Golden Arm Trio & Invincible Czars Holiday Show @ The Mohawk this Friday

With December 25th fast approaching, two of Austin’s most unique bands pile on the Christmas cheer at The Mohawk on December 19th with the Golden Arm Trio & Invincible Czars Holiday Show. We caught up with Golden Arm Trio’s ringleader Graham Reynolds shortly before Fun Fest 2008 -- read our interview here. During Fun Fest itself, we coaxed in Laurie Gallardo from KUT 90.5 FM to have a brief chat with Reynolds -- watch the interview clip after the jump.

The holiday show is a part of the Invincible Czars’ Fifth Annual “Nutcracker Suite” Holiday Tour, which began in late November in Houston, and marched on this past weekend in Austin with performances at Jovita’s and Zilker Park Trail of Lights. After the gig at The Mohawk, the tour culminates with a concert at the downtown Whole Foods Market with a “skate-along” on the Plaza ice skating rink. The Czars are renowned in town for their exotic, eclectic compositions that run the gamut in terms of genre. The band has also covered a wide range of acts over the years, turning in renditions of Iron Maiden albums as well as Mussorgsky and Schubert classics over the years. Needless to say, their take on the Tchaikovsky masterpiece, honed since 2004 when they first started the tradition, should be well perfected and quite novel.

[Golden Arm Trio MySpace]
[Invincible Czars MySpace]