Austinist Show Preview: Moth!Fight! and Guests - A Victorian Pageant

Moth!Fight! are a band who have had a much longer gestation period than most of their peers, a time in which one can assume songwriter and “conductor” Kevin Adickes painstakingly perfecting both the rumpled antique aesthetics that dominate his band’s look, performances and sound – the latter of which calls to mind both the inspired trippy noise-pop of The Olivia Tremor Control, but which also speaks in the lexicon of the band’s clear, more current influences, from Animal Collective on down.

Appropriately, the band is headlining a Victorian Pageant at the Mohawk, sponsored in part by Party Ends, Uncommon Objects, The Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata, Artifact Workshop, Super!Alright!, and cassette/vinyl purveyors Natrix Natrix Records (who will be selling Moth!Fight!’s first “7 at the show). The Victorian Pageant will also feature the bands Ume, Numbers (on Kill Rock Stars), The Noise Revival Orchestra, Attack Formation, and an unnamed Barbershop Quartet keeping things accapella betwixt sets.

That’s two stages of music for six dollars, not to mention out-of-this-century exhibitions including Spirit Photography and a Cabinet of Curiosities. Trust us – this will undeniably be the best, most out-there 1800s revival act you will see on Red River this fall season. There’s no excuse to stay home, save for those stricken with a bad case of consumption.

Moth!Fight: [official] [myspace]
UME: [official] [myspace]
Numbers: [official] [myspace]
The Noise Revival Orchestra: [official] [myspace]
Attack Formation: [official] [myspace]

Moth!Fight! and Guests - A Victorian Pageant
Saturday, October 6th
The Mohawk
$6

Image courtesy of Moth!Fight!'s MySpace