Austinist Show Preview: Le Loup @ Mohawk

Le Loup will just have to quell the audience’s hunger for Friday night indie pop with their ever-expanding experimentalism, as Saddle Creek’s Georgie James have canceled due to illness. But, any void caused by a lack of shimmering girl/guy harmonies at Mohawk will be quickly filled with handfuls of banjo, keyboards, toy instrument sounds and digital assistance. Echoey and breathy vocals entwine as hand claps overlap and the computer age openly embraces the simple, earthly tones of folk. Their debut album, The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly, was just released on Hardly Art, making them the second group on board this imprint of Sub Pop Records. For a group that began with multi-instrumentalist Sam Simkoff recording sounds on his laptop with the most basic equipment (the microphone and recording software already on his computer) a year ago, Le Loup has traveled leagues.

Recent additions to the Austin music scene New Roman Times will open with indie alt. rock tunes which are drenched in a spooky hopelessness. Expect the follow-up to their debut, International Affairs, soon.

Le Loup w/ New Roman Times
Saturday, October 27
Mohawk [Inside]
Doors @ 9pm

Le Loup Official
Le Loup MySpace
New Roman Times MySpace

Image of Le Loup courtesy of their MySpace; Taken by Bruce Thompson