Weekend Music Preview: The Veils @ The Mohawk [Sunday]

Image from The Veils’ MySpace, by Ericka Duffy

Foreign Born, The Veils, Other Girls
Sunday, July 19
The Mohawk (912 Red River)
8 p.m. | $10 Advance
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It’s natural to settle in for a cozy evening at home on Sunday and disregard any notion of the impending gloom that beckons. The thought of Monday morning’s alarm clock can grind away the memories of even the most buoyant of weekends. However, we do live in Austin and the well of inspirational live music never runs dry. Chug down a 5-Hour Energy drink or revitalize with a strong cup a’ tea. Then head down to The Mohawk with a keen ear to delay your case of the Mondays. The Veils, spearheaded by the redoubtable Andrew Finn, craft shimmering pop songs containing the sort of poignant lyricism that should have you reflecting on all the things in your life, good and bad, that make you tick. Finn’s astute songwriting only just overshadows his versatile voice which soars upon backdrops of pulsating rock and gentle folk alike and is regulary complemented by vibrant keys. It all adds up to the perfect antidote to your lingering feelings of doom and gloom. We’re so eager to get you out of the house we’re sending you to the show for free. Enter your details in the form below for a chance to win two tickets.

Born in New Zealand, Finn formed The Veils in England at the start of the century but the remaining original members left the band shortly after the release of The Runaway Found in 2004. Finn returned to New Zealand temporarily, rallied some friends from high school to join The Veils, and eventually returned to England with a new set of songs. The impressive Nux Vomica (recorded in L.A.) followed in 2006 and The Veils persisted through further line-up changes to drop Sun Gands this past April.

The Veils occupy the middle slot on tonight’s bill -- get there early to catch Other Girls’ sparkling melodies and stay late for Foreign Born’s textured soundscapes.

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Looking for something to do on Saturday night? Check out local legend David Garza at The Parish Room on us!

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Image from David Garza’s MySpace

David Garza, Jay Brannan
Saturday, July 18
The Parish Room (214 East Sixth Street)
8 p.m. | $13 Advance; $15 At The Door
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Friday:

Neil Hamburger, Fred Bothwell, Chris Trew, Joel Keith at Emo’s (Inside / 9 p.m. / $8 Advance; $10 At The Door -- Tickets)
Rise Against, Rancid, Billy Talent (Outside / 7 p.m. / $35 Advance -- Tickets) & Me vs. Everybody, Krum Bums (Inside / 11:30 p.m. / Free) at Stubb’s
The Mercers (CD Release), Built By Snow, Candi and The Strangers, The Pons at The Parish Room (8 p.m. / $10 Advance -- Tickets)
STEREO IS A LIE, She Sir, Honey Thief at Beauty Bar (9 p.m.)
Verano Loco with 60 Tigres, Loxsly, Tuerka Rock, LatinTron DJ Crew at Scoot Inn (8 p.m. / $10 / 21+)
Vega, Neiliyo, Joshua Distance at Club de Ville (9 p.m. / $5 with RSVP)
Hunt Sales Memorial, Amplified Heat, Ripe at Beerland (9 p.m.)
(iN)Sect Records Night with Explosion Horse, Strong Silent Type, Fingaar Bangaar, Butcher Bear, Charlie Road House Band, Reaganometry at The Mohawk (Outside / 10 p.m.)
Tia Carrera (Last Room 710 Happy Hour Show) (8 p.m.); Benefit for Houston Ritcheson with Brewtality Inc. (10 Year Anniversary Show), Root 23, Yuck Mouth (10 p.m. / Free) at Room 710
The Chop Tops, Stikers, Hotrod Hillbillies, Picked Punks at Trophys (9 p.m. / $5)
The Vermeers (Happy Hour Show); Squidbucket, I am Mesmer, Opposite Day, Baby Got Bacteria/Brass Ovaries Pole Dancing (9 p.m. / $3) at Hole In The Wall

Saturday:

Midsummer Metal Fest with Head Crusher, Beyond Gods And Empires, In The Trench, Course Of Ruin, Nocturnal Sun, From Dark, Strangers, Call It Epic, Chaos Calling, Sicarus, Next Of Sin, Killing In Apathy, Mad Havok, Dead Lotus Society, 1836 (& Tommy and Bobby Metal DJ Night) at Red 7 (5 p.m. / 21+ Free; Minors $5)
Crash Gallery, The NaySays at The Mohawk (Inside / 10 p.m. / 21+ $6; Minors $8)
The Black and White Years, Whitman at Stubb’s (Inside / 9 p.m. / $8 Advance; $10 At The Door -- Tickets)
David Garza, Jay Brannan at The Parish Room (8 p.m. / $13 Advance; $15 At The Door -- Tickets)
Room 710 Family Weekend with Mala Suerte (CD Release), The Blood Royale, Doom Siren, Curse The Heavens at Room 710 (9 p.m.)
Bankrupt and the Borrowers, Frank Smith at Clementine Coffee Bar (8 p.m. / Free)
The Stone Ravers, Enille Millar, Washed Away Stars at Hole In The Wall (9 p.m. / $3)
ST37, PVC Street Gang, Followed By Static at Club 1808 (9 p.m.)
Broken Teeth, Heaven Below, Dark Summer Dawn at Red Eyed Fly (9 p.m.)
Ween Hoot Night at Trophys (8 p.m.)
Loose Leaves (CD Release), Household Names, The Archibalds at Club de Ville (9 p.m.)

Sunday:

Anarchy Championship Wrestling (5 p.m.) and Foreign Born, The Veils, Other Girls (8 p.m. / $10 Advance -- Tickets) at The Mohawk (Outside)
Watch Out For Rockets, Zorch, Businessman DJs at Beauty Bar (9 p.m.)
El Paso Heist, Keletiel, POSR at Room 710 (9 p.m.)
BGH, Big Fiction, 10-4 Elenor, Amo Joy, A Faulty Chromosome, Human Milk at Trailer Space Records (4 p.m.)
Bill Baird, Corridor at Stubb’s (Inside / 8 p.m. / $8 Advance -- Tickets)