hot garbage has been through here several times over the last few years, and was actually a candidate act for planning my trip to the divisional court in toronto around, although it wasn't able to work out that way. there was one weekend in may, 2018 where i might have caught them on the sunday, if i didn't end up in a questionable circumstance on the saturday, after foolishly getting into a car with a stranger, and after catching the messthetics on the friday...i had to sleep....

that said, i've also found their first couple of bandcamp releases to be inconsistent to underwhelming; they were never a focus on any trip out, always something to work in as an afterthought, or an in-between show. the first ep demonstrated some potential, but it dragged badly at points, too. 

the newest ep, which i'm just hearing now, is maybe the first realization of the potential they demonstrated, which is mostly about letting go of a tendency to drag things on in uninteresting ways. 

the show tonight is livestreaming, but i'm too old to get excited about that; if i'm going to listen to something through headphones, i'd rather listen to a detailed studio recording. a live show in a small bar is about the energy, and you have to be there, or it's entirely pointless.

but, because the weirdo hip-hop/fusion thing was scheduled as a very early show, if i were to have headed out on this warmish march night, i would have probably caught this on the way back to the tunnel. alas...

https://hotgarbagemusic.bandcamp.com/

listening to this record a few more times has produced a bit more order out of it, which has both made it more compelling and less compelling, but no less intriguing. there are points that just seem uglier and more obtuse every time i hear it, but there are points that have begun to make sense, as well.

i have to give him credit for being challenging, at least.

even if i'm still not sure how much fun the show would have been.

https://reedstewart.bandcamp.com/