Santogold

Liverpool Sound City is already 50% over. Boo!There's a lot of exciting gigs happening, but I can't be in four different places at once (presumably watching three changeovers and one band). Last night I saw Santogold at Alma de Cuba, a converted chapel turned den of glamoluxe iniquity. It's usually a favourite drinking establishment of footballers, Hollyoaks 'stars' and glamour models.

It was a bit too dark for photos of the stained glass and chandeliers made out of antlers. So I took a photo of my feet instead. Those neon tights are starting to look a bit old rave.

Anyway, support from Alice Klar, The Real Heat and Ladyhawke (slightly odd, as Cock N Bull Kid, Cadence Weapon and Ladyhawke were advertised), Santogold took to the stage well after midnight. The hipster kids loved it, hoping that some of that New York cool would be passed down from Santi White and we could all forget the Liverpool murk outside. Backed by a DJ and two dancers, Santogold successfully straddled that chasm between pop and cool. Because pop music on its own apparently isn't cool, but only when presented by a Lower East Side hipster.

The dancers were ace, much better than hiring in some session musicians to play over a backing track. Dressed in identical white outfits with white framed sunglasses, they posed with military precision. It was very... gestural. Everybody went crazy for LES Artistes, she ended with new single Creator. And then I went home.