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.

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