[Live Review] – Safe Word, Mr. Gnome – at Drunken Unicorn 10.15.09

Thursday October 15th I has a few choices on what to go see in the Atlanta Music scene.  For some reason there were quite a few great choices… Judi Chicago was playing, The Selmanaires and Atlas Sound had already sold out the Earl, and Mr. Gnome was playing at Drunken Unicorn. Being a simple person I decided to head to the Drunken Unicorn because I’ve already seen the other bands several times… and what a great decision that turned  out to be.

My pal Drew and I piled up in the old mystery machine and headed to the Drunken Unicorn.  Sadly I read the flier wrong and we showed up about 40 minutes before the doors opened.  The only close by refuge was the gay bar at the top of the hill so we took shelter from the rain there.  I also got to see first hand that Drew is a gay/transient magnet… but that’s another story.

[Live Review] – Faithless Town at Smith’s Olde Bar – 10.14.09

Faithless Town

On Wednesday Oct. 14th I saw that Faithless Town was playing on the main stage at Smith’s, so I decided to drop on by.  The night was a benefit fund raiser  for Emory students and doctors to visit Haiti and provide basic health services.  There were all sorts of art pieces and silent auction type deals in the back while the music played.

The night opened with a Hip-Hop act… which was a man rapping over his own CD… lyrics and all – not even a karaoke version of his stuff.  That’s just about as entertaining as it sounds.

Luckily that didn’t last too long and  Faithless Town was up soon after.  While Rock Country isn’t quite my style, front man Gene Owens does a fine job of blending enough Rock in to make it a very enjoyable show.

A recent addition to the band is Ania Lipowska; a violin toting, tambourine swinging, backup vocalist.  The high counter melodies give the music a 10,000 maniacs dynamic that is really impressive to hear.

Over all this was a great showing and it was for a great cause… making me not feel too bad about the $12 cover.