Hot Chip are the geeky success story that has broken every possible metric; the band have been dancing to their own tune for over 15 years, and have weathered countless shifts in popular trends. Underneath the deadpan kitsch, and the oddball disco songs about marriage, is an unshakeable belief in dance music and an emotional earnestness that holds it all together. Founder and co-frontman Joe Goddard personifies both aspects, channeling a crate-digger’s taste in big beat and house on new single ‘Home’, and a heart-broken man with a soul sample on the pulsing, shapeshifting ‘Lose Your Love’. Both are stand-out cuts from Goddard’s debut solo album, ‘Electric Lines’, and the DJ-producer makes it clear he can stand on his own alongside tent-fillers like Jamie XX or SBTRKT. Playing Hare & Hounds as one of only a few UK shows, don’t miss this master of left-of-centre pop.

Wed 3 May, 7.30pm at Hare and Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath B14 7JZ £11.50 seetickets.com