)

(Oh, and opener Nicole Atkins was fab too - pics and review later on)