What is Hot Club de Paris?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Hot Club de Paris | Img = | Background = group_or_band | Origin = {{flagicon|England}} [[Liverpool, England]] | Genre = [[Indie rock]] | Years_active = 2004 – present | Label = [[Moshi Moshi]] | URL = [http://welcometothehotclub.tk/ Official website] | Current_members = Alasdair Smith<br />Paul Rafferty<br />Matthew Cameron Smith }} '''Hot Club de Paris''' are a band which came from [[Liverpool, England|Liverpool]], [[United Kingdom]]. They are signed to the [[London]]-based [[Moshi Moshi Records]], a record company, and released their debut album ''Drop It 'Til It Pops'' in October 2006. Their second album, ''Live at Dead Lake'', was released in June 2008. == History == The band formed in early 2004 after band members Matthew and Paul met in 2003 working at Chester racecourse. It's other members were playing in different bands in the Liverpool music scene including street punkers [[Down and Outs]] and new wave popsters [[Victor FME]]. They both loved American punk rock bands ([[Minutemen]], [[Firehose]], [[SST Records]] bands etc.) and they became interested in math rock and experimental indie bands which influenced their music a lot. They signed to Moshi Moshi Records in 2005, and have since toured around the world to support the release of their debut record. They have been shown on a number of music-based TV shows in the UK and their record played [[airplay (song)|airplay]] on a number of radio stations including [[Radio1|BBC Radio1]], [[6music|BBC 6 Music]] and [[XFM]], whose DJ [[John Kennedy (DJ)|John Kennedy]] has championed the band. Kennedy claimed that their debut album is 'one of the best of 2006'.{{fact|date=April 2009}} They have toured with a number of bands including [[Jamie T]], [[Maxïmo Park]] and [[The Who]]. They played at the [[SXSW|2007 SXSW music festival]] in [[Austin, Texas]] and have toured in the [[UK]], [[Italy]], [[Belgium]], [[Irelan