"Eldridge Gravy & the Court Supreme: Sly Stone, James Brown and George Clinton rolled into one. Get "Us Is What Time It Is" and play it loud. You will no longer need your gym membership."

"Now expanded to 13 members, Seattle's Eldridge Gravy & the Court Supreme leverage all that instrumental and vocal firepower to exceptionally hedonistic ends, especially in live performances. Tonight they're celebrating the release of the Mell Dettmer–recorded Party Hard, their newest exercise in self-fulfilling prophecy. Its eight earthy, fiery tracks fling you back to Sly & the Family Stone and Tower of Power's brand of celebratory, maximal funk and soul maneuvers. There's so much brassy fun and lubricious groove science packed into each cut, you pretty much have to go out of your way not to sweat (and get laid) to this album."

"Eldridge Gravy & the Court Supreme's irrepressible rise continues at ever-larger venues, as the 13-piece funk/soul ensemble make the jump to Chop Suey. Their shows flamboyantly accentuate the positive with mostly up-tempo, tried-and-true maneuvers: dynamic horn charts; intricate, rousing vocal interplay; "Good god!"–inducing rhythms; and inspirational keyboard swells. Unless you're an industrial-grade curmudgeon, Eldridge Gravy's bold, brassy attack wipes out glumness within seconds. Fellow locals Atomic Bride play a knotty brand of post punk with tough male/female vocals. They merge aggression and tunefulness with raw-nerved skill. The Braxmatics peddle traditional, nasty-grooved funk rendered in broad, brash strokes."

"The verdict is final: "Party Hard" is by Eldridge Gravy & The Court Supreme, the radio disc of the summer"

"Eldridge Gravy’s vocals soar out above the mix and are nicely followed by a barrage of backup vocals with no shortage of “ooohh”s and “aaahh”s, while the instrumental section provides a nice backing to the soulful lyrics."

"If there's doubt that funk is anything but alive, well and ass-kicking, critics need look no further"

"It can take an act of god to get a crowd dancing in this town, and I haven't been to a Eldridge Gravy show where I haven't seen people shaking their thang."

"Anyone that has heard the group on record knows that they are a brilliant funk and R&B unit."

"Eldridge Gravy and the Court Supreme is one of the tightest, funkiest bands east of the Mississippi. These cats don't sample hip hop beats or loops; they build their grooves organically from scratch - from the ground up." "This outfit takes a little bit of Prince, P-Funk, Otis Redding, Temptations, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder and throws it in the musical pot to create a tasty and sexy musical gravy, if you will."