Sunset Rubdown Readies for Saturday Mohawk Showdown

Anyone who's ever seen Sunset Rubdown live knows that Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade, Swan Lake, every other band you've ever heard of) and crew's mythological, circuitous, and, hell, even byzantine, song structures and brain-busting neuroses play in concert pretty damn well. The last time the Canadian crew did the Mohawk was at an ACL aftershow, and the stoic professionalism and understatement of the band's between-songs approach made all the more stirring the precision execution of their songs, which, in any form, classify as nearly literary in their depth...pretty much, these people are a hair on the smart side, but you wouldn't know it when watching the intensity they pump into their performance. Toss in the fact that they are supporting the newly-released Dragon Slayer, a raw and complex (though less complex than its predecessor, the brutally excellent Random Spirit Lover) peak into one of music's most stunning minds, and Saturday's set at the Mohawk looks to be a standout in what has been an excellent week for concert-goers.

Opening up are a pair of Sunset Rubdown's Montreal bedfellows, Elfin Saddle and Witchies. Of particular interest are Elfin Saddle, an outfit bursting with intrigue whose Asian-infused tunes often feature the uncommon, such as singing saw and half-accordian. Witchies, on the other hand, are more conventional in their pop, but aren't afraid to ratchet up the BPM to fine effect. Goodness abounds.

Sunset Rubdown [Official]
Elfin Saddle [Official] [MySpace]
Witchies [MySpace]