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Austin Ticket Giveaway: Girl In A Coma, Los Skarnales and Piñata Protest at Mohawk

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GIAC posterSan Antonio’s Girl In A Coma have left a permanent tattoo on the hearts of music lovers with their piercing songs and nuclear performances. They’ve blazed a singular trail since Nina Diaz joined the band at age 13 and have found champions and comrades along the way including Joan Jett who signed them, Morrissey, Sia, Tegan and Sara, The Pogues and Amanda Palmer who have hand selected them for tours. Girl in a Coma are that rare feral band, unaffected by trends, that has managed to stay wild and thrill us at every turn.

On Friday, June 12, Girl In A Coma will be performing a headlining concert in Austin at Mohawk. They will be joined by Houston’s Los Skarnales and San Antonio punkeros Piñata Protest. The best part? We have two tickets to giveaway to one of our lucky Austin Vida readers.

The giveaway will be conducted as a raffle from our email list. Just click “enter the drawing” below after submitting your full name and email address. Only submissions with full names will be officially entered. We will pick the winner from these submissions before 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 11, the day before the show. The winner will be notified via email from Austin Vida.

Mohawk is located at 912 Red River. All ages are welcome. Doors open at 7 p.m. The event will be on the outdoor stage. Advance tickets for this event are available for purchase online here.

Girl In A Coma

Los Skarnales

Piñata Protest

Austin Ticket Giveaway: Nina Díaz residency at The Belmont

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NinaResidencywebNina Díaz, lead singer for the acclaimed San Antonio-based indie band Girl in a Coma (GIAC), recently announced the debut performance of her new solo project. Don’t worry GIAC fans, they are not breaking up. Díaz just decided to take some time off from GIAC to focus on solo material that she had been writing. For her new solo music, Díaz will be fronting a five-piece band that includes musicians Travis Vela (guitar), Justin Carney (bass), Jaime Ramirez (keys) and Jorge Gonzalez (drums).

Díaz will be making her world debut with her new backing band in Austin with performances scheduled for three nights at The Belmont: June 11, 18 and 25. She will perform an hour long set each night that will include over a dozen new songs that have never been released, and many never heard before in public. The best part? We will be giving away a pair of tickets to each show this month. That’s right…three pairs of tickets to giveaway.

The giveaways will be conducted as a raffle from our email list. Just click “enter the drawing” below after submitting your full name and email address. Only submissions with full names will be officially entered. We will pick the winner from these submissions before 6 p.m. on each Tuesday in June beginning on June 10. You only need to enter the drawing once. We’ll select ticket winners each week at random from this one entry list. Easy right? The winner will be notified via email from Austin Vida. Good luck!

The Belmont is located at 305 W. 6th Street. Doors open at 8 p.m. Show starts at 9 p.m. All ages are welcome. Advance tickets are available for purchase online at www.thebelmontaustin.com.

Austin Ticket Giveaway: Girl in a Coma at Mohawk

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San Antonio indie trio Girl In A Coma (GIAC) are coming back to Austin to perform at headlining show at Mohawk on Saturday, Feb. 9. Composed of Latinas Jenn Alva (bass) and sisters Phanie (drums) and Nina Diaz (guitar/vocals), the group is signed to rock legend Joan Jett’s Black Heart Records. The group is currently performing to support their latest release and fourth album, Exits & All the Rest.

Opening the show for GIAC on Saturday are Austin-based blues-rockers The Bluebonnets. The all female quartet began in Los Angeles and reformed again in Austin when Kathy Valentine and Dominique Davalos decided to re-introduce the band. Known for their feminine slant on the blues genre and the energy of a garage-punk band, The Blue Bonnets serve as compliment to the vibe and energy of the night’s headliners.

The best part? We have a pair of tickets to giveaway to a one of our lucky Austin Vida readers. We will be giving away the tickets on Friday, Feb. 8, on our Facebook page. To qualify to win, just click LIKE whenever you see the link to this post on our Facebook Wall. Yes, that means you can enter your name more than once. We will draw the winning name on Friday afternoon and notify the winners via Facebook email. Good luck!

Mohawk is located at 912 Red River. Doors open at 8 p.m. Music starts at 9 p.m. All ages welcome. Advance tickets are available for this show here.