Austinist Indieroke is back! Phase Two begins on May 25th @ The Mohawk!

Austinist Indieroke: The Second Chapter begins next Sunday the 25th at The Mohawk’s sweet outdoor deck next to their brilliantly renovated Green Room. Fret not though because all the classic tunes you’ve grown to love in our karaoke collection are still available for you to enhance (or slaughter) with your personal renditions. But we are confident that you will love our new ideas and incentives. First off, there is an Austinist Indieroke MySpace page now. Get in there and add us as a friend -- photographs of all our contest nominees and winners shall be archived there in our “Hall Of Mirrors” because “even the greatest stars find their face in the looking glass / even the greatest stars live their lives in the looking glass.”

So what are these aforementioned contests? To encourage our patrons to come early, we will be giving away a pair of beers and shots (the Early Bird Prize) to the best performance between 9 and 10 p.m. But that will not disqualify you from winning the Mega Prize later in the night -- the three main categories are the easily coined sort -- “Best Female Performance”, “Best Male Performance”, and “Best Duet or Group Performance.” Three contestants will be chosen in each of those three categories with the audience deciding the winner around 1 a.m. The Mega Prize for each of the three winners shall include a pair of tickets to a TBD show at The Mohawk, drink tickets (we recommend the Beertunies but only if you're 21+!), and of course fame via the “Hall Of Mirrors.” Additionally, each winner will also have their mug posted on Austinist the next day. Two runners-up in each category will receive drink tickets and their picture on the MySpace page records. If you’re confused, don’t worry, just come on down and sing a favorite; we’ll take care of making sure the choice performances are selected for a chance to grab those prizes. Again, the crowd will decide the winner in each category so bring your friends!

But there’s more! We can now also boast a revolving set of drink specials at each Indieroke event going forward. This once, we offer you “Common People” (A shot of Jägermeister chased with a Lone Star), “Don’t Stop Believin'” (Red Bull and well vodka), “The Gambler” (A shot of well whiskey chased with a Jägrbomb), “Bizarre Love Triangle” (Two types of rum and pineapple juice), and “Thunder Road” (A Tomahawk chased with a Pabst Blue Ribbon).

And that’s not all! Special Rock Star Guests are a part of the package as well. We’ve already witnessed James Petralli (White Denim) croon the Ricky Martin smash hit “Livin’ La Vida Loca” at a prior Indieroke and we have been assured a special version of Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds” by Mike Booher (Zykos) during the course of the evening. Booher promises “karate kicks” and also plans to “totally milk the loop at the end -- "caught in a trap" over and over.” Cari Palazzolo (Belaire) is another star expected to grace us with her presence.

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Lastly, there is a show downstairs at the 'hawk that Sunday night (Colour Wheel) so if you're attending the Indieroke event only, please look for the “green light” on 10th St., enter through there and head upstairs to the party!