"...its totally fun piano, sax, bass, and drums vibe still sounding pretty effing jazz-as-in-Dresden Dolls-cabaret to these ears..." - Bret McCabe, Baltimore City Paper
"it's almost too much...it's almost too much. it's like... horse cock!" - Shoeless
sad girl music...with boys. five people with very different musical influences coming together to make music that will make you wanna cry or scream or belt your heart out. or all of the above.
Good Music in the Name of Bad Beer by Al Shipley
"...Our main reason for checking out the show was a local band we caught a brief glimpse of last year that left us wanting to see more. Gunwife Gone is an intriguing band that can't help but stand out on any indie-rock bill: three women, singing and playing keyboards and saxophone, one of them wearing a glittery red dress and blond bob wig, backed by two men on bass and drums. The band's music is essentially classic piano pop, with an occasional left turn into something darker, like the lurching groove of "Backwards Forwards" that closed its set. It's hard to imagine how that sound meshed with Gunwife Gone's former collaborator, local human beatbox genius Shodekeh, when the band was originally called Walkout a couple years ago. We got a better idea of how that worked on Monday, when the band coaxed Shodekeh out of the audience to substitute for the rhythm section on one song--his mouth provided intricate beats for an otherwise slow, stately waltz. And given that GG's recorded output so far consists only of three songs on a self-titled EP, it was good to hear some more promising material that we hope to hear on a full-length sometime soon."
Lake Trout Come Out of Hibernation
"...Entering the club about an hour before Lake Trout took the stage, it was disorienting to hear Gunwife Gone playing extremely glitzy piano- and saxophone-driven cabaret pop, and even more so to see most of the crowd completely transfixed on the unlikely opening act's lead singer, who wore a shiny red outfit and belted out torch songs like a pop star from another era. There's perhaps no bigger triumph for an unknown band than to play on a bill where it doesn't seem to fit in at all with the venue or the other acts yet manages to completely win over the audience, and Gunwife Gone can lay claim to that rare achievement..." Posted by Al Shipley | 12/26/2007 12:08:55 PM
Guitars Not Guns Virginia is expanding to DC and Maryland!!! YAY!
This means they need more guitars and more volunteers! If you want to help, please let us know if you're interested in volunteering by sending a message, or donate money (GNG could really use both donations and volunteers) by clicking on the Donate Now Button at http://www.guitarsnotguns.org/virginiaDocuments/ViewVASponsors.htm
The more money you give, the more kids you help. Since the non profit is volunteer run, ALL proceeds go straight to the kids!
Also, T-shirts are for sale for $15.00 a pop. We have the goods for that if you're interested.
It was an AWESOME show at the WindUpSpace last night. It felt so great to dance again thanks to you guys!! Ya'll really are amazing. Love you! Kate (aka Sensoriel)
Hi! We are just fighting with twitter...jesus this website has some server problems whole the time;) Do you have twitter? What do you think about the idea behind it? Hope your day rocked your socks off, Keep on good work and think about us - it's spring and everybody needs love;)
i miss you guys :( wouldve been a few practices by now, eh? how are you dealing wihtout all my gossip and stories taking up space time?? i will have atleast 3 hours of good gossip to share by the time we get back in the spot. dave i think i still owe you for last month. love you..... and very close to bookin us when were ready- but we may want to wait on boston until it's a bit less.....frigid. now get me some instrumentals dangit! once we have it laid down- let's set up a good long weekend. :)
