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The Hot Toddies: Not a drink

By Conlan | Published: May 19, 2009
A few months ago, I saw The Hot Toddies perform at a local watering hole (figure of speech)1. The Oakland-based, all-girl quartet plays an ironic mix of twee surf-pop, girl-group beach party, retro-inspired philspectorism2. But the Splenda-sweet melodies and truly brilliant multi-part harmonies are belied by the absurdist and cynical lyrics, ranging in topic from [...]
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Cool Burps

By Conlan | Published: March 20, 2009
Last night I went to see The Hot Toddies from Oakland at Audie’s Olympic1 They’re a four-piece, all-girl2 band that plays 60s girl-group-inspired tunes heavy on irony and tongue-in-cheekiness (“W W W dot whoa-oh-oh-oh dot com”). They were really good and fun and cetera. Great harmonies, too. But that’s not my point. My companion for [...]
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