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Hailing from Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, Chris Connelly and Hot Panda make joyous, vibrant and super-melodic indie rock that has no other desire than to pick you up off your lazy, Twittering ass and spin you dizzy on the dance floor. Connelly's voice strains and spits from behind a wall of overdriven guitars and bouncing keys.

On Monday, Dec. 6 Hot Panda will stop into Northern in Olympia, part of a West Coast tour the band will launch Friday in Vancouver, BC. In addition, and to whet your whistle, Magnet Magazine premiered the band's latest single yesterday.

Closer to home, the Volcano's Rev. Adam McKinney interviewed Hot Panda for a story soon to be birthed onto this very website. Until then,  some YouTube fun ...