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I’m a sucker for live music. I’ll pretty much go see about any band play. I admit though, I got a little spoiled in NYC, able to go see a good band basically on any night. Such good clubs - CBGB’s, Knitting Factory, Mercury Lounge, Bowery Ballroom, Arlene’s Grocery, Sine, Slipper Room, Luna Lounge, etc… I could go on. The best part about it all, you normally can catch a good opening act, local or not, and add them to your list. Lets not forget, it’s not a bad way to spend an evening, drink a beer, here some music and at least get entertained.

We don’t have the music scene here in Atlanta, but there are some good shows that come through the city. The Roxy, Tabernacle, The Earl, Star Bar and Masquerade are great places to catch a show.Friday, we got out to The Roxy (perks - not too big, easy access to the bar, and good sound system) and I gotta throw my hat in the ring for this one. Go see these guys live if you are at all interested in their music- The Editors. They still have a couple dates on their US tour so check them out. The full line up starts Louis XIV, Hot Hot Heat, and the Editors. Personally, I’d rather see Louis XIV than HHH, but we got there too late (who starts at 7:30 on friday?!). Heat is a little to poppy (like you would find them on an OC soundtrack) and in my opinion, sounded like shit live. Almost like their feedback was off, but I’m not going to make excuses for them. They had a barrage of ten 3-minute songs that thankfully was over fast.

Editors part of the show was very strong. They interacted with the crowd, sounded great, and came back out for a couple extra tracks. Tom Smith is a great frontman. But he’s (for lack of a better descriptor) a scrawny brit, talks like one too. Here’s the confusing part, he has this singing voice that is deep, distinctive and very smooth. You start looking around for a ventriloquist act or someone behind the curtain. Doesn’t match. Anyway, most of the stuff they played was from “An End Has a Start”, with a couple tracks from their first album, “Back Room” including Munich (You’ll speak when you are spoken too).

We had the usual good time, people watching, and our entertainment was definitely maxed out courtesy of one girl, yes, one. She came and joined the group in front of us, definitely looking for that release of a long week working as an administrative assistant, pounding her vodka and cranberry (that’s what it looked like, I’m sure it was something like Zima and grenadine). My girlfriend was almost knocked out by the olfactory overdose of Aussie hair products on our beauty of the night. She had a little trouble coordinating her body to the beat, kind of like the kid who ate too much glue, while her boyfriend held on to her hips in a pseudo prom-pose coupling move (you know what I am talking about!). The best part out the hip-holding, is that he wouldn’t let go even when she was hugging someone else. Hmmm… get out much?

So, get out there and support the music scene. At least it will keep you away from those wanna-be’s on Amercian Idol. For those of you outside of Atlanta, keep on the lookout for Snowden. They should have some new material coming out soon.