Swank Motel here at The Drunken Unicorn on Wednesday, June 13th, 2012.
Swank motel founded in 06' out of Atlanta, GA. Represents and creates a new sound in music bringing tunes that cure the wants of strokes fans to arctic monkeys to kings of leon to kooks, to the whole alternative-indie scene as of now, and comes with a fired- up twist!. Swank motel plays an interesting and very catchey alternative/indie/new wave rock sound.
Believe it or not, Indie rock's best kept secret is the small close knit community of bands and artists from Oklahoma. In the wake of bands like The Flaming Lips, Starlight Mints, Other Lives, and Colourmusic, Admirals is emerging as one of the premiere bands in this region of the country. Hailing from Stillwater Oklahoma, home of Big XII's Oklahoma State University, Colton Tucker (Guitar/Vocals) Andrew Bair (Keyboards/Piano/Guitar) Cory Brewer (Drums) and Brett Murphy (Bass) make music that has been described as "What is missing from modern rock music (Aaron Legrands-Producer Nashville).
here at The Drunken Unicorn on Friday, June 8th, 2012.
Negative Approach is an American hardcore punk band, formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1981. The band is considered among the pioneers of hardcore punk, particularly in the Midwest region.[1] Like most hardcore bands, Negative Approach was little known in its day outside of its hometown. It is now idolized in the Detroit rock underground and the punk subculture, considered to be one of the elite bands of the "old school" era, and continues to be influential.[2] Negative Approach initially broke up in 1984 with singer John Brannon moving onto Laughing Hyenas, and later Easy Action, but the band has reformed as of 2006 and continues to tour sporadically.
When the Carbonas died, Atlanta wept. Mothers and children, left orphaned by the deceased, wandered the streets with tears streaming mottled faces. Strong and silent men struggled to maintain composure, and they retreated to basement workbenches, biting lips, cracking knuckles, running hands through thinning hair, sullenly wondering: "Why?" Skies darkened. A palpable feeling of devastating loss plagued the city. Nay, the world.
Thankfully, ex-frontman Greg "GG" King wasted little time in yanking up his knickers and pursuing new noise. He wrote a series of tunes not unlike those he contributed to the Carbonas – that winning mix of hyperstrummed '70s Europunk and brawny stateside r'n'r pummel intact – and amassed a crew of friends and former bandmates to help him flesh out the din. He released a handful of solid teaser singles, played a number of good shows. He reasserted himself as one of Atlanta's greatest exports.
"Over the years since their last EP for Sorry State, Bukkake Boys have expanded to a five-piece and grown increasingly heavy, intense, and pummeling, leaving behind their scraggly, noisy hardcore for a sound that takes the best parts of huge-sounding Japanese HC like Framtid and Kriegshög and combines it with the simplicity and urgency of classic USHC. If you like your hardcore to fit neatly in a subgenre, you might not get it. If you like your hardcore delivered with maximum possible venom and bile then The Bukkake Boys are for you!"
Ceremony here at the Drunken Unicorn on Thursday, June 7th, 2012.
"The Bay Area quintet Ceremony formed in 2004, playing especially raw, noisy, super-fast hardcore, something people tag "powerviolence." It's worth knowing that Violence Violence, their 13-song debut LP (right, right), lasted just over 13 minutes. (The CD version appended a re-tooled take on the 2005, 7-song Ruined EP.) Early on, though, they'd mentioned Joy Division, Suicidal Tendencies, Pink Floyd, Negative Approach, and Tom Waits as influences, and by the time they released their third album, Rohnert Park, in 2010, they were doing something very different, essentially making good on the promise of their eclectic record collections. Ceremony slowed things down, got sludgier and noisier in a Siltbreeze sense, discovered some British post-punk roots, and reminded me at times of the Shadow Ring covering the Fall." - Brandon Stosuy / Pitchfork
Ringworm here at the Drunken Unicorn on Wednesday, June 6th, 2012.
RINGWORM, the reigning kings of destructive hardcore metal, have brought forth yet another testament to their sheer brutality: The Venomous Grand Design. Ever since their emergence from the Cleveland metal scene, RINGWORM has garnered the immediate attention of hardcore metal fans, leading them to spots on tour with bands such as Blood For Blood, Hatebreed, and Terror. RINGWORM displays an awesome ferocity in the power of their instruments, and vocalist the Human Furnace uses his voice as a tool to extract the diabolical nature of anyone who hears it.
Shots Fired will be the first performer of the evening.
What do you do when the guys in your other band are on tour with their other "main" bands? You start another band of course!
Primate was taking a break while Bill was off conquering the world with Mastodon and Kevin was assaulting Japan in Brutal Truth and Mike, Shayne and Dave were sitting around bored. Mike said, "hey, so why don't we write a bunch of hardcore songs and play some shows." It sounded like a good idea so we started Shots Fired.
Starboarders here at The Drunken Unicorn on Saturday, June 2nd, 2012.
The Starboarders believe in making music that people can believe in, while creating anthems that shake the very core of rock. They have created a new genre of music called Hope Rock that is defined not only by the musical rhythms and style, but also carries with it a message of hope to a world needing to hear not only good music, but something more than simply a song.
"Dark wave, post punk, electro noise, shoegaze, these are the areas visited by Jon and Paige or, if you prefer, Ars Phoenix, an unnerving combo that follows the paths of favorites Screen Vinyl Image but with more somberness and electronics. The debut of Hanging Fire speaks for itself from the opening song Hanging Fire to . . . the dark wave leads that characterize most of the songs and qualify Ars Phoenix to stay on the front line with bands like Cold Cave and the Soft Moon, remodeling the styles of the dark garbed 80's while bringing them up to date for our times." -- The Blog That Celebrates Itself
Noah Pine is performing at The Drunken Unicorn on Friday, June 1st, 2012.
Noah pine is a very cool unique out of the box musician/performer and singer song writer. He has his own voice and style.. Noah is classified as Noah. He is influenced by tons of music that include jazz (studied jazz piano with legendary pianist ted howe), rock n roll, bob dylan, leon russel, tom waits, soul, R&B, Elvis, Bill Evans, john coltrane, jackson browne, mccoy tyner, wynton kelly, Captain Beefheart, country, world, and all sorts of vibrations.
Corner Kid here at The Drunken Unicorn on Wednesday, May 30th, 2012.
Corner Kid (Chad Yochum) is on a mission to explore every nook and cranny of the full spectrum of music. With his debut album "Atlas, At Last!" he portrays every aspect of his own being through a myriad of self-performed instruments and textures, from ear-piercing guitars, to haunting antique pianos, horn sections, ukulele, harmonium, even a simulation of the SID Chip, which was used to make music for the Commodore 64. If he thinks it, he makes it happen. And his reason is simply "Why not?"
England In 1819 will be performing before Corner Kid.
In August of 2007, brothers Andrew and Dan Callaway found themselves living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the entire family together for the first time since their childhood spent in the English countryside. Along with their father, Liam Callaway, the trio of musicians began writing songs reflective of their Athens, Georgia roots and their fortuitous return to the South.
The result is an unusual combination of Southern edge and English introspection, with haunting lyrics and massive chamber rock unfurling in a sweeping, evocative surge of sound.
Rocky Votolato here at The Drunken Unicorn on Tuesday, May 29th, 2012.
Seattle musician Rocky Votolato is a soft-spoken, very kind, very hard-working father of two, born in rural Texas and raised in the Pacific Northwest indie scene (where he fronted the acclaimed rock band Waxwing). In his decade-plus life as a songwriter and musician he has sought to articulate something essential about life, writing songs that seem to have been scratched into a boxcar wall by a worn-out and lonesome ghost. His gravelly, sandpaper smooth voice and introspective lyrics mark him as that most rare of punk-rocker-turned-acoustic-troubadours: Votolato writes graceful, understated, human, unpretentious songs, demonstrating that simplicity is still a viable option for accomplished songwriters.
Georgia native and Atlanta-based vocalist/songwriter Kristian Rodriguez is currently supporting his recently self-released debut album entitled, "Evergreen". Composed over several years mainly during curious and question-fueled trips westward - away from the stagnant and familiar, each song is a meditation or hymn inspired by encounters with the natural world. Together they form a song cycle that celebrates the regenerative nature in all life.
Baby Baby who are RAWKING the Drunken Unicorn on Saturday, May 26th, 2012.
Baby Baby as written by Gun Party -
Quit hatin. These dudes are fun. Raucous party tunes. Sometimes feete shufflink , sometimes a touch of metaltastic. These guys like hard work and ball sweat. If you haven't started moving yet, then you are really really running out of excuses at this point. Save your excuses for when you need them, like the next day when you were supposed to meet this cute girl for coffee at eleven AM, which you make but then have to explain your godawful smell because you met her at bible study and want her to think you are something that you are not.
They have an album. That they recorded. Do that.
Chris Staples is an American songwriter/musician well-known as the principle songwriter and singer of angular rock group Twothirtyeight (1996-2002) and Discover America (2005-present). He has played in numerous NW bands including Telekinesis and J Tillman. He has released three solo albums Panama(2001), Burned and Blistered(2004) and Badlands(2010). Staples has toured Europe and the U.S. countless times.
New Kingston here at The Drunken Unicorn on Friday, May 25th, 2012.
New Kingston is a young vocalist/instrumentalist group, that consists of three brothers. Tahir a.k.a. SLIM, the youngest member on Keyboards/Vocals. Courtney on Drums/Vocals and Stephen a.k.a SUKI, the oldest on Guitar/Vocals. This group fuses their Reggae sound with modern Pop, Jazz and R&B music, to create their sound, which they term, "Reggae Crossover".
Grand Prize Winners From Last Year will be starting the show.
Grand Prize Winners From Last Year is a trio of drum machinists, guitarists, keyboardists, horn players, and overall sound sculptors. They refer to their sound as genre-less but have been compared to "Outkast meets TV On The Radio meets Blondie."We like to think our music sounds like when self-medication is going good." G.P.W.F.L.Y. have no predisposition about their music and have stated "We are not in or out of the box because to us there is no box."
Formed in 2009, Tealvox is an Alternative Rock/Pop band led by frontman, Cody Stalvey, along with Andy Appling, Michael Meadow, and Adam West. They are most widely known for their highly energetic stage presence, and a passion and aggression solemnly displayed through haunting guitars, explosive bass, thunderous drums, and heart shattering vocals.
here at the Drunken Unicorn on Saturday, May 19th. Dell will be celebrating the release of "Right Now V2"!
Dell "o8o" Harris is the charismatic front man. A multi-talented rapper fusing indie dance music and hip hop, Dell has made a home in the underground, rocking parties week after week.
Mach 5 is a distinctive duo from Atlanta, consisting of A.ware and Corey Davis, who met as teenagers in high school. Inspired by the 1960’s animated series, Speed Racer, they created a unique sound that allows them express their feelings about pop culture, politics, life's troubles, and women.
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