Austinist Show Preview: Six Organs of Admittance at Mohawk

Six Organs of Admittance, complete with awkward band name and bootfulls of whispery/screechy talent, will be taking this town by storm (or sea, or desert cyclone) tonight at the Mohawk. Serving up super-soothing melodies mixed with squalls of distortion to make one big ball of twine, psych-folk style, Six Organs has over the last ten years developed an utterly unique sound, as well as a veritable sand dune of critical acclaim. While they usually tend toward the contemplative and hauntingly beautiful, their most recent album, Shelter from the Ash, has some disturbingly dead-on rockers sure to shake the Mohawk all the way to the lake. And did we mention that Six Organs' frontman Ben Chasney is a guitar god?

Providing support worth watching will be Austin's subtle instrumental outfit My Education and the very intriguing minimalist meditators Headdress. Put all of it together, and it'll be almost impossible not to feel like you're on a spirit journey through the uncharted west. And if you fancy that sort of awakening, check out that contest entry form, as well as the music video for Six Organs' "Shelter from the Ash," after the jump.