Hot Garbage “Ride” 2021. Mothland Records. Heavy pyschedelia via Toronto, Canada: Hot Garbage opened for Frankie and the Witch Fingers last week and again, holy shit! So so good: swirling and hallucinogenic organ/synths (Dylan Gamble), icy cold vocals (Juliana Carlevaris), hot buzzy guitar (Alessandro Carlevaris) and nonstop hardworking rocksteady beats (Mark Henein). Comparing them to bands I love and listen to: a mash up of Ty Segall, The Limiñanas and Sonic Youth.

Since we picked up Ride after the show, I’m not entirely sure which tracks they played but I’m guessing the bulk of their performance included tracks from this, their latest release and first LP (I think its their debut anyway: according to their Bandcamp page they also have 2 EP’s). My favorite songs from Ride (and probably from their show) are “X-Ray,” “Everything Stops” (both heavy bass and beat-driven fuzzed out rockers), the slinky grooves of both “Soft as Gold” and “Fantasma” plus the hard tripping title track “Ride.”