Heidi Bodeson - vox, bass, and guitar
Heidi loves drinking beer and playing frisbee on the beach, her cat Mia, dancing til the sun comes up, and building large campfires to sing around.
Erin Skidmore - vox, guitar, and bass
Erin likes her vodka with soda and a splash of grapefruit, throwing loud parties, laying in the sun, and singing with Heidi.
Sylvia Hurtado - drums
Sylvia likes to sip a Jim Beam and Coke, watch too much reality TV, and hit hard (on her drums).
Jessica Wright - vox, keyboard, guitar, and tambourine
Jessica loves to make soup, drink 2 buck Chuck, play Scrabble, and re-enact scenes from Dirty Dancing.
Influences
The Beatles, Weezer, the Beach Boys, Mates of State, Green Day, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Dance Hall Crashers, Journey, Spinal Tap, NoFX, Alkaline Trio
Sounds Like
HOT TODDIES RADIO
Request your favorite Hot Toddies songs on any of these stations!
(Click the link to request online or call the numbers below)
THE HOT TODDIES formed in 2004 while relaxing on a beach in Mexico, heavily under the influence of Tecate and tequila. Heidi and Erin began writing songs, and Jessica and Sylvia joined the band in the fall of 2005. Blending 60's pop, doo-wop, and beautiful harmonies, they are a fun loving group of four girls from Oakland who play drums, guitar, bass, and keyboards and sing charmingly about being bad. Check out their debut album, Smell the Mitten out now on Asian Man Records!! Buy it here below in the Merch Store, on iTunes and on Amazon.com!
Reviews:
"The Hot Toddies are the best thing happening in Oakland, CA, especially since the Raiders are in such shambles. But even if the Raiders were playing in the SuperBowl, The Hot Toddies would still be O-town’s hottest band. On the band’s debut album, Smell The Mitten, they mix everything you love about the Wall of Sound, garage rock, Japanese pop, and power pop into one uniformed sound that is as funny and clever as it is rocking." - Pop-Rock Candy Mountain
"Oakland girl band The Hot Toddies mix 1950's beach movie pop with soft indie rock, hard whiskey and a dry sense of humor. The song "HTML" is neo-retro code-romantic." -M. Myers, KEXP
"Four cute girls singing about being bad and horny. Could there be anything better? Casio tone keys, barbershop-style harmonies and retro-surf pop guitars soften the edge a bit, but once you decipher the silly lyrics, you'll be the hot one." - theOwlMag.com
"The band’s debut full length album, titled Smell the Mitten, meets the expectations set by the EP and singificantly one-ups it. The same great elements are there–the vocal melodies, tight songwriting, and funny and sweet lyrics–but they’re joined by a more full production sound and some instrument experimentation. As a result, Smell the Mitten is really terrific, an exciting album that should bring The Hot Toddies further well-deserved attention." - theBayBridged.com
"The Hot Toddies are a pop band from Oakland, California, their first full-length album is called Smell The Mitten… and they are fucking pheonomenal. Too varied to be traditional twee ...they’re good enough to make all but the most jaded of pop fanatics say to themselves “Where has this band been all of my life?” - RetroLoFi.com
"[Rocker Girl] has got all the elements for a fun rock song. But this one is a great example of the vocal capabilities of this amazing band. With unison melodies that break into harmonies half way through to piggy-back catch lines, this song is full of color. The climax near the end is complete with heavily distorted guitars and the full group of vocal harmonies. Yes. yes." -Deli Magazine
"... The Hot Toddies craft upbeat indie-pop rhythms with a dash of retro-rock and barbershop style harmonies that are almost too catchy. Oh, and they're hot too." -Synthesis Magazine
"The quartet offers ... sweet multi-part vocals and gritty guitar hooks. ... "Seattle" may be the funniest and sexiest tour song ("It gets so hard without someone to straddle/ I get so horny when I'm in Seattle"), while "Jaguar Love" ("So let me take you for a ride/ You might get laid") sounds like the kind of grrrl-empowered rock that '70s icon Nikki Corvette used to make." - Dan Strachota, SF Weekly
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hey erin, things are going awesome down here. i'm actually pretty excited because I actually played my first show in san diego! and it went awesome. someone from bigtime entertainment (i think that's what it's called) contacted me about playing an acoustic show out here in san jo. maybe you lovely ladies could make it out?
IIII Hot Toddies! i want to eat you! xD this is perfect! thank you so much for the request and sorry it took a million years to answer it. i think that in the future we should meat and make a song! :D that would be fun!
Hey, thanks for friending me! I'm just a local who never knew where 2 go so I built this site in my spare time. It's all user generated so I really need some help uploading cool bars and specials. I also made up a place where we can post events too. Check it out and let me know what you think. I am still building it so if you have any suggestions, I can usually put them in right away. The site's address is yourareacode.com. Thanks again!
thanks for the add, sounding good. hey on the 26th Lancaster (England) band The Lovely Eggs are playing the Mamma Buzz Cafe in Oakland, you should check them out! xx
dammit. that's a long time from now. but I've been telling all my friends about you guys, and I've been seriously listening to the album all day. the hot toddies are the shit!
Hey! Been a while, how have you been? Things have been crazy & I wanted to fill you in on whats going on on my end:
My album LOST AND FOUND was just released on June 14th. You can order it at: www.noushskaugen.com
I'd also love for you to join me on my new Facebook profile. www.noushskaugen.com/facebook
I have my 1st ever video to the single 'Adeline' on You Tube - where I actually get to be a man....no idea how I would ever handle that facial hair daily! You can see the video here; www.youtube.com/noushskaugen
I'd love to give you the song 'Adeline' - if you like you can sign up to 'Backstage' on my site & I can send it to you? www.noushskaugen.com/backstage
I will be writing a weekly blog here on MySpace. Be sure to subscribe in order to receive all of the latest updates!
Hit me back with your news, hope everything is going great! Noush x
