"Vancouver weirdos turn Destroyer's blues into noisy brilliance with big fuzz, fucked beats, body of brains." - SPIN Mag
Hot Panda is a deluge of raw punk rock energy wrapped in a thick layer of psychedelia. Hot Panda is a tornado of fuzzed out guitars and swirling, squealing delays. Hot Panda is refreshingly honest and human.
Manic shrieking akin to Pixies' Frank Black is tangled with textures of early Modest Mouse, with one of the most unique voices in indie rock dancing playfully over Vancouver's most versatile rhythm section.
Since their signing to Canada's Mint Records in 2008, the band has released three critically acclaimed full length albums (2012's Go Outside, 2010's How Come I'm Dead, and 2009's Volcano, Bloody Volcano). The band's releases have debuted at #1 on Canadian college charts, #19 on the CMJ Charts, and earned them a Hot Track of the Week selection in Rolling Stone Magazine ('Chinatown Bus'). Th...
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"Vancouver weirdos turn Destroyer's blues into noisy brilliance with big fuzz, fucked beats, body of brains." - SPIN Mag
Hot Panda is a deluge of raw punk rock energy wrapped in a thick layer of psychedelia. Hot Panda is a tornado of fuzzed out guitars and swirling, squealing delays. Hot Panda is refreshingly honest and human.
Manic shrieking akin to Pixies' Frank Black is tangled with textures of early Modest Mouse, with one of the most unique voices in indie rock dancing playfully over Vancouver's most versatile rhythm section.
Since their signing to Canada's Mint Records in 2008, the band has released three critically acclaimed full length albums (2012's Go Outside, 2010's How Come I'm Dead, and 2009's Volcano, Bloody Volcano). The band's releases have debuted at #1 on Canadian college charts, #19 on the CMJ Charts, and earned them a Hot Track of the Week selection in Rolling Stone Magazine ('Chinatown Bus'). The song 'Start Making Sense' was
featured as an iTunes track of the week selection, and their sophomore album, How Come I'm Dead, won 'Album of the Year' at the 2010 Edmonton Music Awards.
Their journey, as it goes, has seen Hot Panda drive five tour vans into the ground. They have taken their ferocious live show across North America over 10 times, as well as completing multiple tours of Europe which have included supporting slots for The Von Bondies, performances at Transmusicales 2012, and Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona. The band has also played some of North America's premier showcase festivals, including South By South West in Austin, and the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City. They've been happy to share the stage with bands such as Grimes, Japandroids, Tokyo Police Club, The Sheepdogs, and many more.
To the pleasure of their teenage selves, Hot Panda has recently been name dropped by Our Lady Peace's Raine Maida as "interesting new music" in an interview on spinner.ca, which, you know, for Canadians growing up in the 90s, is pretty darn cool.
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