HotKid
HotKid is a Canadian indie rock band based in Toronto, Ontario. HotKid has released multiple a number of LPs, EPs and singles, some with accompanying videos, and toured in Canada and the US.
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Origin | Cambridge, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Indie rock |
Years active | 2005–present |
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Website | www![]() |
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History
Hotkid formed in 2005 in Cambridge, Ontario.
Hotkid's 2009 album, Someday Somehow, was mixed by Rick White.[1]
In 2010 drummer Rob Butcher joined the group, in time to take part in the recording of the album Under the Streetlight.[2] In 2011 the band went on an east coast US tour, supporting the Canadian band Sloan.[3] In 2011 they performed at the NXNE Festival in Toronto.[4]
In 2016 the group released a single, Neck, based on the Jian Ghomeshi trial.[5][6]
In 2017 Hotkid released a full-length album Late Night Mornings,.[7][8] along with a video for one of the songs, "Need a Friend".[9]
Members
Current
- Shiloh Harrison - guitar, vocals (2005–present)
- Peter McIntosh - bass guitar (2012–present), drums, vocals (2005–2010)
- Rob Butcher III - drums, vocals (2010–present)
Discography
Albums
- HotKid EP (Capohedz Records) (2005)
- Got It To Give P572 (2007)
- The Cost EP (Out Of Sound) (2008)
- Someday Somehow (Independent) (2009)
- Under the Streetlight EP (Independent) (2010)
- Rip It Into Pieces (Independent) (2011)
- Courage To Fight EP (Independent) (2012)
See also
- Music of Canada
- Canadian rock
- List of Canadian musicians
- List of bands from Canada
- Category:Canadian musical groups
References
- Review: HotKid’s “Under The Streetlight EP”.. Two Way Monologues, July 5, 2010.
- "HotKid Under The Streetlight". Exclaim!, By Jason Schneider Jun 28, 2010
- "HotKid Rip It Up". by Joanne Huffa, August 5, 2011
- "NXNE DAY 4: WRAP UP". Toro, 2011 06 19
- 'HotKid "Neck"'. Exclaim!, By Sarah Murphy, Apr 06, 2016
- "An Interview With Hotkid's Shiloh Harrison". CJLO AM Radio, April 26, 2017 // Sarah Boumedda
- "HotKid - Late Night Mornings Review". The Hook Journal, August 23, 2017. Larry Iaccio
- "HotKid’s Late Night Mornings shifts effortlessly between dark and eerie, and buzzy and fun". Razzmatazz, May 28, 2017 by Olivia D'Orazio
- "3 new Ontario songs you need to hear this week". CBC News, Hamilton, Adam Carter, May 13, 2017