carey wolff @ the fairmount, 6.4.2008

went to the fairmount for the first time so my sweetie could shoot pics of carey wolff, who was the featured artist on their songwriter showcase. the fairmount -- which had previous lives as magnolia station and (briefly) machenry's -- is a good size (round about 300 capacity), nicely appointed room with two bars, a decent sound system, and live music seven nights a week. the only non-snazz aspect was the parking, but i was informed after the fact that it's cool to park in city vending's spaces, so maybe it's not an issue. hearing carey (who's up for "best vocalist" honors in the fw weekly music awards) only reminded me that he has more songs i love than any other songwriter i know. opened his set with "shakespeare's ex," the last (hidden) song from the final woodeye album such sweet sorrow, then played 2/3 of the songs off his new e.p. i'm still the darkness, starting with the title song and including the powerful "untold stories" (that's the one rivercrest yacht club co-opted), the humorous "this old man," and my personal fave "nineteen years," broke it up with a tenacious d cover, then finished off with "our song," which he also played at our wedding party. the crowd was part regulars, part open mic performers/supporters, and part carey's crew from malone's. it was nice to see 'em all out on a wednesday night. the fairmount's got live music seven nights a week, kids. i say check it out.