Live music review: Snail Mail Rang in the New Year with Curated Bill at Mohawk
Fans rang in the New Year at Austin’s Mohawk with a curated bill from Snail Mail aka Lindsay Jordan which included Narrow Head and On Being An Angel.
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Drew Doggett
Live music review: Pixies, Franz Ferdinand and Bully Bring the Noise to Moody Amphitheater
Every once in a while, you get a stacked night of music from start to finish. Moody Amphitheater’s sold out show on June 25 featured Bully, Franz Ferdinand, and the Pixies, as the three’s last show together for the tour.
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Live music review: Built to Spill Slays, Shreds, Sells Out Mohawk Austin
One band she loved was Built to Spill. “Hey, play that song about going out of your mind,” she’d request. Translated from mom-speak, that was the band’s standout ‘Goin’ Against Your Mind.’ At Austin’s Mohawk on April 8, I thought about the drives with her as the drums launched into the 10-minute six-string odyssey.
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Interview: Photographer Sophia Lawson Celebrates 10 Years at Mohawk with Still Sounds
On Wednesday, January 18, Lawson will present Still Sounds, an exhibition displaying her favorite Mohawk moments captured on camera.
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Live music review: The Marías seduce Stubbs’ sold-out crowd at ACL Fest Late Night show
I saw The María’s back in 2019 at Washington, DC’s Union Stage, a smaller, 700-person space. Given the ferocious sold-out crowd at Austin’s Stubb’s October 14.
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Live music review: Hotel Vegas welcomed home the Osees
John Dwyer can’t sit still. As evidenced at his September 30 appeareace at Hotel Vegas leading his band, Osees in yet another sold-out performance. Osees might as well be the (un)official house band of the East Austin club.
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Live music review: Kikagaku Moyo played unforgettable farewell at Far Out Lounge
The happy tears dance has surely been a staple across the Kikagaku Moyo farewell tour this year – and for good reason. The sold out September 17 show at Austin’s Far Out Lounge was an unforgettable farewell.
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Live music review: Fleet Foxes brought fireworks to Moody Amp 4th of July weekend
Seattle’s Fleet Foxes debut received similar lazy comparisons to Crosby, Stills & Nash and Simon and Garfunkel reincarnate. While it’s great company, the band has routinely broken the mold in each album cycle, challenging themselves to push the outer edges of their competence and confidence. On July 3 at Moody Amphitheater, they demonstrated why harmony-rich folk-rock can be sophisticated and breathtaking.
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Live music review: Ty Segall Shows No Signs of Slowing Down with Return to Mohawk
Ty Segall and his Freedom Band, which includes Mikal Cronin on bass, Charlie Moothart on drums, and Emmett Kelly on guitar, took the stage at Mohawk June 18 to a sold out crowd. It was Segall’s second show at Mohawk in just the past three months and his third since last October’s Levitation festival, both times playing drums for the trio Fuzz.
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Live music review: Broncho brought heat to Austin’s Empire Garage
It also means that, on a hot night like June 17, the Texas humidity was in full force at Empire Garage and Control Room. Although, there’s something about sweaty weather and hard rock that go hand in hand. The heat certainly didn’t deter the surprisingly packed crowd who came to see Broncho.
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Live music review: The Antlers Delivered Whisper Rock at Antone’s
Amazing shows are frequently measured by how loud a crowd can get. The Antlers created a special evening at Antone’s May 9, not by eliciting roars from the floor, but captivating the room into a quiet trance. The faithful crowd wasn’t rowdy, but respectful to the point where you could hear a pin drop, if not the bustling traffic outside of busy 6th Street.
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