Phil Martin is a young man who likes him some Chromeo. He went to - how you say - "peep" them last week, and this is what happened.

How did you rate the venue?

The Scala is pretty handy as a live music spot. They had all floors open so no overcrowding, and just enough room to whoop and throw your hands in the air. I did find a girl in the blokes’ loo at one point but it could have been worse. She could have been a bloke.

What were the crowd like?

Early twenties, arty, lot of Klaxons-esque attire, good male/female split. Once Chromeo came on (in fact once they brought their mannequin-limbed keyboards onstage) the crowd were completely captivated and the vibe was awesome.

Was the support act any good or did it send you to the bar?

Man Like Me - I’ve previously only seen one of their vids on the box and hated it because I thought it was a bit of a UKHH rip-off crossover. However, I’m probably just very judgmental as their live performance was fantastic. Three guys, tons of energy, Madness-style posturing, a sense of humour evidently mostly though their garms (they wearing pearls and sombreros) and some killer SL2-meets-The-Streets type crunchy beats. I was glad I couldn’t hear the lyrics properly, as I suspect they were a bit novelty and would possibly have annoyed me.

Bar – rip-off or value for money?

Standard piss.

Venue staff – nice or nasty?

Nice variety of goths and, er, metal-types.

Toilets – swilling with piss, or spick and span?

Reasonably spick n' span.

Highlight / lowlight of show?

High - The intro to "Momma’s Boy", when the guys teased a huge crowd reaction out of the extended silence about 2 bars in. Also, the merchandise man hooking me up with after-show tickets.

Low - Bonafied clubbin, the type that made me feel old…

Any other comments?

I would go and see them again tomorrow if they weren’t in Australia.

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