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Hot Hot Heat cooks up U.S. tour

With their new album now in stores, indie-rockers Hot Hot Heat have their sights set on a late-summer run in support of the collection. // Tour dates at SoundSpike July 2, 2010 - With their new album now in stores, indie-rockers Hot Hot Heat have their sights set on a late-summer run in support of the collection.

Hot Hot Heat preview new album during Brooklyn residency

April 8, 2010 - Hot Hot Heat will preview its new album, "Future Breeds," during a May residency at Brooklyn's Public Assembly in New York. The band wanted to launch the album at the venue because of its intimate setting and its close ties to Brooklyn's thriving indie-music scene--a connection that the band feels is relevant to the forthcoming release, according to a press release.

Louis XIV rides 'Ponies' on spring trek

January 25, 2008 - Indie-rockers Louis XIV, currently on tour with Editors and Hot Hot Heat, will launch their own headlining trek in March to back their forthcoming third studio album.

Live Review: Editors, Hot Hot Heat, Louis XIV in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

January 9, 2008 - On Editors' 2005 debut, "The Back Room," lead man Tom Smith proclaims: "Blood runs through your veins, that's where our similarity ends." Although he was making a more philosophical observation, Smith could just as well have been talking to Editors' latest tour mates--the peppy pop Canadians Hot Hot Heat and glam retro-rocking San Diego-based Louis XIV.

Editors kick off new year in America

November 28, 2007 - UK indie rockers Editors will be back in North America early next year for a five-week jaunt with special guests Hot Hot Heat and Louis XIV.

Hot Hot Heat spreads 'Happiness' on the road

August 28, 2007 - Canadian pop-rockers Hot Hot Heat have a new album due next month and will follow the release with a major North American tour.

Hot Hot Heat maps out fall tour

October 13, 2005 - Hot Hot Heat won't get much rest after its arena trek with the Foo Fighters and Weezer ends. After that triple-header concludes in late October, the band will immediately hit the road for its own month-long club tour.

CD Review: Hot Hot Heat, "Elevator" (Warner Bros.)

Canadian foursome Hot Hot Heat scored a major-label deal in 2002 on the strength of 'Make Up the Breakdown,' an album of new wave-inspired post-punk that evoked the jagged riffage of Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello's heyday. April 13, 2005 - Canadian foursome Hot Hot Heat scored a major-label deal in 2002 on the strength of "Make Up the Breakdown," an album of new wave-inspired post-punk that evoked the jagged riffage of Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello's heyday.

Hot Hot Heat (Victoria, BC)

March 10, 2005 - Supercharged rock band Hot Hot Heat has created its own niche with its combination of '60s mod rock, '70s math rock and '80s new wave/punk. The band's debut, "Knock Knock Knock," was produced in part by Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla. While Death Cab's M.O. is emotive yet simple, Hot Hot Heat takes on comparisons to The Cure and XTC. Hot Hot Heat's new album, "Elevator," hits stores April 5. --Christina Fuoco

Performing Thursday, March 17 at midnight at La Zona Rosa (612 W. 4th St.).

website: http://hothotheat.com/