Edmonton’s HOT PANDA Hit The Road This Fall In Support of New Album HOW COME I’M DEAD? Out October 12th, 2010

Edmonton’s HOT PANDA Hit The Road This Fall In Support of New Album HOW COME I’M DEAD? Out October 12th, 2010

When you get compared, in the same breath, to everything from Daniel Johnson to the Talking Heads, you know you have a sound that’s hard to pin down. How Come I’m Dead, Hot Panda’s second full-length out on Mint Records, encompasses a swath of tunes that sound like anything and everything. Brit pop, gypsy swing, opera solos, Robert Pollard style lo-fi jangles and glammy Roxy Music keyboards. All this and more find their home in the music of Hot Panda…sometimes all in the same song!

After the recording of their 2007 EP Whale Headed Girl, Hot Panda took to the road, and I guess you could say the road took to them! The band hasn’t looked back since, ever wheeling around Canada in their smelly van, taking their rambunctiously theatrical live show to kids who like to dance all over North America (including stints at festivals such as SXSW, CMJ, and Pop Montreal!). In February 2009, Hot Panda’s first full length record, Volcano…Bloody Volcano!, came out and debuted at number one on the Earshot! college charts in Canada, and at 21 on CMJ College charts in the US! It also earned them a West Coast Music Award nomination (best independent album), and the Pandas were very happy!

Fast forward to 2010 and Hot Panda are thrilled to hit the road hard again this time with 13 new songs in tow. The tour begins on Sept 16th in Vancouver and continues east hitting both Pop Montreal and Halifax Pop Explosion. Winnipeg’s Boats will join the Pandas on select dates. If you can’t wait until September to check out the new tunes, catch a listen to feature track, “Mindlessnesslessness” here

Lastly, back by popular demand from the band that brings you everything…it’s Hot Panda’s newest hot sauce (yes, this is their second) aptly named How Come I’m Deadly. Be sure to pick some up, the band will have this molten habanero concoction available at their merch table!

HOT PANDA FALL TOUR 2010 * Sponsored by Exclaim!

09.16 Vancouver- The Biltmore
09.17 Victoria- Logan’s
09.18 Kamloops- TBD
09.20 Calgary- Dicken’s Pub
09.22 Saskatoon- Amigo’s
09.23 Regina- O’Hanlon’s
09.24 Winnipeg- Lo Pub
09.28 Windsor- Phog Lounge
10.1-3 Pop Montreal
10.04 Hamilton- This Ain’t Hollywood
10.05 Waterloo- The Gristmill
10.06 Peterborough- Red Dog
10.07 Guelph – TBA
10.09 Wakefield- Black Sheep Inn
10.10 St. Catherine’s- Merchant Ale House
10.12 Toronto- Horseshoe Tavern
10.13 Kingston- The Mansion
10.14 Quebec City- L’Agitee
10.15 Rimouski- Le Campus
10.17 Charlottetown- Bubba’s
10.22 Halifax Pop Explosion