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[7/3] Preview: Viento Callejero, Como Las Movies at Mohawk

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Viento Callejero posterThis holiday weekend is a good one for Latin music fans. Friday, July 3, California urban cumbia band Viento Callejero will be making the Austin of their current Remolino Tour at the Mohawk. The group will be joined by local headliners in their own right and fellow cumbia fusionists, Como Las Movies. This show happens on Mohawk’s indoor stage, so be ready for packed and sweaty night of cumbia goodness.

Formed in 2013, Viento Callejero is one of the standouts in the recent crop of newcomers in U.S.-based Latin Alternative. Guitarist Gloria Estrada was once a member of La Santa Cecilia and also served as the touring guitarist for María Del Pilar when she was performing as Pilar Díaz. Drummer Gabrial Villa is also a member of Chicano Batman. Bassist Federico Zuniga, Has collaborated or played with various bands including Sistema Bomb and Tokeson, rounds out the trio.

Their sound is a fusion of traditional cumbia music with merengue, reggae, dance hall, funk and rock. They released their self-titled debut album in July and features original songs along with classic cumbias interpreted with a modern twist.

Austin-based DJ Silent Rob (Right On Happy Hour, Heart & Soul Soundsystem) will be spinning throughout the night.

Mohawk is located at 912 Red River. Doors open at 9 p.m. All ages welcome. Cover will be $6 for 21+ and $8 for minors. Visit the Facebook event page here.

Viento Callejero

Como Las Movies

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: Molotov at Mohawk (Instagram)

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Molotov Dec 20Mexico City rock icons and four-time Latin Grammy Award winners Molotov are back in the US on tour in support of their seventh studio album, Agua Maldita. On Saturday, Dec. 20, Molotov will be performing a headlining concert in Austin at Mohawk. The best part? We have two more tickets to giveaway to another one of our lucky Austin Vida readers.

The second giveaway will be conducted via our Austin Vida Instagram account. In order to win from our Instagram giveaway, you must be a current follower. If you are not a follower, go to our Instagram page HERE and follow us. As a follower, you will want to look for the Molotov concert poster (pictured left) and double tap it every time you see it on our feed. That is your point of entry into the drawing. One winner be randomly selected and notified on Thursday, Dec 18, via Instagram’s direct message from Austin Vida.

Mohawk is located at 912 Red River. All ages are welcome. Doors open at 8 p.m. Show will be on the outdoor stage. Advance tickets are available for this show here. Concert presented by Transmission Events and Pachanga Fest.

Austin Ticket Giveaway: Molotov at Mohawk

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Molotov Dec 20Mexico City rock icons and four-time Latin Grammy Award winners Molotov are back in the US on tour in support of their seventh studio album, Agua Maldita. On Saturday, Dec. 20, Molotov will be performing a headlining concert in Austin at Mohawk. 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, Dec. 18, two days 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 8 p.m. Show will be on the outdoor stage. Advance tickets are available for this show here. Concert presented by Transmission Events and Pachanga Fest.

(9/26) Preview: The Austin Facial Hair Club brings Lotería to Mohawk

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Tonight The Austin Facial Hair Club presents Lotería! at the Mohawk. The event is free and open to 21+.

The Austin Facial Hair Club is an organization dedicated to embracing facial hair. It is open to men and women. The organization is featured on the current season of Whisker Wars on IFC.

Lotería is the Mexican game of bingo. Instead of using placing the letter with the number, Lotería uses images and a deck of cards. The caller selects a card from the deck and the players mark off the image called if it is on their card(s).

The event begins at 8 p.m. at the Mohawk located on 912 Red River, but use the 10th Street entrance, not the front for the event. The first card will be $5 and any additional cards will be $1 each. Again, only 21 and up will be admitted. For more information visit The Austin Facial Hair Club’s website.

[4/7] Preview: Uproot Andy at Mohawk

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Andy Gillis, more popularly known as Uproot Andy from Que Bajo?! and Dutty Artz in New York, is currently on the last leg of his Texas tour and will be at Mohawk tonight with DJ Orión from Peligrosa. For those who enjoy electro-cumbia or Latin bass dance parties, Mohawk is where you will want to be. Fellow Típico Crew member Chorizo Funk and Kiko Villamizar support.

Uproot Andy one of the founders and curators of the baddest tropical bass parties on the east coast. In addition to his own original productions, he has served as a producer for the ZZK Records and Bersa Discos labels. The latest project for Andy will be launching Que Bajo?! record label in a couple of weeks with free, unreleased new music. Not bad for a Canadian-born gringo.

Mohawk is located at 912 Red River. Doors open at 10 p.m. 21+ welcome. $5 cover. Indoor stage. Visit the Facebook event page here.

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.