Lotus 1/29/15 Toads

Must be the start of winter. Hundreds of hippies descend on Toads Place for Groove-hogs day hosted by Philly groove-merchants Lotus. I find it hard to believe that this troupe has existed for this long sans any vocalist. The awesome Talking Heads deconstruction at the 2014 Vibes made use of a cast of extras that fleshed out the normally instrumental sound. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the sound, but I do think Lotus is one snarky vocalist away from LCD Soundsystem popularity. No matter, Lotus' extendo-jams with Moby-on-Molly samples puffed life into the grinding ragers. Two full sets with Cross-eyed and Painless anchoring set two made for a full evening.