"What Gives?" Austin does. We live in beautiful city full of digital media creatives and fun entertainment opportunities, and in turn we'd like to provide an opportunity to get together to give back to our city. I'd like to invite you to participate as we join forces with some of the most innovative minds in Austin to engage our hearts and give back.

On October 1, a group of 30 industry professionals will donate their time to volunteer on site at the Caritas of Austin food kitchen downtown. Later that evening, we will celebrate their efforts at the What Gives? Caritas of Austin food drive and fundraiser from 7-10pm at the Mohawk.

PLEASE BRING: Non-perishable food items & monetary donations
GIFTS & AUCTION ITEMS FROM: Woodland, Frank, Decoder Ring, Helm, Transmission Entertainment, Olivia, Mint Salon & more...
COMPLEMENTARY CATERING BY: Woodland & Frank
MUSIC BY: DJ A.One (The Cannabinoids/Dallas)
MC: Mike Wiebe (The Riverboat Gamblers/Austin)
SUPPORTING SPONSORS: Caritas of Austin, The Austinist, The Mohawk, Texas Cultural Trust

Caritas of Austin, website here, not only feeds the homeless, but they offer services to help get the homeless off the streets. We're making this effort to help displaced people in our community get back on their feet, and to make the Austin area a safer place for patrons who enjoy live entertainment.

If you would like to get involved, donate auction items to the event or become a promotional media sponsor, please contact whatgivesaustin@gmail.com for more information.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS: Joshua Bingaman, Kristy Bowden, Kevin Burns, Suzanna Choffel, Josh Jones-Dilworth, Liz Dilworth, Elaine Garza, Rodney Gibbs, Joe Gross, Jason Hicks, Liz Lambert, Alan Luecke, Rosa Madriz, Jeff McMillioan, James Moody, Daniel Northcutt, Matt Odam, Paul Oveisi, Taylor Perkins, Rose Reyes, Doug Roberts, Lisa Roberts, Caitlin M. Ryan, Tony Schum, William Steakley, Courtney Thedford, Jennifer Wijangco

First, starting at 5:30, Anarchy Championship Wrestling brings top rope mayhem to the outside patio at the hawk. Check out the deets from the last event, Houshangs birthday:



Then, inside, we take a dramatic shift to the linguistic and whimsical musical stylings of our old friend(s) PETER AND THE WOLF AND FRIENDS. Come down from the mountaintop and wallow in the hollowed bliss of PATW:

FREE SHOWS THIS WEEKEND FEATURING:

INDIAN JEWELRY, Daughters of the Sun / Shapes Have Fangs / Caddywhompus / Cartright / Motel Aviv / The Dead Space, and more...

Leave your dough in your pocket. But bring your ramble.


Cuddlers not welcome.

OK, ALL ARE WELCOME.

All summer long, we will be throwing Green Room and Roofdeck happy hours on Fridays, complete with misters, free food, free jukebox, free wireless, cheap booze and rock and roll.

GIT YOU SOME.

FREE FOOD FROM THE SPANISH VILLAGE! THE QUESO FEDERALES RETURN!

Some of these fine ladies may or may not be there, which is nice:

Red River Happy Hours. Hotter than your mom.

Nuff said:

BEWARE OF THE TRASH TALK.

Heres a short clip of the japanese band GHOST before a show, the song they play is Shinsekai. You will note the psychedelic glam doom guitar hair that they bring to the table. Drink lots.

SHOWTIMES are at 10ish and 11ish for the headliner (ghost).

Awkward.

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Tuesday



Wednesday

FOLK YOU!

Thursday





Friday

ROLLERGIRLS GUEST BARTENDERS



Saturday



Sunday

Today, elite bloggers (slash homies) around the globe unite under the banner of free rock and roll, announcing killer line up for 2 day music carnival at the Mohawk and Club de Ville this month. This is the 3rd annual
HOT FREAKS freakdown and it seems to get better every single year. Our friends from FutureSounds (woxy dj's, fashion consultants, dancers, and dignitaries) also helped make this happen. Good work fellas. If you see one of these guys, FYI – CALL TMZ ASAP because theres money in that footage. They are elusive and are rarely seen outside of Monte Carlo. The blog posts are coming in too fast, but we were able to grab a few:

drunkard
gorilla
big heart
dodge kentucky
picasso
RSVP here

This year's event takes place Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21 at the Mohawk and Club Deville, and the insane lineup features 32 bands over two days, including:

Wrens (opening!)
Obits
Handsome Furs
The Rosebuds
Camera Obscura
Vivian Girls
Alela Diane
Jason Lytle
Harlem
The Hold Steady
American Analog Set
Jeremy Jay
Real Estate
the Grates
Girls
We Have Band
and many, many more...

In other news, in case you hadn't hrrrrrrrrd, KOOL KEITH is comin to town and rockin the Mohawk stage TONIGHT. Get your tickets yesterday.

And this weekend, we have the QUIET COMPANY CD RELEASE and PLANTS AND ANIMALS...Saturday is the legendary stylings of Austinist INDIEROKE and THE EASTERN SEA...and SUNDAY is the YELLOW BIKE PROJECT benefit show. A plethera of Pinatas for that ass.

As always — all are welcome — booga booga — love your tits.

Mohawk

We realize that there is much planning that goes into this SXSW thing these days. I remember the days when homies from the street rolled around with a ripped out chronicle and a black sharpie. In the spirit of that, we at the Mohawk would like to give you a few SXSW planning styles that we have employed over the years...perhaps one will work for you. It is important to identify your style and partner up with a complimentary (not redundant) style to get the full effect. Examples of sweet style include:

-The MEGADWEEB. The megadork leverages virtually every new software out there to plan his/her week (s) in such a way that they miss most shows due to constant software updates and the fact that the iPhone doesnt have Flash (bitch!). The megadork uses software like this to make shit happen. The megadweeb has way more applications that you do, an extended battery pack, and is beta testing the SHIT out of stuff for next year. Use this kid as a GPS mapping tool if you are lost.

-The OPPORTUNIST (aka scenester, aka better dealer, aka asshole). This person says YES! to every event on FB and creepy event websites, and also says YES! to every text message and carrier pigeon that comes his/her way out of fear of 'missing something super wicked'. This person will ditch your ass at the drop of a headband (or a sniff of a justice tribute show). Don't trust the opportunist...but they WILL know where the free drinks are.

-The PURIST. This person needs no technology to create his/her plans for hearing good music. They watch as the schedules are created, quietly listen to new bands, and scribble shit on their little Lester Bangs mead mini spiral back pocket notebook. They wander alone through the valley of death (red river) finding the future of rock and roll by simply using olfactory and auditory senses, and they have zero appreciation for scenes, fashion, or hipsters. Make friends with this person, they will put you on the rock and probably some sweet grub too.

-The TOURIST. Wow. These kids are awesome. They planned everything on expedia and citysearch. They will text you first thing, first show on wednesday night about the 'most amazing band they have ever seen', and it was at Dizzy Rooster. The Tourist is fun to watch but tough to hang out with because between waiting in line to eat at Iron Cactus (respek) or taking a pedi-cab to go grab a picture of Stevie or the bats (respek), you will miss a shit ton of shows. Also, don't roll with this guy/gal to the St. Cecilia and try to hang out...they have installed tourist sensors that will immediately electrocute and embarrass you both. Keep the tourists number on you though...they may have a sweet crash pad because of their Amex miles or something.

-The SLACKER. This lazy ass SOB is fanfreakintastic. He/she ain't planning a damn thing. This person, in fact, may not even go to SX if the vaporizer is in full effect and there is a good pizza in the house. Can't get a ride? Fuck it. Favorite band is playing on Northloop? Fuck that. Long line at Mohawk? They can suck it, I'm gettin vaped. The only way the Slacker catches a sweet rock show is if you go and pick their ass up early, bring them to a gig (with passes/hook ups), feed them food, sit a random chair in front of a stage, and ask the singer to scream in their earhole the whole time.

-The ELITE. These bastards can suck my athletes foot cheeze toe. You know this dude/chick. They roll into every venue in white leather coats with hair product (while talking on their iPhone) at high speeds through the front door while telling the door dude to get the eff out of the way because they are on the list. The Elite have spent all year pounding martinis and making sure their assistant got them on every list in town so they can be seen at sold out shows. Their asst did the planning and programming of iPhone 'must do' schedule. The only cool thing about the Elite is when they are denied access somewhere. Its comedy. Molten lava shoots out of their eyeballs as they threaten jobs and say things like 'i'm gonna buy this place and face fuck all of you poor people'...this always ends perfectly as the Elite have zero fighting skills and the door dudes always quickly gut punch/head lock/flying knee them and toss them in the gutter so they can get back to work.

-The DRIFTER. Hang with the drifter. All will be well. The Drifter goes with the flow but digs good tunes, therefore needs no plan. The Drifter is a hybrid of the Slacker and the Purist (like the Minotaur) and simply lets the wind direct him/her to the rock. The Drifter is pretty connected, so he/she gets text updates on sweetness (free beer), random offers of rides in cars, and other people always hook the drifter up on RSVP lists, because they are so damn laid back. The Drifter almost always stumbles upon great music while everyone else is trying to get in the 'cool show'. Beware though, as the Drifter may roll off of red river somewhere and hit a crack pipe or end up on campus at some sorority SXSW fundraiser, so you gotta watch and steer the Drifter if you wanna catch all the good stuff.

-The HATER. No me gusta. This kid will totally bum you out, because not only does the hater not like lines or waiting for bands to start, but the hater also hates every band for 'not being Bowie' or 'ripping off Gang of Four'. The haters only plan or style is to talk shit and bitch. The Hater will have a software list (like Dweeb) of bands that he/she is ready to hate for sucking supreme balls. The Hater will also be blogging while hating, so that slows things down. The Hater hates Austin too, so your meals will be delayed by stories about the best brunch in Copenhagen and how Berlin is 'way more progressive than this douche scene'. Basically any new band that you see with the Hater will be mainstream by the end of their set. Heres the thing though...the hater LOVES this shit. It is like HATEFEST 09 for them. Their hate is deeply buried in a dungeon of love...and if you get them shitfaced they will totally spill the beans on the PM Dawn records in their car and the fact that they love watching Friday Night Lights and Rock of Love.

-The SWISS ARMY. These kids blend every every aspect of every style listed above into a renaissance man package of true Austin. They are totally cool to hang with. They hate certain bands, get on lists, are kinda lazy but know their shit, have software and RSVP hook ups, like to go with the flow, and aren't scared to catch a great show at a tourist venue. The Swiss Army is the culmination off all things Austin and why we love/hate this city and SXSW. The swiss army will be in the know but will only commit to whats awesome, because the Swiss Army knows they will be here next year. The Swiss Army has made the mistakes and learned, and therefore is the most well rounded and capable style of them all.

There are many more sweet styles to choose from, but much like a Kenyan safari for Nebraskans, we just showed you the fattest and most obvious ones. We hope that this helps you as you tackle the mosh of douchebaggery and fun and shit and rad and fun.

To help you on your journey, please find links to all Mohawk day and night shows on our calendar here. You will see that if you click 'ADD THIS' you can post the things you are going to on your online shit you play with.

Also, iPhoners, you can click here for an auto-RSS feed to your phone for real time updates. Yo MEGADWEEB, shout out to you and your homies. What what.

Almost all shows have been updated at this point with a few key hold outs.

Best to you and to your style,

Mohawk

PS: Heres a boss tune for your ass. They play on Thursday 3/19 afternoon.



And some people that are not playing the hawk this year:



And

It's that time of year, Nuck's hibernation is over and he's thirsty. Check out what we've got coming up, just for you.

In other news today...This wednesday, Happy Hour gets pimped by celebrities.

Beard and Moustache host, yoga instructor, oragami artist, and professional boozehound Matt Bearden notified the Mohawk yesterday that he would actually have a 5 hour layover in Austin on his flight from Copenhagen to Venice Beach...which would allow him sometime to meet teenage girls and then come by and show us how to make a one of his famous 'Beard Bomb' cocktails for happy hour. We proudly accepted.

As if that wasnt enough...former chilean priest, dogtown skater, and Pop rock legend Tim Lasater of Pop Unknown (rumor of reunion show) will be joining in to school the hipsters on 'what a real f*ckin drink should taste like'. He plans on pouring whiskey shots and punching people in the mouth.

Soundtrack features Hall and Oates, Journey, and Foreignor. Dig it:

T & M Guest-Tend from matt bearden is fucking lumberjack on tits.

See you there.

check the sched for details – great night of music

All were welcome this weekend at the Mohawk. Except for one guy.

If you were there, then you know. Ice Cube put on an amazing set.

If you were not there, check out the crowd here:

Cube is here:

Shot from our friend Nash Cook. More pics from Nash here
Video from our friend Evan here:

Ice Cube – It Was A Good Day from Evan Mathews on Vimeo.

Also, we would like to help out our boy in the leather jacket. If you are a hot brunette with a butterfly tattoo, click here

Long Live Cube.
Long Live Nash Cook.
Long Live Leather Jacket guy and hot brunettes.

TT got booed. Ha. Beat it, Asshole. And never come back.

What we got for your naughty asses this year (and next):

> FIREPLACE
> GROWLERS
> WHISKEY
> FREE SHOWS
> HEATERS
> ECONOMY FRIENDLY DRINK SPECIALS
> SERVICE
> LOCAL SHOWS
> HAPPY HOURS
> PRIVATE EVENTS
> AND LEGENDARY ROCK SHOWS LIKE THESE:

MO TOWN PARTY – Nov 28 2008
Fri, Nov 28, 2008 5:00 PM
POPNOIR SOUNDSYSTEM In the Green Room – The Steps, You Make Engine, Spectre in the Cab & The Sandworms – Outside Stage
The Rosebuds – Nov 29 2008
Sat, Nov 29, 2008 2:00 PM
Ovenbirds / Masonic
Robert Gomez – Nov 29 2008
Sat, Nov 29, 2008 4:00 PM
Sarah Jaffe
Pontiak – Dec 02 2008
Tue, Dec 2, 2008 4:00 PM
Radioland Murders / Moses and the Burning Bush – ROADSHOW
101X Homegrown Live w/School Police – Dec 03 2008
Wed, Dec 3, 2008 4:00 PM
Canopy – LOCAL
Adeline – Dec 04 2008
Thu, Dec 4, 2008 11:30 AM
Happy Hour Show – LOCAL
The Van Buren Boys – Dec 04 2008
Thu, Dec 4, 2008 4:00 PM
The Bubbles / Shitty Carwash / ZigZags – LOCAL
Whitman – Dec 05 2008
Fri, Dec 5, 2008 4:00 PM
A Sideshow Tragedy / Bankrupt and Borrowers / The Couch – LOCAL
iLoveMikeLitt and Good Looking Booking present AckMe – Dec 06 2008
Sat, Dec 6, 2008 3:00 PM
TBA – SPECIAL EVENT
CLOSED FOR A PRIVATE EVENT – Dec 07 2008
Sun, Dec 7, 2008 3:00 PM
Private Party – Private Party
Birds Barbershop XMAS Party – Dec 09 2008
Tue, Dec 9, 2008 2:00 PM
PRIVATE PARTY – GREEN ROOM + DECK
Til We're Blue or Destroy – Dec 09 2008
Tue, Dec 9, 2008 4:00 PM
The Uglysuit
DJ Ray Pride (Crackpipes) with Friends – Dec 10 2008
Wed, Dec 10, 2008 4:00 PM
TOYS FOR TOTS BENEFIT – Dec 11 2008
Thu, Dec 11, 2008 11:00 AM
The Gourds + Waxploitation – PRIVATE EVENT / INVITATION ONLY
The Sour Notes – Dec 11 2008
Thu, Dec 11, 2008 4:00 PM
One Hundred Flowers / The Great Nostalgic / Bear Claw – LOCAL
The Midgetmen – Dec 12 2008
Fri, Dec 12, 2008 4:00 PM
The Calm Blue Sea / Follow That Bird! / The Bubbles – LOCAL
Ice Cube – Dec 14 2008
Sun, Dec 14, 2008 2:00 PM
Trick Trick – Presented by HOT 93.3
DJ Notion – Official Ice Cube Afterparty – Dec 14 2008
Sun, Dec 14, 2008 5:30 PM
INSIDE after ICE CUBE – LOCAL
The Raven Tree – Dec 18 2008
Thu, Dec 18, 2008 4:00 PM
Crash Gallery / Goodnight Goddess – LOCAL
Golden Arm Trio & Invincible Czars Holiday Show – Dec 19 2008
Fri, Dec 19, 2008 3:00 AM
TBA – HOLIDAY SHOW
Loxsly – Dec 20 2008
Sat, Dec 20, 2008 4:00 PM
Corto Maltese / The Authors – LOCAL
The Diving Captain – Dec 26 2008
Fri, Dec 26, 2008 4:00 AM
Wiretree – LOCAL
Austinist Indieroke One Year Anniversary! – Dec 27 2008
Sat, Dec 27, 2008 3:00 PM
Shallows A.D. – KARAOKE / INSIDE + GREEN ROOM
Gabe Hascall – Dec 28 2008
Sun, Dec 28, 2008 4:00 PM
Visitors/Solomon & Tummler/Lifepartners/ + An Acoustic Set with EKE Fam – LOCAL
Jack Rose – Dec 30 2008
Tue, Dec 30, 2008 4:00 PM
Shawn David McMillen / Ralph White

DEC 31ST :: AWWW SHIT. NEW YEARS EVE CIRCUS! ACTS TBA. SEMI FORMAL. BUCKETS OF CHAMPAGNE. LASER BEAMS.

FREE WEEK – JAN 2nd – JAN 10th – Jan 02 2009
Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:00 PM
Bands coming soon. – FREE!! INSIDE + OUTSIDE
The Donkeys – Jan 13 2009
Tue, Jan 13, 2009 4:00 PM
Deleted Scenes
Yo Majesty and Floetry – Jan 15 2009
Thu, Jan 15, 2009 3:00 PM
The Paul Green School of Rock – Jan 16 2009
Fri, Jan 16, 2009 1:00 PM
EARLY SHOW – 7:00 – 9:00 pm – LOCAL
The Raven Tree – Jan 16 2009
Fri, Jan 16, 2009 4:00 PM
Jetsuns – LOCAL
The Paul Green School of Rock – Jan 17 2009
Sat, Jan 17, 2009 1:00 PM
EARLY SHOW – 7:00 – 9:00 pm – LOCAL
The Nasty Clan – Jan 22 2009
Thu, Jan 22, 2009 4:00 PM
The Alice Rose – LOCAL
This Will Destroy You – Jan 23 2009
Fri, Jan 23, 2009 4:00 PM
Balmorhea / Chief Rival – LOCAL
Ume CD RELEASE Party – Jan 24 2009
Sat, Jan 24, 2009 4:00 PM
MV & EE – Feb 01 2009
Sun, Feb 1, 2009 4:00 PM
Air Traffic Controllers
Will Johnson (Centro-matic) – Feb 05 2009
Thu, Feb 5, 2009 4:00 PM
AU – Feb 06 2009
Fri, Feb 6, 2009 4:00 PM
The Appleseed Cast – Feb 07 2009
Sat, Feb 7, 2009 3:00 PM
White Ghost Shivers Valentine's Day Massacre – Feb 14 2009
Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:00 PM
Mr. Lif – Feb 24 2009
Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:00 PM

Check out vid and interview from the YELLE show:

Yelle Interview from uLOVEi on Vimeo.

Texas love from Sleepercar...

Guitar love from Marnie...

Sweet Marnie Stern Cover HERE

Tonight, Monday, Sharon and Jones and the Dap Kings are delivering and afterparty with special guests and tasty beverages all night, in preparation for crowning the new king.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, we host the election night with Happy Hour prices all night long and full election coverage as our U.S. map slowly transitions from Red to Blue. Come and celebrate a new era and a new beginning as we join forces to put a black man in the White House! Tonto would be proud.


Wednesday, SeaLegs CD Release is a perfect humpday indie rock good time to start FFF weekend off right.

Thursday, Bright Black Morning Light is a bad ass touring band that cant be missed.

Friday, Local Music is Sexy. Nuff Said.

Saturday and Sunday are face melters all day and all night. Get your FFF tickets here. White Denim CD release on Saturday with Dead Confederate and more (aftershow discounts with FFF wristband). I'll start off your week with a little KOOL KEITH to get you goin holmes...

If you are a Mohawk regular, you have had your tits rocked off many times by the White Denim over the past 2 years. You have seen them grow from 4 songs to over 3 records worth of music, but you have not, until today been able to purchase a full length album. You have danced, you have spat beer, you have sang along, but you have not taken their record home to infect others with its brilliance.

Do not fret. For today, White Denim launched their digital music store at www.whitedenimmusic.com. Here.

We support local music and we support White Denim. We raise our glass to the fucking cojenes that these guys have for releasing their 1st record online, no major label, and on a completely new platform for giving rowdy rock and roll to the world at large. Bravo, White Denim, Bah-fucking-vo.

Buy this record today and get ready for your earhole to be rodgered by a spaceship filled with ghosts of the Allman Brothers, MC5, the Stooges, The Ramones, Jefferson Airplane, and your Aunt Kathy on meth.

Last night was insane. The stuff of legend. And fire. And beer.




pics from sandy carlson

They ended their set in the middle of Red River.
PHOTOS FROM LAST NITE
Here are some words from our good friend Nash Cook:
What can you say about Monotonix playing at Mohawk last night? It was a blur. Not just a blur of moments and drinks ordered between songs but a blur of who was holding you up against the mass of dancing, shouting, screaming bodies who threw beer as if dollars had lost no cents as if we weren't in a financial crisis and even if we were they at the end of the night screamed fuck you as they stamped on red river til ambulances shot down that long narrow road that leads to venues who'd quiver and die if an Israeli band brought their music out into the streets for 500+ to smash and bang and wail against all odds. But then again that's why the Mohawk exists. Anything is possible.

PHOTOS FROM LAST NITE
From our friends at Sonic Itch Music:

When was the last time you saw a garage punk band from Isreal bring a hefty dose of Tel Aviv to your hometown? These guys live make gogol bordello and LSV look like choir singers at an old folks home.

And some more...

The show is this Thursday. Hold on to your tits.

COMING UP THIS WEEK:
Mountains in the Moon – Sep 29 2008
Tiny Tin Hearts – LOCAL
Aristeia – Sep 30 2008
Astronaut Suit / The Insect Fable – ROADSHOW
The Broken West – Oct 01 2008

Hollwood Gossip – Roadshow
Adeline – Oct 02 2008
Happy Hour Show – LOCAL
Moonlight Towers – Oct 02 2008
TBA – LOCAL
Low Line Caller CD RELEASE PARTY – Oct 03 2008
The Boxing Lesson / Canopy – LOCAL
Sunset – Oct 04 2008
Physics of Meaning / Diagonals / Southern Drama – Local

See you at the Hawk.

Inside...Outside...Tell me whatcha saw.  Feel the fire baby.  Have you ever stuffed a shitload of krystal hamburgers in your mouth (kind of like the Belushi Animal House cafeteria scene) and it clogged your beathing and almost killed you from burger suffocation but it was still somehow fantastic and glorious?

SUNSET RUBDOWN     COOL KIDS        VOXTROT        GRAND OLE PARTY

Thursday is a local peanut and better and jelly sandwich (toasted) with fun dip and queso (GOLDEN BEAR, LOXSLY, BUBBLES).  Thursday will also be topped off with a Special sneak peak happy hour show from PURE LUCK and HONKY, featuring our frinds from the legendary Butthole Surfers. Friday is RSVP only bitches (COOL KIDS, VOXTROT, BELAIRE), and first come first serve.  Saturday is a tasty cinnamon roll fresh out the quebec oven of indie rock (SUNSET RUBDOWN, GRAND OLE PARTY, HOSPITAL SHIPS), and Sunday is the poetic brillaince of our very own San Franciso synth treat (MASTER SLASH SLAVE).  Dont worry, they like guitars too.

Special guest DJs plan to pimp the stage as well throughout the weekend, so bring some binaca and sharpies.

All in all, The Mohawk can't wait to punch it's fists into it's face and spray this awesomeness all over you and your posse.  See you on Thursday.

 From Sean at Daytrotter on Sunset Rubdown:

The first response to a Sunset Rubdown song
has to be a powerful one. Take yourself, for instance, and now think of
yourself as a sliding glass door, just Windexed up, clear as a contact
lens. You’re just locked in, keeping the inside in and the outside out,
providing the boundary between nature and the dining room table. Then
BAM! A sparrow slams right into your windowy chest and falls limply to
the concrete ground below. Spencer Krug’s songs make you feel like both
the sparrow and the sliding glass door. You’re dumbfounded and dismayed
because the music is like a raging bonfire that catches the bottoms of
your pant legs ablaze and then hits you between the eyes with shovel.
So you burn and you pay attention. It jars something loose and gives
you life in the places of your body that don’t get courted enough by
modern song. It feels miraculous and so human it hurts because you
begin to question how much you’re really getting out of your own life
if Krug is able to get so much out of his that it yields such
insightful observations and celestial verses. He’s winning and you’re
just merely participating. It’s not true, really, but it is true that
he has a way of capturing the burning embers of whatever’s worth caring
about and whatever’s most savory. We were lucky enough to spend parts
of three days with Krug, his band and tour mates Frog Eyes when a
fortunate three-day hole in their tour schedule left them without any
shows and here in Iowa. We gave them a home, let them use a shower, a
computer and watch the third season of Aquateen Hunger Force. Never
before have I even thought it appropriate to say that the songs speak
for themselves, but it has never been truer. For Daytrotter, Sunset
Rubdown played one gorgeous new song called “Winged/Wicked Things” and three versions of songs that are strikingly different from their
recorded versions. “They Took A Vote And Said No” came about when we
had less than three minutes left on our 15-minute reel of tape. Krug
said, “I think we can do it” and then went at the song in warp s peed
to the glee of all the members of Frog Eyes in the control room. This
is special and I expect to hear about it. – Sean Moeller

Fall is here. White Squalls of rock approach the new seawall at the Mohawk...and it wont stop till Christmas. Get your RSS FEED HERE of all the shows this fall. There are some unannounced shows and some other sexy stuff that we are going to unleash on your asses this October.

Check out all the joints hittin the hawk this week:
FRI: WHITE DENIM, BLACK JOE LEWIS & MORE
SAT: PINBACK & TUSSLE
SUN: RED RIVER BEACH PARTY! feat: manny / bigface / toko-ri get high / poor people / wine + revolution / shapes Have fangs / blase faire + MORE – INSIDE + OUTSIDE + CDV

Dig it.

BONUS: Cheap booze specials nightly to warm your pocket with Mohawk love.

NEXT WEEK

THE JUAN MACLEAN – Sep 22 2008
L.A.X. / Ian Orth – Presented by LEARNING SECRETS
DJ's David & Gerard – Sep 23 2008
PURE LUCK – Happy Hour Show – Sep 25 2008
LOXSLY – Sep 25 2008
COOL KIDS & VOXTROT – Sep 26 2008
PLUS: BELAIRE – Presented by: Rolling Stone & Rhapsody
SUNSET RUBDOWN & GRAND OLE PARTY – Sep 27 2008
MASTER SLASH SLAVE – Sep 28 2008

BONUS: Drink discounts for decent Sarah Palin jokes

I have seen you in the morning. Its not pretty. You may not even know how you look or smell. From straying hair in the air to booty breath, there is zero acceptable reason for leaving your house. I have no idea how you expect to get your sauce on while stage diving to the Murder City Devils the night before and still pop up in the morning and operate as a relatively productive member of society. Shame on you.

You are not alone though. Don't fret. With the fall of Maxwell House, the disappearance of Juan Valdez, and the international disdain for the Starbucks brand, Mohawk and Progress Coffee saw the opportunity to join tribes and shock the world. We are here to help.

So get your ass up to Progress or Whole foods and load your throat-hole up with some hot caffeine syrup brilliance. Put your mouth where rock and roll meets progressive coffee excellence. Your eyes will pop open, the sun will rise, and you will enter a new world.


"Rock during the day with the Mohawk blend. Your friends will think you are cool."

Now available at the Mohawk as well. Buy some for your Aunt Kathy and be the coolest cousin at your Christmas Party. Respek.

Check out the 2:00 minute mark on this youtube video. Get a little dose of Billeauds voice. This Mohawk show was a long time ago, and these guys have put in a ton of work since, but this gives you just a small idea of what they are capable of. I would advise wearing some sort of bra apparatus or something if you dont want your tits rocked off. I also might advise workboots or moonboots if you dont want your new turquoise vans melted down on the molten hot new order dance floor.




Before this joint was the Mohawk, and after it was the Velvet Spade, it was known as a fledgling rock club by the name of '912 Red River'. 912 Red River opened in July of 2006. The grand opening of 912 Red River was driven by the likes of The Lemurs while accompanied on stage by the now Mohawk Grizzly Bear. Legendary and magical wilderness night of Lemur rock. Stories of this epic night are carved in stone and echo through the halls of Red River to this day.


This new record is fantastic. The Lemurs are a serious band. Saturday night will be a serious kegger of good times, love and support for one of the best music teams in Austin. See you there.

Get your Subtle on.

From the land of Ian, Dischord, Bad Brains, Teen Idles, Minor Threat, S.O.A., Void, The Faith, DC Youth Brigade, Fugazi, Government Issue, Untouchables, and G-DUB BUSHWHACKER, we have another in the series of DC geniuses to make their way to our fine town. We have no idea who this guy is, but we like him already. He sees music regularly, he digs the Ponys and the Rosewood Thieves, and he is not scared of the Mohawk.

Please join me in welcoming our new favorite DC punk to Austin.

Find him here

PS: Hey Rockclub guy: Free whiskey shot for you next time you come in.

Denmark comes to Austin.

Hey DB, you got an iPhone? Pull up the Mohawk Austin on (www.mohawkaustin.com) your phone and click on the image below. When you subscribe, it will give automatic show and event updates to your phone without you doing a thing. You just have to create a widget by hitting the "+" button at the bottom of your phone screen and 'add to home page'. Rock forever...in your pocket...

Daily Happy Hours pumped full of awesome.

AND...These shows (SIBERIAN, GOLDEN BEAR, THROW ME THE STATUE, COLLIE BUDDZ, PRINCE MAH_FUKIN PAUL) that will electrocute your face:

Im sure you have already heard, but if you haven't, Bill Callahan has announced that he is playing an intimate show tonite with his friends Thor and Jonathan (Shearwater). Bill is, in our humble opinion, is one of the greatest songwriters of our time, not to mention a good friend and great guy. If you arent hip to his music by now, dammit, you should be. Take the time to listen to his writing, it will change you.

Here are some more details:

Get there early, there will be limited viewing space. At his request, Bill will be playing on the original stage set up (inside), underneath the projection screen, the rusted eagle, and the wooden elk. There is room for less than 80 people in there, so if you want to see it (and you remember this), you know what to do.

We will probably open the green room upstairs for booze and lounging as well. If you want to get there early, we will be there....engulfed in Smog.

A big thanks to Bill for thinking of us. We look forward to seeing everyone there.

Some amazing footage of Bill below shot by our friends at Super! Alright! and KUT:


No. 6 Bill Callahan – "Nothing Rises To Meet Me" from Retread Sessions on Loved by Mohawk.

For our international friends that couldn't make it tonite, here is the rest of Bill's schedule through May:

Sun Mar 30 Austin, TX Mohawk
Wed May 14 London, England St. James
Fri May 16 Paris, France L'Europeen
Sun May 18 Berlin, Germany Privatclub
Mon May 19 Cologne, Germany Gebaude 9
Tue May 20 Frankfurt, Germany Brotfabrik
Thu May 22 Vienna, Austria WuK
Fri May 23 Munich, Germany Orangehouse
Sat May 24 IRavenna, Italy Hana Bi
Sun May 25 Napoli, Italy Circolio degli Artisti
Tue May 27 Milan, Italy Magnolia
Wed May 28 Torino, Italy Spazio 211
Fri May 30 Barcelona, Spain Primavera Sound

Long live Bill.

Starting out with the Whigs. Check it:



Some Moby
Some White (muthafukin) Denim
Some British Sea Power
Some Clipse in the Mohawk Green Room and on stage
Some Tokyo Police Club
Some Black Mountain and Jens Lekman
Some Peelander-Z
Some Bon Iver here and here
Some Liam Finn
Some Shout Out Louds and more (cheers to Austinist for another great bill and get down)
Some Shearwater
Some Plastic Constellations
Some Thurston Moore
Some A Place To Bury Strangers
Some J. Mascis (Rolling Stone here, video below)
Some Matt and Kim
And Finally...Some MTV Interviewin on the Mohawk Deck (bout time)
And a little vid below of some acoustic magic from j at the mohawk.



Thanks to everyone for your ongoing support of the Mohawk Austin. Thanks to the Austinist, Hot Freaks, Rhapsody, Transmission Entertainment, Ecstatic Peace, SXSW, Todd P, French Kiss, Secretly Candian, Jagaguwar, Dead Oceans, Learning Secrets, Frrvrrr, The Onion, Club de Ville, Teddy, Travis, and all of our friends for making it happen. A big up to the Hot Freaks homies, daytrotter, gorilla vs bear, my old kentucky blog, you aint no picasso, chromewaves, aquarium drunkard, large hearted boy, Thanks to our staff for successfully locating the nexus and harmonious blend of both rock and roll and customer service. We believe that you don't have to be a dick to work at a rock joint, and the Mohawk team proved that every day. I raise my beertunie to all of you.
More to come. Check out the Schedule to get a taste of whats ahead. Daily Happy Hours, the opening of the new Green Room Bar, New Sound, New schedule, and a shitload of good times are in store at 912 Red River. See you soon. See you in the Green Room. See you at Fu Manchu.

Super Health. The Mohawk is a Rock and Roll Jungle Gym.

wow. insane week. from moby (above: moby plays secret show) to michael stipe, from black mountain to bon iver, from islands to clipse, from peelander-z to the whigs, from a place to bury strangers to the shout out louds, we got completely fucking hammered with sold out shows. the mohawk is now like the beach at normandy. bodies everywhere. we need sleep.

thank you, as always, for your continued support of the mohawk austin. see you next week for tycho, masonic, and experimental aircraft. we have some sweet FU MANCHU action coming this month as well. legendary fat guitars for your earhole.

burp. ZZZZZZZZZZZZ.....

Rule #1: Click on the word 'calendar' above.

-AUSTINIST


RHAPSODY PRESENTS: CLIPSE, CUT COPY, SONS & DAUGHTERS
with: BRISTISH SEA POWER, NO AGE, & MORE
THURSDAY (DAY), MAR 13, 2008

"If you don't think that rhymes about selling cocaine can be delightful, then you should hear "We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 2," an impressive exercise in hip-hop formalism. Both brothers have tough, thin, back-of-the-throat voices. (They were joined onstage, as they are on the mixtape, by their protégés Ab-Liva and Sandman.) And despite their grim subject matter, you can tell they're rhyming for the pure thrill of it. The mood stays deadpan, but each stanza is an ode to the joys of internal rhymes, sly punch lines, slick threats."
-NEW YORK TIMES on CLIPSE


SECRETLY CANDIAN/JAGJAGUWAR/DEAD OCEANS PRESENT: BLACK MOUNTAIN, JENS LEKMAN, & MORE
with: BON IVER, EVANGELICALS, & MORE
THURSDAY (NIGHT), MAR 13, 2008 (SXSW EVENT)

"This showcase rocked my tits off last year and rodgered the earhole of a generation. Dont miss it, dickweed."
-CASH NUGENT


HOT FREAKS! PRESENT: BRITISH SEA POWER, BLITZEN TRAPPER, WHITE DENIM, AND MORE
with: CADENCE WEAPON, JASON COLLETT, AND MORE
FRIDAY (DAY), MAR 14, 2008 (AT HAWK & CLUB DE VILLE)

"No comment. If you dont know about this party already, you are probably a McCain voter...and a raging douchebag"
-QUENTIN COOLEY


ECSTATIC PEACE PRESENTS: THURSTON MOORE & BAND
with: BE YOUR OWN PET, TALL FIRS, & MORE
FRIDAY (NIGHT), MAR 14, 2008 (SXSW EVENT)

What's on Sonic Youth's road tape?
"Flipper. Flipper still rules. Montrose. Sparks-like, pre-Georgio Moroder Sparks. But some of that's on there. Bar-Kays. You know, that kind of stuff. The new CD-Rs from (former Hardkiss vanity label) Sunburn, we've been listening to those a lot, they're really good."
-THURSTON


HOT FREAKS! PRESENT: ISLANDS, PEELANDER-Z, & MORE
with: A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS, & MORE
SATURDAY (DAY), MAR 15, 2008 (AT HAWK & CLUB DE VILLE)

"Man, I just made a comment about the other Hot Freaks Party that you just read...you are a raging douchebag"
-QUENTIN COOLEY


FREE AGENCY/TODD P PRESENTS: DAN DEACON, MATT & KIM, HIGH PLACES, & MORE
with: THESE ARE POWERS, PONY TAIL, & MORE
SATURDAY (NIGHT), MAR 15, 2008 (SXSW EVENT)

"You should catch Dan Deacon. Actually you should catch all of thses crazy kids on this bill, Todd P knows what hes doing. Then, you should buy a 2 bedroom 2 bath bungalow from me in Cedar Park. Its a great investment. And walking distance from the donut shop"
-THIS GUY

If you dont know about these bands by now, Im not sure if you are allowed in this show. For everyone else...see you there. Killer show.

Well, they wont be naked, but you will want them to be. The hottest rock (and wedding) photographers in Austin (next to Dave Mead and Nash Cook) will be slanging dranks this Wednesday for the 'i turn my camera on' happy hour. $1 Drink specials, hot photographers, and plenty of Skynyrd. 5pm-8pm. You find me a better deal than that and I will punch myself in the cods (AND vote for Hillary).
check out their work here and here




Later that night, the luscious locals, Haunting Oboe Music will bring the chocolate indie rock to our stages. Diagonals, wine and revolution open.

Get you some of that here

These are just some of the answers to the simple yet groundbreaking question these poor people ask in cities and villages around the globe: "Why are we poor?" In the tradition of James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, 'The Poor People Band' struggles to confront poverty in all its hopelessness and brutality, its pride and abject fear, its fierce misery and its quiet resignation...all while slapping it in the face with sweet telecaster action. Poor People allows the poor to speak for themselves, explaining the causes and consequences of their impoverishment in their own cultural, social, and religious terms. This whole discussion is lubricated by loading doses of lonestar and getting your Austin soul jam on this Sunday.

There is the alcoholic mother in Buddhist Thailand, sure that her poverty is punishment for transgressions in a former life, and her ten-year-old daughter, whose faith in her own innocence gives her hope that her sin in the last life was simply being rich. There is the Siberian-born beggar who pins her woes on a tick bite and a Gypsy curse more than a half century ago, and the homeless, widowed Afghan women who have been relegated to a "respected" but damning invisibility. There are Big and Little Mountain, two Japanese salarymen who lost their jobs suddenly and now live in a blue-tarp hut under a Kyoto bridge. And, most haunting of all, there is the faded, starving beggar-girl, staring empty-eyed on the back steps of Austins Central Bus Station, whose only response to Poor Peoples query is simply, "I think I am rich."

The result of Poor Peoples fearless journey is a look at poverty and rock unlike any other. Complete with more than 10 powerfully affecting songs—taken of the interviewees by the band itself—this series of vignettes and searing insights represents a tremendous step toward an understanding of this age-old social ill. With intense compassion and a scrupulously unpatronizing eye and ear, Poor People invite their fans to recognize in our fellow human beings their full dignity, fallibility, pride, and pain, and the power of their hard-fought resilience and the extreme force that good old fashioned rock and roll can have on every one of us.

Come out to the Mohawk this Sunday and help out some Poor People, all while getting your rock on...

Beam yourself up to the hawk on Saturday with 3d glasses and some ponys.

Check out some Pase Rock jams here. Wednesday is a night to get your TURBO on, if you know whats good for ya.

From Analog Giant:

Pase Rock what?
Check out this kid for some serious jams. Came across Mr. Rock through one of my favorite DJ's Cosmo Baker's myspace. I don't know much about this cat aside from him being a member of the great group Five Deez (out of Cincy). Get Kommunicator if you haven't its the real deal.

Now if you'll excuse me I need to go listen to "Fingertips Pt. 3.5" for the millionth time. Craziness.

If you are not hip to the El Paso Hot Button, you need to get there quick. One dude. He has infused his blood with awesome and rock and has been chasing chickens around in his backyard getting ready to release his ramble on the faces of unexpecting Austinites.

I know he's from Oklahoma, and I have no idea where the "El Paso" came from (maybe here), but someone snuck a White Stripes and a Jimmy Page record into his sandbox when he was a kid, and told him he could do it all by himself. Anyway, just know that Thursday, Feb 7th is your day to leave work early, go to the Grizzly Bar Happy Hour, get a loading dose cocktail, and lubricate your soul in preparation for the goods.

DIG ON THE VID:

If you havent heard already, local darlings, special homies, and bad-ass musicians WHITE DENIM are in the latest issue of Rolling Stone Magazine, full page style. As you know, the Mohawk has loved the WD since that first Fat Albert slap banged down on Turbos big rig. Truck drivers, landscapers, dancers, boozers, and friends. Thats what White Denim means to us. A team of renegade ramblers that arent scared to rock your tits off while stealing a risky business gaze off of your girlfriend at the show.

Here's to the coolest band we know, the most talented band we know, and the happiest band we know. Congratulations boys, its about to get real crazy for you. Long Live The Letter "D".

Listen to some of it here.

Check it out:

From 5-8, every day at the Grizzly Bar, drinks are so damn cheap, its like getting a cocktail at a garage sale, flea market, or Tijuana (respek). So, get your drink on at one of Austins best live music venues, and apparently, one of the best bars in America: DIG ON THIS

Wednesday's UP IN SMOKE happy hour will feature guest bartenders RGDG
from KOOP 91.7 Now Playing Austin serving
$1 Whiskey Shots, $1 PBR & High Life, $2-16oz Lone Star

But we dont just believe in cheap drinks at Happy Hour, we still believe in ordering good whiskeys and delivering them in a good pour with a good attitude. Old fashioned, yes. Awesome, absolutely. For Ramblers, no doubt.

Bring your piggy bank, meet some homies, and have a good time to one of the greatest music selections on Red River. Try a Beertunie. It will change your life.

If you've got a pair (or you dont), come and get your ramble on at the Mohawk.

We think we are so far from cool we cant even google map it.

But, we are proud of the fact that we are both a great bar AND a live music venue. Some of our Grizzly Bar Happy Hours (5-8) rival our best shows in terms of entertainment. You just have to be there to know what Im saying. Our new drink menu for 2008 will make a single bloody tear run down your face. Cocktails by the fire or herkies on the outside stage, its all good at 912 Red River.

Click on the link and log your vote. Plus, all press is good press I guess, and those guys at Esquire love to booze it. We know that already by their unrelenting and tireless efforts to report on whiskeys, drink mixes, and live music. They threw a Stooges show in Austin. They have some writers over there that know a bit about our town and about music today. So, with a pair of clinkers, a pipe, a shotgun, and a stick of slimjim, we respectfully nod our head (while looking over the top of our ray ban yellow shooters) in thanks to the rag that has the foresight to understand what we are trying to do here.

Regardless, click below and check it out. We love that music venues are being recognized, but we are a little scared of the fact that we are ranked next to a place called Club Duece in Miami Beach (respek). No offense, but it sounds like a great place to read a paper on the can and grind one out. Which is precisely why its my first stop next time I'm over there.

Thanks to Esquire. Big up. Long Live Sydney.

Another fine platter of hushed fuzz and splintered frets from Ben Chasny's mainstay, Six Organs of Admittance. Still channeling the dark lonesome spirits of some wooded acre, Chasny lays the vibes down heavy on Shelter from the Ash, a release that contrary to the title feels less easy than "shelter" might suggest. Heavy overtones of darkness and, if not fear certainly not calm pervade this album but maybe that's the point, its only a respite from the ongoing struggle and not permanent relief. Gentle strums and plucks give way to fuzzed electrics and atmospherics raging with wind and white noise. Definitely an album in tune with much that Chasny has issued under his Six Organs persona, but with a much more turbulent undercurrent than he's touched on in the past. Shelter is a fine album that stands as striking in the face of some disappointment with other frontrunners of the folk circle this year.

www.sixorgans.com

Austinist Feature Review of Shelter From The Ash

-RAVEN SINGS THE BLUES

Devendra Banhart Comments in Six Organs:

We got new Sound Gear for Christmas. It sounds like sexy chipmunks whispering in your ear. With martini breath. And a reach around.

If you are a music fan, throw your earplugs in the garbage, and open your earhole for incoming missles.

Sound is what can be perceived by a living organism through its sense of hearing. Physically, sound is vibrational mechanical energy that propagates through matter as a wave.

For humans, hearing is limited to frequencies between about 20 Hz and 20000 Hz, with the upper limit generally decreasing with age. Other species may have a different range of hearing. As a signal perceived by one of the major senses, sound is used by many species for detecting danger, navigation, predation, and communication. In Earth's atmosphere, water, and soil virtually any physical phenomenon, such as fire, rain, wind, surf, or earthquake, produces (and is characterized by) its unique sounds. Many species, such as frogs, birds, marine and terrestrial mammals, have also developed special organs to produce sound. In some species these became highly evolved to produce song and (in humans) speech. Furthermore, humans have developed culture and technology (such as music, telephony and radio) that allows them to generate, record, transmit, and broadcast sounds.

THIS IS A LIST OF OUR NEW SOUND GEAR:

Allen and heath gl 2200 32 ch console (outside)
Allen and heath gl 2200 24 ch console (inside)

monitors
QSC HPR 122i 12" 2 way powered speaker HPR122i 122
X4

processing outside
tc electronics mone fx
DBX 231 Dual 31 Band Graphic EQ
X2 for monitor eq (4 mixes)
Clark techniks foh graph
comps/gates
PreSonus ACP-88 8ch compressor gate limiter ACP88 B STK

Processing inside
Dbx 4 channel comps
Behringer 4 ch gates/expander.
Lexicon MX300 dual FX reverb processor
Dbx 231 eq foh graph
Yamaha 2 channel monitor graph (2 mixes)

2 ADAMSON monitors 12 w 2” hf driver
crown power base 2 amps x2

Ev la series dbl 18”subs
W crest 900 power amp

2 JBL PRX535 15" 3-way speakers PRX 535 (outside mains)

JBL PRX515 15" 2-way powered speaker (inside mains)x2

JBL PRX518s 18" powered subwoofer x2 (inside subs)

8 passive whirlwind DI boxes
6 sm 58s 9 sm 57s beta 52 akg condenser
4 beta 58s audix d2 akg kick
QSC powered 3 way 15” speakers x 2

Single 18” black widow subs
Single 18" yamaha sub

2 crown microtech 1000 power amps

32 ch rapco snake w 8 sends

3 rapco insert snakes
1 rapco 1/4” snake 8 ch

24 channel 4 send snake ( inside)

AUSTINIST'S INDIEROKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP KARAOKE DORKATHON DANCEATHON EXTRAVAGANZA CIRCUS IS BACK.
If you missed Austinist's DECEMBER 22nd INDIEROKE, check it out. Blingin in your car but too cool to sing in the bar? We will help free you from those bonds. Your inner Celine can come out. For one night only. After that, we will all go back to trying to be cool.


Stop singing in the shower and get down to the Mohawk WEDNESDAY JAN. 9th

With over 7000 songs to choose from, here's a sample of just some of the revolutionary jams that you can belt out to the masses:

PIXIES / DAFT PUNK / THE NATIONAL / FLAMING LIPS / TALKING HEADS / ARCADE FIRE / YEAH YEAH YEAHS / INTERPOL / RADIOHEAD / SPOON / WILCO / BLOC PARTY / BJORK / MODEST MOUSE
and mo...

SXSW is already a mind melter in terms of the bands coming to town. More to come on that. As you do your earplug shopping and renew all over your iPod playlists for this new year, be thinking about (and regularly checking) our new schedule for 2008. Lots of great stuff happening. Check it:

MICHAEL IAN BLACK / MICHAEL SHOWALTER (THE STATE)
GRANT HART (HUSKER DU)
WILL JOHNSON
CHARLIE PARR
BLACK PANDA
LIARS
SPECTRUM
PEEL
JOE LALLY (FUGAZI)
MOONLIGHT TOWERS
DANNY MALONE
THE FLESHTONES
FU MANCHU
XIU XIU

Stay posted. Stay tuned. Whatever. Just make it a point to take advantage of the fact that you live in Austin and these artista are coming to play for you. Dig it.

C'mon Pitchfork. Man, we see you at our clubs all the time. We see you at New Bohemia and Curras talking on your iPhone to your mom about how much fun you are having. When SXSW rolls around, we are your favorite city in the world. You will write about us like you all live here, grew up here, and know every 'best breakfast taco joint' in town. So why is it that we gets no love for NYE? We gots love for you. And we know we arent Chicago (single tear). But we would appreciate the courtesy of a reach around every once in a while when you are writing about 'music scenes for new years'...or anything of a similar sort. We just want to be big boys, ya know? We want to roll like big cities, on 22's, dripping with ice, and engulfed by really cool skyscrapers. Pitchfork, we love you. We dont want digital intercourse really, but a longing gaze from across the room (web) would do us just fine. Happy New Year.

Love,

Austin

Chino of the Deftones and Team Sleep play early show tonight. Stick around for the pop, pop, fizz, fizz of the YIP YIP from Winter Park. Umm, dont go to YIP YIPs myspace site though. It will freak you out, make you see comets and punch your girlfriend in the cakehole.

Pow! Right in the kisser. Tonite.

Have we mentioned lately that Party Ends is the sexiest, hardest working, local music loving, prog-tour promoting, drunkest, and danciest blog in the universe? If we havent, we suck. And Party Ends does not, becuase they continue to bring amazing lineups to great venues and creative locations all around our fine city. The Mohawk is blessed with one tonite (with our local faves Transmography). From Partyends.com:

Check out what the Onion has to say about the Astronautalis show tomorrow night!

“Indie-country-electro” rapper Astronautalis has shared the stage with everyone from A Tribe Called Quest to The Polyphonic Spree to Rancid, which indicates both how seamlessly he blends his indie-rock, IDM, and hip-hop influences and how schizophrenic the resulting songs are. “Meet Me Here Later,” from his sophomore album The Mighty Ocean And Nine Dark Theaters, is as good an introduction as any: Winkingly sentimental, it comes off like El-P sitting in with Built To Spill as remixed by The Postal Service. Also playing: Listener Project, Transmography.”

Preach it, the Onion. Preach it.

Vampire Weekend Detail Debut LP

Buzzing indie rockers Vampire Weekend — featured in the November issue of Spin — have announced the release date and tracklisting for their self-titled debut. The album, an 11-track affair, will hit the U.S. Jan. 29 via XL Recordings, and land overseas Feb. 25. The Ivy League prepsters, who met at Columbia University, are currently unveiling new tunes to the U.K. populace while on tour with the Shins. But don't fret U.S. citizens, Vampire Weekend will sink their fangs into fans with a string of dates set to kick off in Haverford, PA Nov. 16, hitting cities nationwide before capping Dec. 15 with "Friends of John," a benefit gig honoring late Ra Ra Riot drummer John Pike.

Vampire Weekend tracklisting:

1. "Mansard Roof"
2. "Oxford Comma"
3. "A-Punk"
4. "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa"
5. "M79"
6. "Campus"
7. "Bryn"
8. "One (Blake's Got a New Face)"
9. "I Stand Corrected"
10. "Walcott"
11. "The Kids Don't Stand a Chance"

Vampire Weekend tour dates:

11/16, Haverford, PA (Lunt Basement at Haverford College)
11/23, Cleveland, OH (Beachland Tavern)
11/24, Bloomington, IN (Waldron Arts Center)
11/25, Lexington, KY (Old Tarr Distillery Warehouse)
11/27, Norman, OK (The Opolis)
11/28, Denton, TX (Rubber Gloves)
11/29, Austin, TX (The Mohawk)
12/1, Phoenix, AZ (Casa Blanca Lounge)
12/2, San Diego, CA (Casbah)
12/3, Los Angeles, CA (The Echo)
12/5, San Francisco, CA (The Independent)
12/7, Salt Lake City, UT (Kilby Court)
12/8, Denver, CO (Bluebird Theater)
12/9, Omaha, NE (Slowdown Jr.)
12/11, Chicago, IL (Schubas)
12/12, Pontiac, MI (The Pike Room at the Crofoot)
12/13, Toronto, Ontario (El Mocambo)
12/14, Montreal, Quebec (Club Lambi)
12/15, Cambridge, MA (Middle East Underground/Friends of John benefit) #

(# w/ Tokyo Police Club and Ra Ra Riot)

We give thanks to all Mohawk supporters across the globe. We give thanks to all the Artists that have gone to war on our stages. We give thanks that we are still here on Red River doing what we love. Pass the green beans.

Many more shows to come...stay posted.

Chief

THE IROQUOIS THANKSGIVING ADDRESS

"Ohenton Kariwahtekwen"

GREETINGS TO THE NATURAL WORLD

THE PEOPLE

Today we have gathered and we see that the cycles of life continue. We have been given the duty to live in balance and harmony with each other and all living things. So now, we bring our minds together as one as we give greetings and thanks to each other as people.

Now our minds are one.

THE EARTH MOTHER

We are all thankful to our Mother, the Earth, for she gives us all that we need for life. She supports our feet as we walk about upon her. It gives us joy that she continues to care for us as she has from the beginning of time. To our mother, we send greetings and thanks.

Now our minds are one.

THE WATERS

We give thanks to all the waters of the world for quenching our thirst and providing us with strength. Water is life. We know its power in many forms-waterfalls and rain, mists and streams, rivers and oceans. With one mind, we send greetings and thanks to the spirit of Water.

Now our minds are one.

THE FISH

We turn our minds to the all the Fish life in the water. They were instructed to cleanse and purify the water. They also give themselves to us as food. We are grateful that we can still find pure water. So, we turn now to the Fish and send our greetings and thanks.

Now our minds are one.

THE PLANTS

Now we turn toward the vast fields of Plant life. As far as the eye can see, the Plants grow, working many wonders. They sustain many life forms. With our minds gathered together, we give thanks and look forward to seeing Plant life for many generations to come.

Now our minds are one.

THE FOOD PLANTS

With one mind, we turn to honor and thank all the Food Plants we harvest from the garden. Since the beginning of time, the grains, vegetables, beans and berries have helped the people survive. Many other living things draw strength from them too. We gather all the Plant Foods together as one and send them a greeting of thanks.

Now our minds are one.

THE MEDICINE HERBS

Now we turn to all the Medicine herbs of the world. From the beginning they were instructed to take away sickness. They are always waiting and ready to heal us. We are happy there are still among us those special few who remember how to use these plants for healing. With one mind, we send greetings and thanks to the Medicines and to the keepers of the Medicines.

Now our minds are one.

THE ANIMALS

We gather our minds together to send greetings and thanks to all the Animal life in the world. They have many things to teach us as people. We are honored by them when they give up their lives so we may use their bodies as food for our people. We see them near our homes and in the deep forests. We are glad they are still here and we hope that it will always be so.

Now our minds are one.

THE TREES

We now turn our thoughts to the Trees. The Earth has many families of Trees who have their own instructions and uses. Some provide us with shelter and shade, others with fruit, beauty and other useful things. Many people of the world use a Tree as a symbol of peace and strength. With one mind, we greet and thank the Tree life.

Now our minds are one.

THE BIRDS

We put our minds together as one and thank all the Birds who move and fly about over our heads. The Creator gave them beautiful songs. Each day they remind us to enjoy and appreciate life. The Eagle was chosen to be their leader. To all the Birds-from the smallest to the largest-we send our joyful greetings and thanks.

Now our minds are one.

THE FOUR WINDS

We are all thankful to the powers we know as the Four Winds. We hear their voices in the moving air as they refresh us and purify the air we breathe. They help us to bring the change of seasons. From the four directions they come, bringing us messages and giving us strength. With one mind, we send our greetings and thanks to the Four Winds.

Now our minds are one.

THE THUNDERERS

Now we turn to the west where our grandfathers, the Thunder Beings, live. With lightning and thundering voices, they bring with them the water that renews life. We are thankful that they keep those evil things made by Okwiseres underground. We bring our minds together as one to send greetings and thanks to our Grandfathers, the Thunderers.

Now our minds are one.

THE SUN

We now send greetings and thanks to our eldest Brother, the Sun. Each day without fail he travels the sky from east to west, bringing the light of a new day. He is the source of all the fires of life. With one mind, we send greetings and thanks to our Brother, the Sun.

Now our minds are one.

GRANDMOTHER MOON

We put our minds together to give thanks to our oldest Grandmother, the Moon, who lights the night-time sky. She is the leader of woman all over the world, and she governs the movement of the ocean tides. By her changing face we measure time, and it is the Moon who watches over the arrival of children here on Earth. With one mind, we send greetings and thanks to our Grandmother, the Moon.

Now our minds are one.

THE STARS

We give thanks to the Stars who are spread across the sky like jewelry. We see them in the night, helping the Moon to light the darkness and bringing dew to the gardens and growing things. When we travel at night, they guide us home. With our minds gathered together as one, we send greetings and thanks to the Stars.

Now our minds are one.

THE ENLIGHTENED TEACHERS

We gather our minds to greet and thank the enlightened Teachers who have come to help throughout the ages. When we forget how to live in harmony, they remind us of the way we were instructed to live as people. With one mind, we send greetings and thanks to these caring teachers.

Now our minds are one.

THE CREATOR

Now we turn our thoughts to the creator, or Great Spirit, and send greetings and thanks for all the gifts of Creation. Everything we need to live a good life is here on this Mother Earth. For all the love that is still around us, we gather our minds together as one and send our choicest words of greetings and thanks to the Creator.

Now our minds are one.

CLOSING WORDS..........

We have now arrived at the place where we end our words. Of all the things we have named, it was not our intention to leave anything out. If something was forgotten, we leave it to each individual to send such greetings and thanks in their own way.

Now our minds are one.

Today we celebrate the life of Lance Hahn and how he impacted the world around him. All are welcome, please feel free to come by and pay your respects. There is an opportunity at the door to donate to one of Lances many favorite charities. You can find more information here

If you were at this show, you will love these photos.

Get you a little dose of free chicago indie rock in your face. Ponys: 11/14.07.

This blog post is strictly dedicated to respecting the fuck out of the Murder City Devils and the show that they laid down on our room this weekend. Period. Insert all words here that apply: epic, legendary, amazing.

A huge thanks go out to the MCDs for playing this show.

The super foxxy, and always 'on it', Miss Annie Ray has released her private collection of shots from this years "Local Music is Sexy' Party thrown by our friends at the Austinist.


Dig into the electric sideshow here.

Thanks Annie. Stay awesome.

Think pearl harbor, but with droney stoner metal, monster amps, looming smoke, and explosive gongs and guitars. The Mohawk was Hawaii. Wow. These kids are amazing. Long live Boris. This shit makes me want to buy a t-top camaro (iroc-z). And earplugs. eh?

Check out some more pictures here
Thanks to Nash Cook for his 'always killer' eye and photography skills

Its a good time to be in Austin. The weather is fantastic (for the next 4 weeks at least), the cocktails are cold, and the music coming through town is mind blowing [ shhhh ]. So, for those of you that couldnt make it, Jesu was impressive in every way. Only if they had one more 'S' in their name, they could get so much more well deserved press...

JESU

BLITZEN TRAPPER

CROWD

TWO GALLANTS

Join us for the 1st Annual:

"Don’t Lose a Good Thing, Keep Austin Good"

– A Celebration of Sound, Fashion & Community –
Saturday October 20th 5pm – 10pm

South Congress Fashion Show – 8pm

Performance by Barbara Lynn – 9pm

After Party – Mohawk – 912 Red River – Loxlsy & Master/Slave from 11pm-2am

Media Sponsor – GOOD MAGAZINE

RSVP in advance at:

GOOD's website or at the following presale locations:

Therapy Clothing
San Jose Lobby
Progress Coffee

RSVP is not required but, $20 will get you the following:
(1) 6 issues of GOOD
(2) $2 off adult drinks at both the Hotel San Jose parking lot party & Mohawk after party
(3) And all $20 goes to non-profit partner, Foundation Communities!

Event information at:
keepaustingood.com

from the Austinist:

October 8, 2007
Austinist Show Review: A Victorian Pageant at The Mohawk




Advertised with tongue-in-cheek flair as a “frotean festival! of the fantastique” and “an evening most thrilling!”, the Victorian Pageant at the Mohawk on the 6th was indeed a unique experience, and a sprightly, fun show even when it didn’t exactly keep with the theme of corsets and humours.

Photos of Moth!Fight! courtesy Super!Alright!!!

The Noise Revival Orchestra were the first band to play the main, outside stage, and what an Orchestra they were. Dressed in full, fanciful regalia, the many-piece ensemble consisted of three percussionists, at least three keys players, multiple vocalists, brass, woodwinds, and more. An Austin band that formed up in the summer of ’06, the Orchestra actually aren’t huge on noise, but on multi-faceted pieces that employ vigorous instrumentation and swiftly changing structures. It’s easy to imagine this group growing out of a music majors’ gab session, and the percussionists alone were exciting to watch. At best some of the songs did sound close to epic, and at worst it sounded like Winn Butler fronting a marching band. Either way, it was a nice change of pace from the usual indie four-piece.

Ume started things inside with their loud, pulsating noise-rock, one of the evening’s bands who didn’t try at all to be Victorian in the least. Outside, a real barbershop quartet (and not a band called Barbershop Quartet) enthused the crowd with a few very old and just plain old tunes, explained some of the history of their craft, and ended their performance with a Beach Boys medley – and were easily one of the best-received groups of the evening. While Moth Fight readied their set with a very intricate sound-check, the Mohawk slowly filled up with people who began to browse some of the exhibits, available on both upper decks. Natrix Natrix set up a spirit photography booth, The Musuem of Artificial and Natural Ephemera had some of their namesake ephemera on display, including a jar of something viscous and disgusting, and Uncommon Objects also had some of their least common wares to show off. Spectators were also asked to gaze into a box to watch a flickering screen (a makeshift “nickelodeon”) and those interested had their countenances explained by the bumps on their head by a phrenology expert/person who just pretended to be an expert.

Inside, Attack Formation also took time to get their sound ready, but before too long the sometimes seven-piece band were out of the gates and rocking it up. Although the guitar onslaught and big riffs both a little bruised and brash recall bits of loud indie forebears like Archers of Loaf, softer touches like stray trumpet bursts and the female background vocals are what made them difficult to stop watching. Definitely recommended.

Even though the band Numbers officially closed the show, everything – from the out-there exhibitions to the general mood of the evening – belonged to Moth Fight, whose frenetic pop-psychedelia was best suited to the night’s peculiar theme. A five-piece group where almost every member plays at least three instruments, Moth Fight performed every one of their songs, and the care and craft of their set did not go unappreciated by the crowd. Even when their 3-D light show didn’t go as well as expected, the impressive rhythm section, grab-bag of instruments like singing saw, violin, and harpsichord (not to mention the sugary melodies) kept spirits high.

Given the night so far, recent Kill Rock Stars signees Numbers were something of a disappointment, as the trio was about as far from the period-piece mishmash of Moth Fight as could be. Vocalist and drummer Indra Dunis’ voice was almost drowned out by guitar noise, not to mention the aural battery done by Eric Landmark and his two synthesizers. While this might sound like a recipe for Loveless-era goodness, it had more in common with pop plebeians Mates of State than anything else.

The Mohawk really made an attempt to make a magical evening out of Saturday night, made manifest in the array of things to see, bands to hear, and those little touches that make the venue a warm, exciting place to spend part of your weekend. Here’s to many more “frotean festivals of the fantastique” in the near future.

check it.

Yeah, I will admit it. That shit was crazy. From the 'gaunlet', to the iPod debacle, to inspiring 300 people to sing a 'thank you' song to sheraton at 2AM on a Tuesday, this was a spectacle like none other.

You need to be in the right mental zone to get into a Dan Deacon show, but once you are there...its a kaleidescope of lights, sweat, dancing, hugs, and electricity.

Take the time to flip through these: Dan, you sir are the man. Thanks for bringin the Looney Tunes to Austin.

I dunno. I pushed a bunch of buttons and cool shit happened. After a few wild turkeys, I have figured out a few things:

Home: the main video (top right) is from White Denims CD Release
Home: posters from shows always changing at the bottom, plus quick links to cal and tix
Home: most recent blog postings from 'blog' section. click the title to comment. (try it now and let us know what you think about the site)
Calendar: click 'send' and send a heads up to friends about good shows
Calendar: click 'iCal' and it auto-populates your calendar. its like magic.
Calendar: click upcoming to see what shows are happing in austin. start your own party.
Calendar: even though the cal separates the 2 stages, our inside shows and outside shows are usually priced 'all for one'
Calendar: you can subsribe to the RSS data feed at the bottom for real-time show updates and info. like a flux capacitor.
About: our story. click around and learn about the mohawk community.
Events: some stuff on renting the space if you want.
Blog: we have a handful of bloggers that post ramblings on our site. you can comment and join in by clicking on the title of the blog.
Venue: sound specs and particulars for agents, bands, and fans
Tribe: homies, great ideas, grub, booze, tunes, and stuff.
Media: videos from the hawk, pics of the joint and artists that have played here
Merch: not quite ready yet, but tix and tees can be bought here.

Thanks for checkin it out...sorry our site has been so lame for so long...we aint gots lots of cash. We hope you enjoy it.
Love,
Mohawk


how it was made: In conjunction with a magnetic field and the load, the flux capacitor uses the hierarchical structure of the cosmos as a timer, to help sync the calendar with the stars. The trilamination of the tiny spheres with selected metals and their subjection to a magnetic field and current (sustained by the load) destabilizes the orderliness of the navigation, the heavier atom and the "content" of individual layers of metal. The website matter then seeks to re-establish itself in the "fractal set."

The trilamination inserts a "curve" where there ought to be none, between the communal structure and the next higher context of presence which is normally occupied by living things, beneath the solar niche and within the biospheric niche in a five to eleven dimensional collapsible schema of the universe accounting for all the phenomenon observed by rock fans as well as scientists. Thus, our www.mohawkaustin community is born.

If you went, you got sweaty. If you didnt, ummm. Next year perhaps. Art Brut dropped the brit bomb, St.Vincent, Yellow Fever, White Denim, Grizzly bear (wow), Brazos, Car Stereo (wars), all brought their 'A' game. Anywho, a big thanks to all that helped with this event:

Johnny, Aquarium Drunkard, Brooklyn Vegan, La Blogotheque, My Old Kentucky Blog, Daytrotter, You Ain't No Picasso, Super Alright!
Thanks to Chromewaves, you can dig on some pics here

So, we have a fancy new roofdeck...and a sexy new website...and some icy cold high lifes...but we aint got love. Billeum has taken the time to teach us the proper way to 'woo' all of the foxy squaws out there. We give you: 'Mohawk Lovin':