Yes, it’s still Free Week, and it’s still freaking cold out there! Drown your Longhorn-related sorrows at the Mohawk tonight, as a whole mess of local bands once again swarm the venue’s indoor and outdoor stages. As before, the lineups on each stage are loosely connected by genre—inside tonight we’re greeted with four groups taking vastly different approaches to playing music in the Americana tradition. Let’s start with Headdress, an Austin band that may have escaped your attention despite a pair of excellent releases on the Mexican Summer and No Quarter labels. As only a guitar/organ duo that describes its members as “part heshers, part American nomads” could, Headdress crafts austere, long-form psychedelic blues drone pieces that feel much larger than the sum of their component parts. more ›

Club 1808 is hosting a show this evening featuring local artists and bands from our sound-alike Massachusetts sister city. Boston. That's the city we're talking about. more ›

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? more ›