that show was amazing, i was right up against the stage (the tall one in front of the lead singer that probably blocked everyone elses view haha) but it was fuckin great french kicks are what i was most excited about and they played great, ima robot was wierd but i loved the music and hot hot heat was great as always
Hot Hot Heat
guitarguy, was the show sold out? I'm just wondering. I didn't make it over to the show.
Oh that is a stupid review…… Just because girls like it it has to be shite. Oh and they had awful hair.
They do have stupid hair. But not as bad as the guy from Ima Robot. And they're definitely way better than The Donnas.
Be nice to the Canadian guys, its Thanksgiving today up there you know.
Liked the album, hated the show.
I didn't know Carrot Top was in a band. ;)
I didn't know Carrot Top was in a band. ;)
I hate Hot Hot Heat so refused to go to the show.
Don't worry Sonic, I LOVE The Stills, Readymade, and The High Dials (even though I want to kick their asses…and they now know it, thanks to a Canadian friend of mine who saw both The Stills and The High Dials the other night. Oh, and contrary to what someone told me, they have no plans in the near future of coming back to the area. AARRRGGGGHHH!!!!! And we aren't on the list for the current Stills tour. Double AAARRRRRGGGHHH!!!!!)
Don't worry Sonic, I LOVE The Stills, Readymade, and The High Dials (even though I want to kick their asses…and they now know it, thanks to a Canadian friend of mine who saw both The Stills and The High Dials the other night. Oh, and contrary to what someone told me, they have no plans in the near future of coming back to the area. AARRRGGGGHHH!!!!! And we aren't on the list for the current Stills tour. Double AAARRRRRGGGHHH!!!!!)
Well, below is the Post review of the April show. Compare it to the recent review posted by Dr. Doom.
washingtonpost.com
Hot Hot Heat, Warming Up the 9:30 Club
Friday, April 4, 2003; Page C07
Hot Hot Heat singer Steve Bays told the crowd at the 9:30 club Wednesday night that the first time his band played in D.C., "about five or six people were there." The situation was different this time around, as the Canadian quartet nearly filled the V Street club, delivering a 45-minute set that bristled with so much energy that the dynamics of their angular pop songs were often blurred.
HHH's most recent recording, "Make Up the Breakdown," is a sharp-edged amalgam of pop hooks, new-wave keyboard wheeze and punk energy, shot though with what sounds like a thorough knowledge of English pop masters XTC. It was the punky energy that dominated Wednesday, as Bays laid one hand on the organ and the other on the microphone, using his high-pitched wail to shout down songs like "Naked in the City Again" and "Get In or Get Out." The band churned around him like an old washing machine changing cycles, which obscured the precise instrumental to-and-fro that makes "Breakdown" engaging listening. During the set's peak moments, however, the Heat's best songs – an encore of "This Town" and the great, frisky kick of "Bandages" – rose above the harried instrumental fray into smart, spiky pop that was well worth the $8 admission.
Furthering the value was an invigorating half-hour from locals Washington Social Club. Singer and guitarist Marty Royle spearheaded the trio's drive through a series of keening songs like "Backed Into the Future," which clawed fiercely at the walls of their classic pop casings via non-cliched rock-and-roll moves and stayed interesting throughout. No easy trick.
– Patrick Foster
washingtonpost.com
Hot Hot Heat, Warming Up the 9:30 Club
Friday, April 4, 2003; Page C07
Hot Hot Heat singer Steve Bays told the crowd at the 9:30 club Wednesday night that the first time his band played in D.C., "about five or six people were there." The situation was different this time around, as the Canadian quartet nearly filled the V Street club, delivering a 45-minute set that bristled with so much energy that the dynamics of their angular pop songs were often blurred.
HHH's most recent recording, "Make Up the Breakdown," is a sharp-edged amalgam of pop hooks, new-wave keyboard wheeze and punk energy, shot though with what sounds like a thorough knowledge of English pop masters XTC. It was the punky energy that dominated Wednesday, as Bays laid one hand on the organ and the other on the microphone, using his high-pitched wail to shout down songs like "Naked in the City Again" and "Get In or Get Out." The band churned around him like an old washing machine changing cycles, which obscured the precise instrumental to-and-fro that makes "Breakdown" engaging listening. During the set's peak moments, however, the Heat's best songs – an encore of "This Town" and the great, frisky kick of "Bandages" – rose above the harried instrumental fray into smart, spiky pop that was well worth the $8 admission.
Furthering the value was an invigorating half-hour from locals Washington Social Club. Singer and guitarist Marty Royle spearheaded the trio's drive through a series of keening songs like "Backed Into the Future," which clawed fiercely at the walls of their classic pop casings via non-cliched rock-and-roll moves and stayed interesting throughout. No easy trick.
– Patrick Foster