| Scene Showcase: Solid Gold |
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| Written by Rob van Alstyne | |
| Friday, February 22, 2008 at 10:20 AM | |
 Solid Gold I'm not quite sure when it happened but sometime in the last few years the Twin Cities scene has gradually morphed from a place where patchy flannel, rumpled jeans and cranked up Gibson's were de riguer stage attire to a musical moment rife with tasty electronic weirdness and boundary-pushing pop groups. Local trio Solid Gold help drive that point home on their excellent new 6-track EP, Who You Gonna Run To?, a collection of chilled-out electro pop sedate enough in tone that you don't mind spinning it in the background while cleaning up your apartment but with enough rhythmic mojo that you'll invariably find yourself bopping your head while folding up your whites (particularly on the beat-heavier remix tracks that comprise its second half). Having already garnered signficant buzz out of town, Solid Gold won a spot at a Vice magazine curated concert in London and headlined at the Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavik, it seems inevitable that this release will raise their profile here in town significantly and have everyone primed for their forthcoming full-length Bodies of Water, due this summer and being helmed by local scene luminary Ryan Olcott (12 Rods, Mystery Palace). Listen to "Bible Thumper" from the Who You Gonna Run To? EP Solid Gold's MySpace COMING UP: Solid Gold play the EP release party for Who You Gonna Run To? on Friday, February 22, at the Kitty Cat Klub , with opening acts DJ Real Jaguar, DJ Bach, Lookbook, Organ Eyes. 9 p.m. $5. 21+ |
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| Last Updated: Friday, February 22, 2008 at 10:29 AM |
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