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# Brazilian Girls bring up the tempo at Temple Bar
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/brazilian-girls-bring-up-the-tempo-at-temple-bar/
- Published: 2005-03-11T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T06:14:12.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By KURT HEIM Special to the Daily Press*

The Brazilian Girls played to a sold-out crowd at Temple Bar this past Tuesday n i g h t. Temple Bar was packed with a line all the way down the block — and that was for people who didn’t have tickets. Needless to say, by the time I managed to get in, the atmosphere in the room was already at fervent pitch. The crowd was an interesting mix of pseudo hipsters donning their taxi cabbie hats and young trendy Santa Monicans, most of whom had already seen their 30th birthday.

By the time the band came onto stage, it was clear that this was not going to be a mellow gig. They started off with “Die Gedken Sind Frei.”

The bass player and the drummer laid down a groove that instantly sent the crowd into a mad disco brawl. Sabina Sciubba — fully clad in a white ensemble and her trademark “eye mask” — marched around the stage, making it difficult to focus on anything else. When a member of the audience asked her to take off her eye glasses, she refused by replying that “people will die” if she did. Sciubba’s distinct euro demeanor is both spell binding and enigmatic. Her sultry tones are like the warm Santa Ana winds on a balmy evening.

“Lazy Lover” took the tempo down. This scandalous burlesque number is dreamy but still had enough butt-shaking groove to keep the crowd bouncing.

The great thing about watching the Brazilian Girls was the fact that they are all accomplished musicians. Quite often when seeing a band that has an electronic slant they are bound to playing along with a click track and can’t sway too far from the sampled computer generated music, and you end up with a show that just sounds like the CD.

The band did a two-song encore, and finished off with “Home.” Over all, this was one of the best shows I have seen in ages. The brilliant musicians, Sciubba’s frolicking and the punchy sound made it all worthwhile. From now on, if anyone asks what the Brazilian Girls are like, just reply that they are an incredibly good time.

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to the Daily Press Sabina Sciubba—wearing her trademark “eye mask”— and her band, the Brazilian Girls, rock Temple Bar patrons Tuesday. (Photo: Kurt Heim/Special)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 11, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/031105.pdf?ref=smdp.com)