Saturday, March 12th is a SOLD OUT performance by Toro Y Moi

Tight Bros and Ok Productions presents:

Toro Y Moi at the Drunken Unicorn on Saturday, March 12th, 2011



"Toro Y Moi is 23 year old Columbia, South Carolina native and resident Chaz Bundick. After earning a BFA in Graphic Design at The University of South Carolina, Chaz decided to push his music further now that he has more time on his hands. His mom came from the Phillipines to the United States, where she met her future husband (who’s African American) in college. They lived in New York City taking in all the wonderful cultural influences the city’s rising underground scene had to offer at the time (late 70s/early 80s). Deciding to slow down and be closer to family, they moved to Columbia, South Carolina where they had their first child…

Bundick’s methods are constantly changing and evolving. Heavily influenced by his parent’s vinyl and tape collection, he also possesses great admiration for contemporary influences like Animal Collective, Sonic Youth, J Dilla, and Daft Punk. Like most prepubescent teens, he had his punk band and once that died out, the “side project” soon became the main focus.

Toro y Moi started in 2001 as a bedroom project but quickly grew into the live performance realm. The songs are born from a plethora of different genres, from freak-folk to R&B to French House. This is the sound the world has been waiting for. This multi-cultural juggernaut gathers up the best musical elements from around the globe— R&B, Indie Rock, Electronic Dance and Psychedelica —and creates something-freaking-else! Over the course of his first groundbreaking full length “Causers Of This”, Toro Y Moi turns the aforementioned musics upside-down with his breathtakingly innovative approach. The incendiary power of Toro Y Moi’s funky synth and guitar play, pumping digital rhythms and gorgeously bright vocal harmonies makes for a formidable combination. A soon to be masterpiece of a currently unnamed genre."

Toro Y Moi on Facebook

Cloud Nothings are performing second.



"The sunny, raw sounds of Cloud Nothings come from an enigmatic Clevelander named Dylan, who formerly made music under the name of Cat Killer. Like many lo-fi artists of the late 2000s (particularly Wavves, Women, and Neon Tongues), Dylan took interest in reviving cassette culture, releasing his singles on tape and embracing a maxed-out recording technique in his blissful music. Cloud Nothings’ eight-song debut, Turn It On, was released in a limited run of 50 CDs and 100 cassettes in 2009. Those songs and those from 2010 EP were collected on Cloud Nothings' Carpark debut Turning On in October 2010. Cloud Nothings' self-titled album followed in January 2011." - Jason Lymangrover / All Music

Cloud Nothings on Facebook

Janka Nabay is the opener.



"There was also an African apparition: Janka Nabay from Sierra Leone, wearing a straw skirt and singing and dancing to recorded tracks of what he said was a 500-year-old tradition called bubu music. The tracks were modern, and the beat, fast and skeletal and driven by bell taps, was unstoppable, demanding wider dissemination." Jon Pareles, NYTIMES

Janka Nabay on Myspace

SOLD OUT, 18+
Doors @ 9 pm

Advance tickets available @ Ticket Alternative, Criminal Records,
Decatur CD, Fantasyland Records and the following CD Warehouse locations: Buford, Duluth, Kennesaw, Lawrenceville and Roswell.

If you want to win a FREE PAIR of tickets for this show, just be the first person to comment stating that you WANT the tickets and you will be the winner for a free pair of tickets.

BollyHOOD is happening at the Drunken Unicorn on Thursday, March the 3rd

BAMF! and Sorry Darlin presents

BollyHOOD



with performances by:

Daxclamation

ShaMona Jackson

And

DJ's Swivel and Sharaab

Free, 21+
Doors @ 10 pm

Cults will be here on Friday, March 11th, 2011

Tight Bros and OK Productions presents

Cults at the Drunken Unicorn on Friday, March 11th, 2011



"Google, "Cults" and you can probably guess what types of results you'll find (weird ones). Even trying "Cults band" leads to almost nothing. Believe it or not, this mystery isn't a marketing ploy to generate more hype- instead, it just shows how quickly this NYC band has risen to fame Guitarist Brian Oblivion and lead singer Madeline Follin only posted a couple of songs on the internet a few months ago for their friends. The tracks caught on and lead to a record deal, gigs with Best Coast and Sleigh Bells, and a huge internet following. The duo might only be in their early twenties and lead double lives as college film students, but their 60's-tinged pop tracks are anything but innocent. It's probably because songs like "Go Outside" and "Most Wanted," are shrouded in haunting undertones, which keep the melodies from becoming too sugary sweet. One reason why their buzz is spreading at lightspeed? They've posted three of their singles on their website, where you can download the complete 7" free." - Nylon

Cults website

Small Black will be the second performer of the evening.



"Noisy yet wistful electro-indie pop group Small Black started with a name and worked backward: a housemate of singer/multi-instrumentalist Josh Kolenik came up with the moniker on a cold Portland, OR night. The name stuck when he returned to Long Island, NY and began collaborating with Ryan Heyner, an area musician who had mutual friends with Kolenik. The pair holed up in Kolenik’s uncle’s attic to record songs with vintage keyboards and samplers, spending the winter of 2008-2009 recording as Uncle Matt made surfboards underneath them. Small Black released their self-titled five-song EP on the duo's own CassClub label in October 2009, and released the U.K. single "Despicable Dogs," as well as a video for that song featuring Uncle Matt, soon after. The band played several dates at that year’s CMJ Music Marathon, adding Juan Pieczanski and Jeff Curtin from Kolenik’s previous band, Slowlands, to fill out its live lineup. Small Black signed to Jagjaguwar Records, who reissued the band’s debut EP with two bonus tracks in 2010. That year, the band also released a split single with the likeminded Washed Out, with whom Small Black also went on tour. New Chain, the band's first full-length, boasted a slightly more polished sound and arrived in October 2010." - Heather Phares / All Music

Small Black on Facebook

Sun Airway are the opener.



"The Philadelphia-based duo Sun Airway is Jon Barthmus and Patrick Marceill, formerly of the A-Sides. The band's sound melds smooth, glistening electronics, ethereal sonic textures, and indie pop/rock dynamics and melodies. Sun Airway's first EP, Oh, Naoko, was issued as a giveaway in mid-2010, and the pair subsequently did remixes for Delorean, Here We Go Magic, the Hundred in the Hands, and Caribou. Their debut full-length, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier, was released by Dead Oceans in the fall of the same year." - Thom Jurek / All Music

Sun Airway on Facebook

$8, 18+
Doors @ 9 pm

Advance tickets available @ Ticket Alternative, Criminal Records,
Decatur CD, Fantasyland Records and the following CD Warehouse locations: Buford, Duluth, Kennesaw, Lawrenceville and Roswell.

If you want to win a FREE PAIR of tickets to this show, just be the first person to comment stating that you WANT the tickets!

Das Racist is headlining a SOLD OUT performance at the Drunken Unicorn on Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Tight Bros and Speakeasy present:

Das Racist on Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at the Drunken Unicorn



Das Racist is a weed edge/hare krishna hard core/art rap/freak folk music trio based in brooklyn, new york, comprised of queens-born himanshu kumar suri, san francisco-born victor vazquez, and queens-born ashok kondabolu. Suri and vazquez met at sarah lawrence bard pomona wesleyan art college in massachusetts, where victor was himanshu's resident advisor in a "students of color for social justice" themed freshman year dormitory. The duo later added kondabolu as a hype man and spiritual advisor.

After a couple of years of occasional drunken freestyles with each other, Himanshu and Victor decided to record a couple of raps together.

The first of which was called "We Made It" and immediately became a hit amongst stupid assholes who like rap from the 1990s and really want that shit to keep happening. The second track was called "Fever" and it was fucking terrible - really bad. Then they made some other songs and then they made "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" which is the one that everyone likes and then they made some other songs.

Das Racist on Facebook

Dillon is the third performer.



Dillon on Facebook

ContraVerse are performing second.



Forged out of the fading underground hip hop movement, The ContraVerse is a project rooted in the independent era. These wordsmiths employ a focus on rhyme-schemes and lyrical content while drawing influences from golden age pioneers such as, A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde and The Roots.

The ContraVerse full length debut, 'Inoculate' will be released through Substance Theory Recordings in January; featuring guest appearances from Public Enemy's own, DJ Lord, as well as Gift of Gab, voice of Bay Area hip hop legends Blackalicious. Production duties on 'Inoculate' were split between in-house cuts from Kid A, a Berlin based crate-digger named Batsauce and Atlanta's beat battle king, The Conspiracy.

On the verge of their first official release, the crew is already moving on act two. The mutual apocalyptic visions of a land gone mad led to a collaborative art endeavor that includes a collection of graphic shorts coinciding with the songs of ContraVerse's second album, 'Relic'. The Conspiracy returns to provide an entire album of cinematic soundscapes allowing Obeah & Kontent to elaborate on different scenarios of a world torn into cannibalistic ruins. Artistic supplements are provided by Atlanta mixed-medium artist, Diving2Lie; creating a visual compliment to the story lines of the record.

With deep imagination and signature intensity, the music from ContraVerse is an honest and genuine exploration into the possibilities of song and story. Somewhere, between an affinity for creativity in hip hop and a relentless hunger for expression, exists a balance of consciousness and execution referred to as The ContraVerse.

ContraVerse on Facebook

The Seedy Seeds are the opener.



The Seedy Seeds don’t know you, but they already like you. With a completely original sound and presentation, including banjo, accordion and toy keyboard beats, The Seedy Seeds create positive, melodic, danceable Indie music that is equally at home alongside pop-punk, alt-country, and lo-fi.

The concept for the band was born of a casual conversation in late 2005, in which the founding members hypothesized performing as a group with the instruments they owned but hadn’t yet learned to play. The Seedy Seeds began writing, performing, and recording music shortly thereafter.

The Seedy Seeds on Facebook

SOLD OUT, 18+
Doors @ 9 pm

Advance tickets available @ Ticket Alternative, Criminal Records,
Decatur CD, Fantasyland Records and the following CD Warehouse locations: Buford, Duluth, Kennesaw, Lawrenceville and Roswell.

If you want to win a FREE pair of tickets for this show just be the first person to comment on this post STATING that you want the tickets.

Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda and Roman Photos from Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

Hey everyone,

Thanks to Ryan James here are photos of Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda and Roman Photos when they performed at the Drunken Unicorn on Tuesday, February 8th, 2011.

Wild Nothing:











Abe Vigoda:





Roman Photos:

Imagination Head is performing at the Drunken Unicorn on Wednesday, March 9th

Imagination Head are performing at the Drunken Unicorn on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011.



Formed in Memphis, TN in 2004, J.R. and Erin Wicker moved to Atlanta, GA in 2007 and gathered up four more fine musicians (Vince, Puma, Kara, and Nick). Imagination Head LOVES to perform. Their second album On/Off will be released January 29th, 2011.

Their fist album, The Stale and Sparkly Air, was released in August of 2006.

"Imagination Head live performances consist of a wealth of entertainment: impromptu product placement commercials, TV heads, cakewalks, even a funhouse (complete with dream research, curtain mazes, creepy clowns, a stenographer, glass eaters, and crude oil drinking). Needless to say, the band lives to entertain their audience." -Adam Herrington, Mule Magazine, Chicago

"the group's debut disc puts the focus squarely on Wicker's songs-rambling, hilarious, acerbic gems that owe debts to everyone from Dylan to Conor Oberst but that mark Wicker as one of the most original writing voices in town"
Mark Jordan-Commercial Appeal--------

Imagination Head on Facebook

The Lisps will be performing second.



The Lisps are a New York-based co-ed assemblage of 21st century theater prone indie rockers. Their songs border the literary and borrow liberally from vaudeville, Anti-Folk, science fiction, and Americana. Their hyper-active performances typically involve bloody tambourines, wrestling, lipstick smeared melodicas, old filing cabinets, and film reels suspended by rusty chains. The Lisps are set for a 2011 release of their 3rd album "Are We at the Movies?" and their Civil War sci-fi musical FUTURITY, which has had 15 workshop performances, will have its World Premiere in February of 2012.

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The Lisps have formed, deformed and reformed over the last 3 years. They are an ever changing body of genius behaviour. Like the mythic phoenix rising from the ashes of oblivion The Lisps are endlessly entertaining to themselves and their friends. Sometimes they argue with each other but they almost always agree to disagree and/or validate each other's point of view. The lisps have been on 2 humungous national tours and wowed thousands of Pro-American and Anti-American Americans with their outrageous live performances. They released their debut full-length album, "Country Doctor Museum" in January of 2008 and celebrated with a sold-out album release party at the beautiful Joe's Pub. The Lisps are currently working on their musical "FUTURITY." Which is the classic American tale of a Civil War soldier who trying to invent a steam-powered artificial intelligence.

Sammy is 5' 4"
Cesar is 6' 3/4"
Eric is about 5' 10"
Lorenzo is probably 5'9" but might be growing still.

1 member is not a small boy, but actually a woman of average height with a slamming bod. 2 members are lefties and 1 member was temporarily living with his parents but now has a great apartment with his wife, and all the Lisps are very happy for him. 5/8 of The Lisps are now Jewish! 2 members are obsessed with regional Macaroni and Cheese recipes and 2 members love talking about electricity and geeky acoustical concepts. 1 member is finishing college, 1 member has a BA, 1 member has a master's degree, and 1 member said "Fuck college, I'm going pro." 1 member was born in the 90's and 1 member was born in the 70's, (leaving 2 members to be born in the 80's) 3 members sometimes feel like they aren't living up to their full potential but then usually 1 other member says something encouraging. Lorenzo, however, always feels good.

The Lisps on Facebook

Lobster Mobster Poetry Collective will be opening the show.



The Lobster Mobster Poetry Collective is an Atlanta based aggregate of poets who work together to make poetry, short fiction, and plays public.

Lobster Mobster Poetry Collective

$5, 21+
Doors @ 9 pm

Adam Arcuragi headlines the Drunken Unicorn on Tuesday, March the 8th

Adam Arcuragi will be performing at the Drunken Unicorn on Tuesday, March the 8th, 2011



"Adam Arcuragi makes music like some folks host parties. Equal parts revival tent and corner pub, his sophomore LP I Am Become Joy (out now) sounds like get-together where everyone feels at home—in the room and in their own skin—and seamlessly connected. Rife with rowdy choruses, banjos, horns and handclaps, the record invites anyone listening to the party, too, calling us in to have a beer and sing along with a collective of folks called humankind, spanning time and distance." - Paste Magazine

Adam Arcuragi on Facebook

Cheyenne Marie Mize is the second performer of the everning.



"It’s a challenge not to fall in love with Cheyenne Marie Mize. Whimsical, haunting, dreamlike folk that’s dynamic and eschews the traditional folk formulae, her debut, Before Lately, is an amalgamation of contradictions – rugged and gentle, innocent and forlorn, spacious and intimate, desolate and uplifting. Guitar, piano, bells, occasional percussion, and honey-tinged vocals make up this simple, immaculate collection of vintage torch ballads, engrossed in twinkling bucolic imagery that showcases a soul twice her age.

Mize’s talent certainly did not go unnoticed. While Mize is no stranger to her hometown of Louisville by way of her other bands, Arnett Hollow and the Carter Family-channeling Maiden Radio, she introduced herself internationally on the 10″ release Among the Gold with Bonnie “Prince” Billy – a collection of late 19th century American parlor music handpicked by Mize and Oldham. Mize continued her alliance with Ben Sollee as a major player in the Dear Companion tour supporting Ben and Daniel Martin Moore’s collaborative Sub Pop release in early 2010.

More importantly, 2010 is the year in which Mize takes the front of the stage supporting her amazing solo debut. The challenge is on, but Mize will be hard to avoid in the near future."

Cheyenne Marie Mize on Facebook

Nerdkween is the opener.



Nerdkween (pronounced "nerd queen") is the stage name for the American singer/songwriter and composer Monica Arrington (born November 2, in Anderson, Indiana) who is known for lo-fi recordings and minimalist style of electric guitar playing with added electronic noises. She is also known for a wide range in vocal ability, from haunting and airy tones to gritty and country-like twangs. Her music is a part of the genre slowcore or dream pop. She is also one of the few African-American performers in experimental pop/rock music.

Nerdkween on Facebook

$5 in adv, $8 DOS, 21+
Doors @ 9 pm

Advance tickets available @ Ticket Alternative, Criminal Records,
Decatur CD, Fantasyland Records and the following CD Warehouse locations: Buford, Duluth, Kennesaw, Lawrenceville and Roswell.

Rocky Votolato will be performing on Monday, March 7th, 2011

Rocky Votolato will be headlining the Drunken Unicorn on Monday, March 7th, 2011



Rocky Votolato is an Italian-American musician. He was born in a rural hospital near Carrolton, Texas in 1978, though was raised in the Pacific Northwest. When his former band Lying on Loot disbanded in 1996, Rocky Votolato, along with friends Rudy Gajadhar (drums) and Andrew Hartley (bass), started playing under the name Waxwing. Rocky's younger brother Cody (The Blood Brothers) soon joined the band on second guitar, and the band recorded their debut 7" for Henry's Finest Recordings. In 1999, Second Nature Recordings released their first full-length, entitled 'For Madmen Only'. Blending straight-up rock with elements of post-hardcore, and Cody's metal reminiscent guitaring, Waxwing soon established a strong local following. It was a feat built upon with their two succeeding albums 'One For the Ride' (2000) and 'Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns' (2002).

In 1999, Rocky Votolato branched out from his work with Waxwing, having written a handful of songs which did not really fit in with their more aggressive, fast tempo syle. Along the way he has toured with the likes of Damien Jurado, Small Brown Bike, The Get Up Kids, The New Amsterdams, Owen and The Casket Lottery, members of the latter having provided assistance as backing musicians on occasion. His studio albums have also been littered with appearances from some of Seattle's finest musicians (including players in the bands Red Stars Theory, Sharks Keep Moving, The Blood Brothers, Death Cab for Cutie, Pedro the Lion and Sub Pop solo artist Rosie Thomas). On the production side, Votolato has worked with Matt Bayles (Pearl Jam, Botch, Murder City Devils, Hayden), along with Chris Walla (of Death Cab for Cutie). It is a creative input which has helped see Rocky progress stylistically with every release, from his low key self-titled album released in 1999 - all pretty much recorded live, right through to his recent, alt-country, folk-esque offering, 'Makers'. A video was shot for the first track of Makers, "White Daisy Passing", a song which also appears on the soundtrack of the forthcoming Seattle indie feature film Cthulu.

Rocky also starred in the film 'The Edge of Quarrel', which he worked on with Dave Larson from Excursion Records. It also includes members of the Murder City Devils and Botch, and is about a gang war between straightedgers and punk rockers.

He is married with two children, and lives in Seattle.

Rocky Votolato on Facebook

Matt Pond PA is the opener.



From a cabin in the woods outside of Bearsville, NY--where there's nothing much to do but watch the grass grow up with the coyotes, deer, turkeys, and yes, bears--Matt Pond let go of all those studio entanglements and hacked off a piece of his own fate. Trusting in the flicker at the end of the tunnel, he gives us The Dark Leaves, due April 13th 2010.

In this era of technological advancements, it's remarkable that something can be repaired the old-fashioned way -- dismantling the gears to put it all back together again. After almost giving up on the world outside the woods, Matt Pond, with the invaluable aid of Chris Hansen (engineer, co-producer), returns with The Dark Leaves. It's a record about surrendering and not, about being done with darkness and having something to sing about it.

Also available from these cabin sessions are the digital, nine-song EP Auri Sacra Fames (currently available exclusively online) and coming soon is "The Threeep," a set of three 7", three-song singles with as many songs each (three A-Sides, three Instrumentals, three B-Sides), which conveniently clip together into a cube. Contributing to these sessions are Eve Miller on cello, Christian Frederickson on viola and Dan Crowell on drums. The first installment of the limited-edition vinyl series is available for purchase HERE and on iTunes, with the final two being released in early 2010.

"Starting," the first single from the "The Threeep," features the following tracks:

Side A: "Starting" (from The Dark Leaves)
Side B: "Stopping" (non-album track)
Side B: "The Colour Out Of Space" (non-album track)

Matt Pond PA on Facebook

$12, ALL AGES
Doors @ 8 pm
THIS SHOW WILL BE OVER BY 12 AM. ROCKY PERFORMS AT 10 PM.

Advance tickets available @ Ticket Alternative, Criminal Records,
Decatur CD, Fantasyland Records and the following CD Warehouse locations: Buford, Duluth, Kennesaw, Lawrenceville and Roswell.

If you want to win a pair of tickets to this show just be the first person to comment on this blog posting stating that you want to win the free pair of tickets to this show!

A: The Color is headling on Saturday, March 5th, 2011

Rock Science Radio presents

A: The Color on Saturday, March 5th, 2011



"A: The Color is an Atlanta based group headed up by Zach Beachum and Ethan Gabriel Jack. Continually trying new things and pushing their own boundaries, A: The Color is building up steam." - Hijacking Music

A: The Color on Facebook

The Sneaky Hand are the second act of the evening.



Sneaky Hand is a band in and about Atlanta, Howdy!

WE make MUSIC
(so you don’t have to)

Sneaky Hand will Do it with the lights on fire!
Through promoting Savage Dance-ability. & Cuh Cuh C Cranial Insatiability,

Members:
Kamil- Bass, balloon animals
M@- Vocals, face painting
Trey- Guitar, magic tricks
???- Drums, puppet show

The Sneaky Hand on Facebook

Lullwater will be opening the show.



Four years ago, in a grungy, humid basement in Athens, Ga., a group of musicians started a band. And, thus, Lullwater (adopted from the street where that basement still sits) was born. Unsurprisingly their passion for music rose steadily. They took up playing regular gigs in downtown Athens, frequenting the bars and clubs that make Athens a music hotbed. Their music swiftly gained a following among their peers and in 2008 they released their debut album Faithful Sinners, followed swiftly by their second, Forest for the Trees, in 2009.
While their albums showcase a startling talent and versatility, its Lullwater’s live shows really stuns are John Strickland’s deep and raspy vocals, and the band’s lead guitarist, Brett Strickland’s heartfelt solos. Nick Thomas adds the perfect counter play to his band mates, pounding out electrifying percussion beats that round out the sheer power of both vocals and guitar, solidifying it into what has become a signature sound for the band. Roy Beatty has added yet even more to this already gifted ensemble. Beatty’s bass guitar has added a depth and texture to Lullwater’s sound, maturing it into something that is becoming more versatile as the band continues to work on new music.
Lullwater, now signed on with Spectra Records, is touring and promoting the studio debut “Silhouette”. The latest album was produced and mastered by David Barbe (R.E.M., Drive-By Truckers, Cracker, Bloodkin, 7 Mary Three, Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormans, and The Whigs) at Chase Park Productions in Athens, Ga. The band duly notes that Barbe was great to work with and heavily contributed to the rawness and originality of the newest album. “Silhouette” will be released in January of 2011. In the meantime, Lullwater will be touring nationally promoting the new album.

Lullwater on Facebook

$7, 18+
Doors @ 9 pm

Friday, March 4th is Baby Baby

Baby Baby will be headlining the Drunken Unicorn on Friday, March 4th, 2011



"At first glance, the motley crew of Fontez Brooks (Vocals, Guitar), Kyle Dobbs (Bass), and Grant Wallace (Drums), along with newcomer Colin Boddy (Percussion) do not seem like serious musicians. It might be the fact that they are constantly shirtless, wearing only fluorescent colored short-shorts. Maybe it’s the tribal face paint that they sport at shows. Or it could be that they named their last album something as nonsensical as Wabadabadaba. Whatever the case may be, one thing is for certain, Baby Baby is very serious – about having fun.

“We don’t look serious, but in fact we are serious, we just have a very unusual way of showing it,” drummer Grant Wallace explains. “When we go to shows, we want to have a good time. Most of the time, the majority of the people are not having fun. We are here to help the audience enjoy it and have a better time.” Colin chimes in, “It’s like a pep rally!”" - Joshua Bottomley / Performer

Baby Baby on Facebook

Empress Hotel from New Orleans are the second performer.



Empress Hotel at it's core is an assembly of musicians from both New Orleans and afar. Spearheading this New Orleans pop ensemble are brothers Ryan and Eric Rogers on guitar and drums, backed by Patrick Hodgkins from Portland, Maine on bass, Leo DeJesus on keys and percussion and fronted by the lovely Julie Williams on keys and the ever so amorous Micah McKee on lead vocals and guitar. The music is inspired by 70s one hit wonders such as Ace and The Dwight Twilley Band and drawing influence from legends like Prince, Sparks, and Roxy Music.

Empress Hotel brings a personal, human story to their interpretation of pop songs. It's implemented through stream of consciousness lyrics, dynamic vocal melodies and rhythmic harmonies from individuals who love the glory days and still go see new bands play live more than most. They lust for a music that is inclusive, crowd pleasing and honest. Empress Hotel asks for you to sing along, and dance within it. It wants your company.

Empress Hotel on Facebook

The Leotards are the opening act.



merv and i played music. music good so we record music. now music on myspace words not prepared .. ..

The Leotards on Myspace

$5 in adv, $7 DOS, 21+
Doors @ 9 pm

Advance tickets available @ Ticket Alternative, Criminal Records,
Decatur CD, Fantasyland Records and the following CD Warehouse locations: Buford, Duluth, Kennesaw, Lawrenceville and Roswell.

Photo's of Smith Westerns and Yuck from Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Hey everyone,

Thanks to Ryan James here are photos of Smith Westerns and Yuck when they performed at the Drunken Unicorn on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011.

Smith Westerns:









Yuck:

The Gun Party will be at the Drunken Unicorn on Wednesday, March the 2nd

Gun Party will be headlining the Drunken Unicorn on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011.



From the pits of Georgia comes an eclectic hornet's nest of melodic mayhem. A fusion of indie dance rock and daddy issues, Gun Party has been known to cause uncontrollable seizures of dance.

Gun Party on Facebook

Modern Paranoia are the third performer of the evening.



Atlanta quintet Modern Paranoia sets sail to the uncharted waters of the music industry with their smash hit single “I’m A Bird” in the year 2011. Five different individuals from different corners of the Atlanta music scene come together with the one common goal, making a new brand of music for Alternative Radio.

Six years ago, a then 13-year-old drummer, Tanner Hendon, met a then 14-year-old guitarist, Clay Houle, through mutual friends. Two bands and 3 lead singers later, they now have created the brand of music they call Modern Paranoia. From the dark stages of heavy metal clubs to the corners of coffee houses for singer song writers and even opening for Velvet Revolver, the two finally found solace in the soaring vocals of Quinton Tolbert a/k/a Q (lead vocals).

Let’s rewind a little. Hendon (drums) and Houle (guitar) actually met their 3rd member, Joel Williams (guitar), at a battle of the bands event at Atlanta’s legendary music establishment Smith’s Olde Bar. Williams, a former member of The Zac Brown Band, was a well-known guitar player and sometimes a gun for hire in the Atlanta music scene. The chemistry between the 3 young musicians was undeniable and soon Williams agreed to join Hendon and Houle.

Next came Marshall Coats. While Hendon was taking an after school job at the famous and historic Atlanta music store, Atlanta Discount Music, he became friendly with the owner’s son, Marshall Coats (bass, keys). “Marshall was definitely the next piece of the puzzle we needed “, says Hendon. “He could play so many different instruments and his knowledge of music, gear and technology was insane”. “

A few weeks later Hendon was invited to a dinner at a friend’s house and the friend mentioned that there might be a gig the band could do at The Sundance Film Festival. Hendon thought to himself, that can be really cool, but then his friend said “the gig is actually opening for the band Velvet Revolver”. It was early 2008. Tanner left his friend’s place, called the boys and gave them the news. They found a lead singer and 10 days later they were opening for Velvet Revolver in Utah.

The band, then called Soul Stash, found their voice in the vocals of Chris Bartlett (formerly of the band Thelonius). The new partnership wasted no time and jumped in the studio to record their first self titled LP, “Soul Stash” with veteran producer David Tickle (U2 , Prince , Berlin , Blondie) and mixed by the A list mixer Chris Lord-Alge (STP, Green Day, Paramore, My Chemical Romance ) .

Recording and touring for the rest of 2008 and 2009, they had modest success with their first single “ 99 “ on Alternative radio. The band decided to take their new learned experiences back to the studio once again for their second LP. Like many partnerships or musical groups, the boys had grown up fast in the past year and a half and somehow the four members did not share the same musical vision and direction as their lead vocalist Chris Bartlett.

Hendon says “Naturally we were hurt a bit; we had been a family for over a year and had worked really hard to get to this point. We were also fortunate to catch some good breaks, but then reality set in and we all decided it’s best for everyone to go their own ways to achieve future success.”

Hendon, Houle, Williams and Coats then held an open audition for lead vocalist by advertising everywhere, including on Craigslist. The response was over whelming. After days of auditioning and screening their next voice for the band, they met Quinton Tolbert a/k/a “Q” and offered him the gig right away. Tolbert accepted with out hesitation and the new chemistry was undeniable. “Naturally there were some rough patches”, Q (lead vocals) mentions, “learning the old songs, writing new songs and having to fit my musical style with the band’s musical style in a short time was a little stressful …, but we got through it.”

In Spring of 2010 Soul Stash members, Tolbert (lead vocals) Hendon (drums), Houle (guitar), Coats (bass and vocals), Williams (guitar), decided to give the band a fresh name before heading to studio and working on the second EP titled “I’m A Bird”.

The out come was “Modern Paranoia”.

Modern Paranoia recorded its second EP with the help of young Atlanta producer Wyatt Oates at Tree Sound Studio’s in their home town of Atlanta. They then enlisted the help of another Atlanta music veteran, producer Dan Hannon (Manchester Orchestra) to help them record 3 new tracks, but the band was still in search of that special song and sound. It seemed like the band was growing musically faster than they could lay the songs down or record them. Finally that magical moment arrived, a demo by the name of “I’m A Bird “.

Modern Paranoia wasted no time and took the song to the world famous producer Dallas Austin (No Doubt, Lenny Kravitz, Madonna, Duran Duran, Fishbone). They felt Dallas’s know how of modern rock, pop and rhythm is exactly what they needed. Modern Paranoia was not wrong. The final product, the single “I’m A Bird”, mixed by Platinum mixer Mark Needham (The Killers) and mastered by Stephen Marcussen (Audio Slave, Korn, 3 Doors Down) is an undeniable Alternative dance smash.

In 2011 Modern Paranoia will continue promoting their 2nd EP, I’m A Bird. The single “I’m A Bird” is already capturing the attention of Alternative Specialty Show Programmers all over the US and winning Specialty Show battles night after night. Next for the band is a college radio campaign, followed by a national tour and then the release of their second single “I know”. The band is on the Atlanta indi label Madison Records and is managed by Fontanell Management (Collective Soul, Rehab, Brooks Buford, The Weaving).

Hendon (drums) says, “I guess every band comes together with a different story, I think ours happened over dinner.” ………

Modern Paranoia on Facebook

Lindsey & Jack Topht with The Vegetables will be performing second.



doin awesome tunes, doin awesome shows, sewing,

Lindsey & Jack Topht with The Vegetables on Facebook

DIP are opening the show.



Parks (of Gun Party!) hip hop act!

DIP on Facebook

$5, 21+
Doors @ 9 pm

Live photo's of Monotonix from January 23rd, 2010

Hey everyone,

The Drunken Unicorn TARDIS is now taking us to 01/23/2010 when Monotonix performed at the Drunken Unicorn.

Thanks to Soundguy Extraordinaire Chad Phillips for these photos.

Monotonix live at the Drunken Unicorn on Saturday, January 23rd, 2010: