Hot Hot Heat live in concert.
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Hot Hot Heat

21
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

72
%
Based on 
21
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 21 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Hot Hot Heat is rated as a watchable live performer, with shows that lack distinction. Hot Hot Heat concert reviews describe live shows and performances as amazing.

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Shock Me (1 December 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Shawnigan Lake, Canada (1999 - 2016)
Bio
Hot Hot Heat (1999-2016) is an indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. They formed in 1999 as a synthpunk band with Matt Marnik, who eventually left the band, on lead vocals.
Has Performed With
The Departure

Critic Concert Reviews

Dallas Observer (USA)

August 27, 2010
%
Hot Hot Heat It's not hard to believe that Canadian New Wavers Hot Hot Heat have been around for over 10 years now.

Music-News.com (UK)

March 4, 2010
80
%
I am not that familiar with 'Hot Hot Heat’ apart from their big hit and a couple of their other singles but what I have heard I really like so I am looking forward tonight’s entertainment.

The Skinny (UK)

December 7, 2007
%
It used to be easy to write Hot Hot Heat off as a one trick pony.

musicOMH (UK)

August 30, 2007
80
%
Judging by the title and promo artwork that is circulating at the moment you could be excused for feeling a tad scared that this four-piece are going soft in their old age.

NME (UK)

September 12, 2005
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Glasgow, Scotland

musicOMH (UK)

April 29, 2005
%
When they first broke big with Make Up The Breakdown in 2003 there were hardly any bands around who specialised in synth-led guitar heavy music that could be danced to.

The Guardian (UK)

January 31, 2005
80
%
Fifteen months on Hot Hot Heat still occupy roughly the same position - plying their synthy trade around the club circuit - while the Franz barely remember what it's like to play to fewer than 10000 people.

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Stuart Sevastos [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons