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8:30pm, $10 |
 Gentleman Jesse & His Men (Atlanta)
Since Gentleman Jesse’s first album came out in the summer of 2008, he’s had plenty of excuses to put the “Gentleman” part of his act to bed. In fact, the Mr. Nice Guy routine landed him in bed for a month after being mugged and beaten with a table leg while he was trying to help two strangers change a tire. When the economy tanked, violent crime in Atlanta exploded, making the city a dreary place to live for a while. In addition, several tragedies hit the Atlanta music scene and the Douchemaster Records family close to home. It was a bad time and Jesse took it very personally. He was close to throwing in the towel and retiring to a dark room with cheap beer and YouTube videos. To cope with the reality of living in a place that was going straight to hell, Jesse went down to the basement of his house and wrote twenty songs that would become Leaving Atlanta. What could have easily become a bummer record ended up being nothing short of inspiring. The album is bookended by “Eat Me Alive,” an anthem of perseverance that was for Jesse a demon-exercising tool, and another mover titled “We Got to Get Out of Here,” which is less about getting out of an actual location and more about getting out of a state of mind. Stylistically, Jesse never strays from his bread and butter: short, hook-driven and delicately patterned rock ’n’ roll songs. One could compare him to Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello or Paul Collins ’til the cows come home, but at this point Gentleman Jesse sounds like Gentleman Jesse. Leaving Atlanta is Jesse hitting his personal and musical stride.
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8:00pm, $8 |
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9:30pm, $8 |
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9:00pm, $10 |
 Philistines
The end result was mangled pop. The drums melodic and just outside of the pocket. The bass, propulsive and charging at one moment, could go quiet and claustrophobic the next. Chris' spiraling guitar leads transformed Colin's basic pop songs into gnarled ditties that zigged when they wanted to zag. There is a push and pull between major and minor present in every song, between the need to resolve and the choice to let the sour note linger, until that note no longer sounds sour at all.
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Minot
Matthew W. Solberg (ex-From Monument To Masses., TURKS), Shannon Corr (ex-Sons of Oswald, TURKS), Ben Thorne (ex-Low Red Land, current- TARTUFI) got together in 2011 in order to give 30 Seconds To Mars a run for their money. |
Zbornak
We dream of a world where Bea Arthur fronts a punk band and is actually a bear. We believe that the awkward, the plus-sized, and the nerdy will rise up and inherit Miami. We vow to liberate the universe through cheesecake and rock. Slip into a pair of slouchy suede flat-boots, button up that asymmetrical collar, and strap on your shoulder pads. We are Zbörnak. |
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6:00pm, $6 |
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Cat Lady
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early show - 7pm, $5 // PRS at 10pm, free |
7pm early show w/Lecherous Gaze and Surprise Vacation (ex-Dry Rot) Lecherous Gaze
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8:30pm, $6 |
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