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| Date | 9/10/09 |
|---|---|
| Location | Mohawk |
| Doors | 9pm |
| Tickets | $8 @ Door |
Mohawk is the place to be on Thursday night for some great local music. The lineup features headliners The Lemurs along with openers Brass Bed and The White White Lights. Should be a fun night for you music fans to check out some of the best local music we have to offer.
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/The_Lemurs-Blackspot.mp3]Download: The Lemurs – Blackspot [MP3]
| Date | 9/8/09 |
|---|---|
| Location | Mohawk |
| Doors | 900p |
| Tickets | ?? |
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Austin band The Drawing Board so we’re excited to see that they are returning to the stage at Mohawk tonight. Joining in for the evening are fellow locals St. David and The Ashes. Not sure of ticket price but it should be pretty cheap.
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/the-drawing-board-the-writer.mp3]Download: The Drawing Board – The Writer [MP3]
Last night our newest photographer Mary Rehak stopped by the Mohawk for an incredible set by Fruit Bats, Death Vessel and local band The Low Lows. From the looks of these pictures, the show must have been a great one. Follow the jump for a pictorial experience of the show.
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| Date | 9/2/09 |
|---|---|
| Location | Mohawk |
| Doors | 9pm |
| Tickets | $12 @ Door |
We really dig that new Fruit Bats record so we are of course excited for their stop in town Wednesday night at Mohawk. Fellow Sub Pop and ATH fave Death Vessel will provide main support with locals The Low Lows starting things off. Best show of the week? Damn this song is really good…
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/fruitbats-myunusualfriend.mp3]Download: Fruit Bats – My Unusual Friend [MP3]
| Date | 9/1/09 |
|---|---|
| Location | Mohawk |
| Doors | 9pm |
| Tickets | $10 @ door |
San Francisco band Sleepy Sun have made their way to Austin and are getting down at Mohawk on Tuesday night. Opening support will be provided by Headdress, The Delta Mirrors, and our fellow local rockers Ringo Deathstarr. Should be a fun way to start your week off right.
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/01_Snow_Goddess.mp3]Download: Sleepy Sun – Snow Goddess [MP3]
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With Curse Your Branches David Bazan returns with his second release with Barsuk Records (his first being 2006’s Fewer Moving Parts EP), and his first full length since the Headphone’s 2005 self titled album. After collaborating with TW Walsh on both Pedro the Lion’s Achilles Heel (2004) and the aforementioned Headphones LP, Bazan once again finds himself the captain of the ship, as well as its only crew member.
Curse Your Branches is a fascinating record in that it feels both new and familiar at the same time. The same plaintive singer/songwriter is still present in Bazan that we’ve come to know and love (or loathe) for almost fifteen years now. Tracks like ‘Hard To Be’, ‘Curse Your Branches’ & ‘In Stitches’ feel lived in upon first listen. That’s not to say that these songs are stale. These songs have an urgency that was missing on the Fewer Moving Parts EP. Bazan brings a newfound confidence to these recordings, both musically and lyrically. On ‘Bless This Mess’, ‘Please Baby, Please’, & ‘When We Fell’ Bazan exhibits a Randy Newman-esque smirk, exuding a swagger not usually found on past Pedro the Lion records.
To address the elephant in the room: David Bazan has written a, as Jessica Hopper put it, “harrowing breakup record” in which he dumps God. I feel that that is an apt description of a heartbreaking record. The lyrics on Curse Your Branches have catalogued the both public and private struggles Bazan has had since Pedro the Lion dissolved in 2004, from alcoholism to his departure from a lifetime of faith. This isn’t your feel good Summer road trip record. It’s weighty with its subject matter, it’s the story of growth, departure, and haunting, like the itch on a phantom limb. This haunting is evident in the album’s closer, ‘In Stitches’: I might as well admit it/ Like I even have a choice/ The crew have killed the captain/ But they still can hear his voice/ A shadow on the water/ A whisper in the wind/ On long walks with my daughter/ Who is lately full of questions about you.
Something must be said about one man in a studio with a clear and concise vision of what he wants to put on tape. Everything, from the reverse playback of the melody at the beginning of ‘Hard to Be’ to the howl of a man with a broken heart on ‘In Stitches’, is in it’s right place. On Curse Your Branches, David Bazan has turned in the most focused album of his career.
David Bazan will be playing at the Mohawk on October 7th.
[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/blessthismessgfp.mp3]Download: David Bazan – Bless This Mess [MP3]
| Date | 8/28 & 8/29 |
|---|---|
| Location | Mohawk |
| Doors | 9pm |
| Tickets | $15 |
Shine thine axe and prepare for two nights of face melting metal the likes have never before been seen when The Sword make their triumphant return to Austin this weekend. Both shows are at Mohawk and are on Friday and Saturday. Friday night also features Ratking and Pack of Wolves with Calm Blue Sea and Matthew and The Arrogant Sea inside after the headliners. Saturday night includes opening support from Fingaar Bangaar and Woodgrain. Get Friday night tickets here and Saturday ones here. Don’t miss this… trust me.
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/06-To-Take-the-Black-1.mp3]Download: The Sword – To Take the Black [MP3]
| Date | 8/26/09 |
|---|---|
| Location | Mohawk |
| Doors | 9pm |
| Tickets | $5 @ Door |
Local shows are solid this week and Mohawk on Wednesday night is a great option to check out some of that local talent. The lineup includes pop hit makers Loxsly, Birdlips and fairly new locals Ideal Soul Mart. The show is also in celebration of Ideal Soul Mart’s debut LP which can be streamed in it’s entirety over on the band’s new bandcamp page.
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/loxsly_battalions.mp3]Download: Loxsly – Battalions [MP3]
We recently ran a feature on new Austin band TV Torso so we’re excited to see that they’ll be playing two shows in Austin on Thursday. The first is an End of an Ear in-store at 6pm followed by a full on headlining set at Mohawk later in the evening. The Mohawk show also features locals Pink Nasty and fellow A2W band The Authors. That show starts around 10pm on the inside stage. Check our Artist to Watch feature on TV Torso for more information about the band.
Download: TV Torso – Days of Being Wild [MP3]
We spent a lot of time this week debating our favorite venue. What constitutes the perfect place to catch a show? Is it sound alone, or beer prices? Maybe it’s both. We decided that we wanted to narrow it down to the best five places in town where you’ll most likely see one of us, or one of our favorite bands playing. We even developed a rating system for them. We’ll be using our typical 5 Star system (1 being the lowest, 5 the highest) to rate the following areas: Sound Quality, Band Quality, Beer Prices, Atmosphere, and Mobility during packed shows. Follow the jump for full article.
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