Lots and lots of great shows this week. Friday and Saturday night the We No Fun compilation party is going down at The Drunken Unicorn. Thursday night the Band Together 2009, a benefit for Refugee Family Services, is happening at The Earl. We sponsored 2007′s event and their headliner this year, Louisiana’s Brass Bed, killed it at a house show we did a year ago so I highly recommend that. Also, I left off M83 at the Civic Center Friday night because it is sold out and I could never actually recommend seeing the terrible band that is headlining. See you out in the city!

Best Shows In Atlanta January 26 – February 1:

Monday:

MV & EE, The Meeks Family, Lyonnais @ The Earl

Beatrix*JAR @ Eyedrum

Tuesday:

Colourmusic, The Preakness, So So Death @ The Earl

Adrien Barbobott, Subliminator, Zano Bathroom, Offerings, Jesi Langdale, Pony Bones @ Lenny’s

Wednesday:

Opaq Face, Attention System, Slow Earth, Alter @ Lenny’s

Thursday:

Sorry No Ferrari, Benard, I Made This Mistake @ WonderRoot

Brass Bed, The Wild, Wade in the Rhythm (Band Together 2009 Benefit) @ The Earl

Adron, Trapper’s Cabin, Zano, Madeline, DJ Sea-Larke @ Star Bar

Fox Trotsky, Wrister, Small Reaction @ Lenny’s

Friday:

Thy Mighty Contract, Chopper, Hollow Stars, High Marks @ Drunken Unicorn

Saturday:

Hawks, The Sunglasses, Brass Castle, Skin Problems, Chrissakes @ Drunken Unicorn

13 Day Mission, Attila, Light Pupil Dilate, Sanus Valde (Horror Show) @ WonderRoot

Noot D’ Noot @ 529

The Features, The Selmanaires, Carnivores @ The Earl

Disco Biscuits @ The Tabernacle

Keller Williams @ Variety Playhouse

Here are some mp3 previews, all of which are Atlanta artists:

The Preakness : On The Couch
Benard : Medieval Knievel
13 Day Mission : Eat All Speaking Canaries
Lyonnais : Sex In The Age Of Negotaition
Adron : String Song
Fox Trotsky : The Drunk And The Restless

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Gainesville, FL. November 1st-2nd, 2008

The weekend before last, I rode along with Atlanta instrumental rockers Sorry No Ferrari for their performance at The Fest, a punk music festival in Gainesville, Florida. I woke up very early Saturday morning after a long Halloween night to ride along with the three fourths of the band I didn’t really know, but between naps I had plenty of conversation with them about things including music, the history of the band, and barbecue. This was actually the first show with their new drummer, Jonathan Balsamo, so there was lots of getting to know each other between the band as well. We were trying to get to The Fest in time to catch fellow ATLiens Benard, but we got there a few moments too late. So we went to the biggest venue of the fest, which was a bit smaller than Variety Playhouse, to catch Atom & His Package. It was a one-man-punk-band who seems to be a pretty big deal in the punk universe, but very much not my thing.

After that we headed to a tiny venue called 1982 to catch the local Gainesville band whose house we were staying at, Giuseppe. The venue had lots of very old gaming systems hooked up to the TVs on the bar, so I played some Dr. Mario and drink PBRs with the SNF folks for a bit. Giuseppe took the small stage and rocked the house:

After that I jumped around to different venues to see some shows, but didn’t see anything too special. So I joined SNF for some food and drinks and drunken music discussions/debates. The band I was most excited about catching down here was Pegasuses XL, an Athens outfit with ties to We Versus The Shark, and they did not disappoint. I’ve really been enjoying their album, The Antiphon, and I will have more on that in a future post, but here is some eye candy from their epic live set:

CONTINUE READING The Fest 7: On The Road With Sorry No Ferrari (450 words)

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