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"This past Friday at the Echo...Hot Challenge played its first concert in Los Angeles, and judging from the audience response, it probably won’t be long before SoCal insists they come back...Possessing an impressive gift for fusing post-punk rock and electro-pop music elements, these boys pulled off an electrifying performance tonight."
---The Scenestar
"...typical of the disc...is a balance between rock and dance elements, culminating in the brilliantly constructed “End of the World,†which plays like a hit waiting to happen with its chiming, U2-inspired guitars and engaging four-on-the-floor chorus accented by an off-snare beat."
---Performer Magazine, June 2008
"...Hot Challenge [is] one of the hottest young bands in San Francisco right now. HC plays fun, dancy electro-rock that would sound equally comfortable on a high fashion catwalk in Milan as it would as the soundtrack to your middle school dance. True story.
---Scenes from the Scene
"...their performance is charged with a certain...gleeful kind of energy that keeps the music feeling more fun than heavy handed. The drummer of Hot Challenge performed sans shirt. The band wore matching white denim pants. The bassist wore a red neckerchief, mm-hmm, and Vegas-era-Elvis sunglasses. This kind of goofy abandon is refreshing, and it also reveals personality—something that's maybe just as important as musicianship."
--Owl Magazine review of Hot Challenge's Great American Music Hall show on February 2, 2008
"A local fan put it best when I asked her initial thoughts of Hot Challenge’s music. 'These guys make my spinner go crazy when I listen to them during a game of twister.'...The difference between a purely “local†band and a “local†band such as Hot Challenge is their songwriting ability, which comes through in every song."
--Zero Magazine, February 2008
"Nearly one year ago Hot Challenge were playing shows at Brainwash, a tiny venue that doubles as a Laundromat...This gives you a good idea of how far they've come in a short amount of time, because now they're headlining the Great American Music Hall. How did the band, whose music walks the line between postironic, '80s-revival synth pop and modern rock staples like Bloc Party and the Killers, accomplish this feat? By hustling its butt off, playing big-dumb-smile-inducing live shows, and making polished electrorock that's as unpretentious as it is danceable."
--SF Bay Guardian, January 30, 2008
"...your music is hot. Part electro pop, some modern rock substance and a little quirkiness. Less dark than Interpol, less poppy than The Killers, more fun than Bloc Party...We dig the Muse-ish vibe, and the fuzzy guitars and thick synths are addictive."
--The Owl Magazine, January 29, 2008
“Hot Challenge is a polished San Francisco indie-techno rock band that has lots of modern elements and sounds reminiscent of Interpol, the Killers, Bloc Party and perhaps a touch of Muse and the Cure. Infused with all that is a welcome emphasis on catchy choruses that make the band's new EP one of the most digestible records I've heard in a long time...this is a band that understands that just enough style and substance with good hooks can cross lines and attract a wide fan base.â€
--Contra Costa Times, January 17, 2008
"Nice little buzz on the band from people in the Bay Area music scene. They were so good. I was really impressed."
--Live 105 Music Director Aaron Axelsen on Soundcheck about our show at Bottom of the Hill
"Local up-and-comers Hot Challenge have a sound that spans from pop rock to to a darker electro rock, echoing the band’s diverse influences."
--Hardrockchick.com "Myspace Find", January 24, 2008
"Peppered with cheesy jokes and bouncy, synth-infused pop rock, a Hot Challenge show is the ideal way to detox and re-energize from the latest round of New Year's debauchery..."
--Flavorpill
"Hot Challenge is totally worth a listen. They seriously look like a bunch of models (*swoon!), but the one song they've got on their profile seriously rocks..."
--Deli SF
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