By far the best part of CSS’ never-ending tour last year, the New York electro-dance duo (famed for their fantastic remix of The Knife’s “We Share Our Mother’s Health”) unleash their crisp, crunchy beats, wailsome guitar and freaky projections in Shoreditch hipster haven The Cargo, with surprisingly awesome results. Although their material does stick rigidly to a formula, it’s delivered with such aplomb that niggles about variety are moot- unlike many acts of their genre, there’s quite a lot of live input (guitars, bongos, snare) along with the backing tracks making it much more than just a live replaying of their albums. But the thing I enjoyed most (apart from the sublime “Wildcat”) was seeing such dance-related anarchy in the Cargo- I’ve oft complained about the total lack of atmosphere at that venue, but that audience more than made up for previous failings in that regard. Their hour long set just flew by, and unlike many shows I could have happily watched them for many hours more- although I love my more cerebral bands, it’s nice to have a proper dance once in a while.(Photo: Durrr (Flickr))
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