Hottub:
On Blast!

By: Dennis Cook Sometimes you only need four cuts to know you've stumbled upon serious fucking talent. The real deal has a way of slapping you around that leaves red handprints and unmistakable bruises all over. Oh, it can be a more genteel experience with singer-songwriter types but Oakland's Hottub are a "ride 'em hard and put 'em away wet" sorta thang. Bubbling over with the energy of early Beastie Boys given flowing, heated feminist whomp, their debut EP, On Blast! (Le Heat), is top ti...

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