Machines Give Me Some Freedom, Synthesizers Give Me Some Wings

Ok – a bit of unabashed fandom: last week's concert by Air at the Palais was the very best concert I have seen in years. Air's three minute electronica grooves are at once wonderful pieces of music in their own right and meditations on the 'classic' pop song, sensuality (it helps when you're French) and 'Moogness'. The show featured some damn masterful playing too. An hour and a half of great, knowing tongue-in-cheekness (Kraftwerk being past masters of that for me too).

Very clever, very tight and they knew it. Sublime. Brilliant. Made my month year.