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Hometown: Minneapolis.
The lineup: Zac, Matt, Adam, Shon and Adam.
The background: Solid Gold are as good as anything you’ll hear in a while. They make downbeat dance music, sad synth-pop, melancholy club tracks, which might sound like a contradiction in terms but not to those of you who have, over the past 25 years, appreciated artists from Pet Shop Boys to Junior Boys. They come from Minneapolis, the home of Prince, but you won’t get any upbeat freak-funk here. This is music for the mourning after the failed night out before. It’s pretty dour and dark for dance music. We namechecked the PSBs and the JBs just now, but there’s a vast difference, in terms of success, between one and the other. The former were global megastars, the latter “mere” critics’ darlings. We’re not sure what the market is these days for the sort of sorrowful techno that Solid Gold purvey, but it sure is a lovely sound.
They’re almost destined to remain cult favourites with a name like that. Bands who invoke success in their name or the name of their records usually end up in the bargain bin, we have no idea why. Big Star were not big stars, they sold a couple of thousand albums at most, and that goes for their 1972 debut LP, titled rather optimistically #1 Record. The Pop Group were not a popular group (or, for that matter, a pop group), although in their case you could argue they were inviting us to think critically about what a pop group is or does. Come to think of it, Gang of Four’s second album, Solid Gold, did not go gold, solid or otherwise.
The lineup: Zac, Matt, Adam, Shon and Adam.
The background: Solid Gold are as good as anything you’ll hear in a while. They make downbeat dance music, sad synth-pop, melancholy club tracks, which might sound like a contradiction in terms but not to those of you who have, over the past 25 years, appreciated artists from Pet Shop Boys to Junior Boys. They come from Minneapolis, the home of Prince, but you won’t get any upbeat freak-funk here. This is music for the mourning after the failed night out before. It’s pretty dour and dark for dance music. We namechecked the PSBs and the JBs just now, but there’s a vast difference, in terms of success, between one and the other. The former were global megastars, the latter “mere” critics’ darlings. We’re not sure what the market is these days for the sort of sorrowful techno that Solid Gold purvey, but it sure is a lovely sound.
They’re almost destined to remain cult favourites with a name like that. Bands who invoke success in their name or the name of their records usually end up in the bargain bin, we have no idea why. Big Star were not big stars, they sold a couple of thousand albums at most, and that goes for their 1972 debut LP, titled rather optimistically #1 Record. The Pop Group were not a popular group (or, for that matter, a pop group), although in their case you could argue they were inviting us to think critically about what a pop group is or does. Come to think of it, Gang of Four’s second album, Solid Gold, did not go gold, solid or otherwise.
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Shoutbox
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YankeeShambles wrote:
Belated, but newish Solid Gold single, "Fat Lip" is available at your Amazon.com's, eMusic's and iTuneses...
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elsimondark wrote:
No, it's 2.009.
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RuledByMUSE wrote:
beautiful
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bowser724 wrote:
2009? It's from 2008.
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p0wer_v1olence wrote:
definitely one of the best albums of 2009 for sure
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jellycream23 wrote:
Love love love!!!!!!
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antizen wrote:
i like them and all but how in the world are they like junior boys?
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metasin wrote:
absolute crap
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Just1Answer wrote:
my favs now
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Willis_ wrote:
I interviewed them today - they're awesome!
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athena_kay wrote:
i wouldn't mind hearing more :)
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Diphallus wrote:
These guys fucking rule! Go see them.
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mykinkyneontie wrote:
this is sooooo good..... it makes me wanna have some icecold strawberry-milk and cookies ^^
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LunarSkyye wrote:
i hope they just take over the new york show and shut down the other acts...i can't wait !!!
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kylemeyer wrote:
Anyone know where to find some of the newer tracks they've been playing at shows? Not on the album or EP. :(
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antek0 wrote:
wud up twin cities??
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SagaciousB wrote:
Hey Solid Gold fans - if you want to submit some lyrics to lyricwiki, I created the skeleton page here. Here's hoping I don't botch the lyrics to Armoured Cars. http://lyricwiki.org/Solid_Gold
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elsimondark wrote:
<333!
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phphphphph wrote:
I won't trade my Junior Boys for that
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SagaciousB wrote:
Saw these guys at SXSW, and they were pretty amazing. Glad they finally released an album that I can listen to when they're not in town. I love the synth arrangements and good percussion. Nice airy vocals, too. They had all kinds of wacky instruments at the live show.
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Voxtrot
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mr_orange_ringo connected Solid Gold to the group SXSW Music. yesterday morning
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ChaosOfTrouble, amylove12 and CeriJo148 added Solid Gold to their libraries. yesterday morning
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rabidquack added Solid Gold to the lineup of Christmas Fest After Party at St. Olaf College. Tuesday evening
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bradyforce, Bachtuna, alex412339 and 9 other people added Solid Gold to their libraries. Monday morning
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Grape_with_AIDS tagged Solid Gold with ‘seen live’. last week
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jwkatt, jordazzle, sonic1970 and 3 other people added Solid Gold to their libraries. last week
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loxtok added Solid Gold to the lineup of Moda: London at The Macbeth. last week
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Fall_Music and andymac190 added Solid Gold to their libraries. 10 days ago
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headphonelove tagged Solid Gold with synth pop, indie pop and electro. 11 days ago
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