Jessica Misener

The temperature soared as high as the "Am I too white to dance?" factor last night in Central Park, as British sweater-techno band Hot Chip took to the stage on a balmy, breezeless New York night. Clad in khakis and synthesizers, the band, fronted by singer Alexis Taylor, formed a geek chorale of guitars and drum machines, with Taylor peeling off layers of clothing as they pulsed through a never-ending loop of hits from their previous records as well as this summer's One Life Stand. By the time the grass-stomping closer "Ready for the Floor" sent hipsters into as much of a frenzy as irony would allow, Hot Chip had proven to humidity who would be the real winner of the night. - jm