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Written by Gregg Shapiro
Jun 3, 2010
Jeffree Star performs at 7:45 p.m. June 13 in the PUMP! Dance Pavilion at PrideFest.
Sugar & Gold
Sugar & Gold’s pump-and-hump “¡Aya!” remix EP teased listeners, giving them a taste of what this “freaky five-some” from San Francisco was capable of doing (i.e. “Slice Me Nice”). Like a left-coast version of Ssion, Sugar & Gold demonstrates a shameless fondness for the disco/dance pop of the ’80s, but delivers it with a sweet and shiny contemporary twist on their second full-length “Get Wet!” (Antenna Farm) disc. “Feels Like Fire” burns up the dance floor, while “Sneek Freq” funks it up. “It’s All Over You” bubbles over like a champagne orgasm and “Stay Soft” will have you working hard, dancing vertically or horizontally. “Bodyaches” is a pain worth enduring, as “Call Me (Softly)” keeps it on a minimal, although no less fierce, level.
Thornton
With the release of “Like An Animal: B-Sides, Demos & Unreleased Tracks” by Waves on Waves, the band’s front-man (Kevin) Thornton is officially one of the hardest working gay men in show biz. If you listened to songs such as “Your Operator” and “Modern Man,” from WoW’s eponymous 2008 disc, and wondered what it might be like to be able to cut loose to them on the dance floor, “Like An Animal” has the answer. The K-Town remixes of both songs increase their dance-worthiness. “Today Is The Day,” a 2006 track, and the instrumental “My Only Friend,” from 2007, have the potential to inspire dancing.
Jeffree Star
Glam-drogynous Jeffree Star lives up to the title of his sophomore release “Beauty Killer” (Popsicle) right from the start with the wham-bam slam of “Get Away With Murder.” The blood continues to spill forth on “Louis Vuitton Body Bag,” with help from Matt Skiba. The title track, co-written by Sarah Hudson (cousin of Kate and Oliver), who also provides vocal assistance, gallops along at a killer pace, while “Love Rhymes With Fuck You” wants to be a soundtrack for the all-night experience. “Bitch, Please!” is a sexually explicit name-checker’s delight, where “Fame & Riches, Rehab Bitches” is a razor-sharp slap in the face featuring Breathe Carolina. The final track, “Queen of the Club Scene,” will have them lining up to claim the title.
Farrad
The debut disc by dance artist and dancer Farrad, “The Time Is Now” (Beulah’s Baby Entertainment), kicks off with “Misunderstood,” a heavenly house track that clarifies the artist’s position: he’s here to get you to dance. Farrad succeeds on “Pick Your Face Up Off The Floor,” “Praise 2 The DJ” and “Twisted” (which is sure to twist the limbs of some listeners). The versatile performer also knows his way around a soulful ballad as is evident on “Destiny.”
Guy B.
For a while, you couldn’t tune in to Logo without seeing gay Israeli singer Guy B. The music videos for “Within Me” and “Coexist,” from his disc “Co-“ (guyb.biz), were in regular rotation. “Coexist” is message music that you can dance to, whereas “Within Me” sounds more personal but no less dance-floor friendly. Other knockout dance cuts include “Wandering Eyes,” “Invisible Wisdom” and the aptly named “Fun.”
