HotKid

HotKid
HotKid, October 2007
Background information
Origin Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Genres Indie rock
Years active 2005–present
Labels
  • P572
  • Out Of Sound
  • Capohedz Records
Associated acts
  • Furry Smalls
  • Thousand Dollar Wedding
  • Lisp
  • Atomik Dropz
  • Ian Blurton
  • Rick White
  • Mad Ones
  • Shaker
  • Tin Bangs
  • Seedy Ease
Website www.hotkid.ca
Members
  • Shiloh Harrison
  • Peter McIntosh
  • Rob Butcher III

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.

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

References

  1. ↑ Review: HotKid’s “Under The Streetlight EP”.. Two Way Monologues, July 5, 2010.
  2. ↑ "HotKid Under The Streetlight". Exclaim!, By Jason Schneider Jun 28, 2010
  3. ↑ "HotKid Rip It Up". by Joanne Huffa, August 5, 2011
  4. ↑ "NXNE DAY 4: WRAP UP". Toro, 2011 06 19
  5. ↑ 'HotKid "Neck"'. Exclaim!, By Sarah Murphy, Apr 06, 2016
  6. ↑ "An Interview With Hotkid's Shiloh Harrison". CJLO AM Radio, April 26, 2017 // Sarah Boumedda
  7. ↑ "HotKid - Late Night Mornings Review". The Hook Journal, August 23, 2017. Larry Iaccio
  8. ↑ "HotKid’s Late Night Mornings shifts effortlessly between dark and eerie, and buzzy and fun". Razzmatazz, May 28, 2017 by Olivia D'Orazio
  9. ↑ "3 new Ontario songs you need to hear this week". CBC News, Hamilton, Adam Carter, May 13, 2017
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