Sugar, Gold and Creme
June 20, 2007
I didn’t see the chocolate-covered strawberries, but it’s entirely possible that I just missed them amidst everything else last Friday night at 12 Galaxies, the CD release party for Sugar & Gold‘s Creme. The room was packed and hot and many sought refuge outside just to cool off between solid sets from openers Schande and Persephone’s Bees and the motivational antics of Get In Shape, Bitch.
In many ways, it was the ideal crowd for Sugar & Gold’s mix of electro, soul, pop, funk, and about a hundred other genres–sweaty, liquored-up, and ready to dance. While Creme is a sleek record, well-produced in a way that brings out its smoothness, the band’s live show brought the intensity to get this crowd moving. I’m not sure whether it was just a sweet mix from the 12Gs folks or whether the band was consciously upping volumes and tempos, but the sound was big and forceful, compelling a bunch of indie-rockers to start jumping around.
The band was obscured by excellent visuals by Cosmic Hex, but it was clear they were having a great time as well. We left exhausted and thoroughly satisfied with a bottle of Sugar and Gold hot sauce which is, by the way, delicious. Count the evening’s final score Sugar & Gold 1, Standing There With Your Arms Folded Too Cool For School 0.
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Sugar & Gold CD Release Photos!
June 20, 2007
Here are some shots from the Sugar and Gold CD Release Party taken by Muhammad Asranur. Be sure to check out the review of the this show here!
Sugar and Gold
Persephone’s Bees
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The Ebb & Flow this Saturday
June 20, 2007
Click to listen to our feature episode on The Ebb & Flow!
San Francisco’s The Ebb and Flow play a relatively rare live show this Saturday night at the Hemlock Tavern, alongside The Dont’s and The Tender Few. The band has completed the follow-up to 2005′s Time to Echolocate (Three Ring Records), a fantastic album which demonstrated the band’s ability to fuse elements of art-, prog- and indie-rock into songs winding through multiple twists and turns while staying totally hummable.
Last year’s Here Are Caught EP provided two excellent new songs alongside two remixes, but we’re still hungrily looking forward to their next full-length, titled Attack & Decay. Two songs from the new album were recently posted to the band’s MySpace page and show the band in fine form. You can also visit their official web site for more from The Ebb and Flow.
Saturday’s show starts at 9:30pm and is $7.
P.S. E&F’s Sam Tristin recently completed the self-titled debut for his side project We Is Shore Dedicated, which is a bit more country and folk-oriented than his main group but retains the strong sense of songwriting. Check out some free songs here.
