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Pretty much anything that Tim and Karrie League touch turns to gold, which is why we couldn't be more excited about the progress of their newest bowling alley/restaurant/dancehall/karaoke explosion, The Highball. We've been montitoring the construction over on The Highball blog, and are incredibly excited by the promise that it will be ready for lounging come next weekend, when Fantastic Fest 2009 rips through the Alamo South Lamar. Not only will The Highball offer food and merryment, but it will also offer a place to hang out before any film that you go see, which, if you've ever waited in one of those epic-opening-night lines, you know how welcome this addition to the Drafthouse family will be.

Thanks to everyone who attended the very smooth Yacht Rock Austinist Indieroke & Hoot Night this past Wednesday at The Mohawk. Although a few non-Yacht Rock songs did sneak into the playlist (and we’ll correct that in future themed Indieroke events), all in all, we were treated to spectacular renditions of a fair amount of Loggins and Messina, Doobie Brothers, Toto, Hall & Oates, and Steely Dan songs, and some stellar soft-rock covers by Watch Out For Rockets and mouse.about. John Pesina was there to capture all the shenanigans.

After weeks of planning, the rather special, very smooth Yacht Rock Austinist Indieroke & Hoot Night has finally arrived. Tonight, head down to The Mohawk at the early kick-off time of 8 p.m. and for a measly $3, sing your favorite soft-rock classics while also enjoying short sets of 70’s hits by local musicians. Performances by Watch Out For Rockets, members of Canopy, and mouse.about are all on the schedule but fear not, for you and your inner Kenny Loggins will still have ample opportunities to take the stage and cast your spell on the audience. We are also expecting a few individual tributes and Michael McDonald especially seems to be a firm favorite of the staple Indieroke attendee. The three bands on the bill have promised the likes of “Maneater” by Hall & Oates, “Go Your Own Way” by Fleetwood Mac, and “Listen To The Music” by Doobie Brothers, and guests from a few other local acts will also be making cameos. Tonight’s Indieroke promises to be a unique evening when Austin’s finest Yacht Rock connoisseurs come together and pay homage to all things soft-rock.

In the grand tradition of Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac and Christopher Cross, Austinist is proud to present a very special Indieroke, featuring local bands covering their favorite smooth tunes. We'll still be doing karaoke as usual, but the list will be an abbreviated version, comprised of only smooth music.

Somebody, at some point, noted that talking about music is like dancing about architecture, and writing about karaoke is just as preposterous. When it's good, karaoke is sublime, awe-inducing, indescribable. And Austinist Indieroke, wherein you're invited to sing songs you're not embarrassed to have on your playlist--we're thinking some Zep, some Death Cab, maybe Smiths?--is always good.

Austinist presents a very special New Year’s Eve party tonight at The Mohawk.

Don your most festive outfit and head over to the Blanton for tonight's Winter Formal B scene. This edition of the museum's monthly art party will feature musical entertainment by Austin's own Karaoke Apocalypse, the live karaoke back-up band, and of course, you on vocals. Event organizers are encouraging attendees to wear their "best - or worse - evening wear and dance the night away". We're busting out every bejeweled Christmas tree item of clothing we can find. The Reflex DJs will be spinning tunes throughout the night, and admission includes gallery tours, art activities, and appetizers. A cash bar will be set up and serving, among other things, Blantinis.

Austinist Indieroke had another successful outing last night at The Mohawk complete with stellar solo performances as well as a fair share of group efforts on stage. Holly (“The Bends” by Radiohead), Erin (“No Rain” by Blind Melon), and Alex (“Easy” by The Commodores) were just some of the standout female performers while Scott took home a brand new Indieroke shirt for his rendition of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Scott also won the “Best Duet or Group Performance” award with Claudia (“Africa” by Toto). Many thanks to The Mohawk for hosting our shenanigans, and also to Nash Cook for capturing the moments in these wonderful photographs.

Austinist Indieroke returns this evening at The Mohawk. We have brand new Indieroke shirts that will be awarded to the “Best Female Performance,” “Best Male Performance,” and “Best Duet or Group Performance.” There will also be an “Early Bird Prize” for the best performance between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. Yes, we want you to come down early.

Austinist Indieroke had another successful outing last Friday on the patio at The Mohawk. From The Cranberries to The National, and from Led Zeppelin to Iron Maiden, we heard it all. As always, stellar renditions of The Cure and Journey classics were in the mix as well. Good times!

Allow us to set the scene: you and your best girlfriends and/or bros are ready to get a liquored up, a little vocal, a little crazy. So you all pile into the van and head down to one of the karaoke rooms on North Lamar, bring in a Heineken mini-keg and hope for the best. The first in a list of disappointments is the song selection – mostly bygone hits, Helloween and chart-toppers from the Far East, and after warbling “Thunder Road” to your pallys, you get the big bill. Ouch. So at the end of the night, you’re right back where you started, which is singing The Smiths into a hairbrush, though you’re now poorer, hoarse, and the melancholy itch of “How Soon is Now” is ever more palatable.

We were hearing constant clamors for more weekend Austinist Indieroke events, and as a result, we offer up the latest edition next Friday the 25th at The Mohawk. Come on down and check out Buttercup and Elsinore inside at 9 p.m. but save your best for upstairs when Indieroke fever takes over The Green Room at 11 p.m. for another evening of wonderful renditions of classics and not-so-classics.

Austinist Indieroke took over The Mohawk’s Green Room this past Sunday for a night of thrills, frills, and plenty of awesome stills (courtesy of Nash Cook). We would like to thank everyone who came down and made this an incredible party, especially the early birds -- we had six songs in queue before we even had a bartender up there! Of course, very special thank you’s go out to The Mohawk for putting up with our shenanigans, and our rock star friends from Zykos, White Denim, The Boxing Lesson, and Belaire, all of whom turned in some magnificent renditions.

As you may have read somewhere, we are launching Phase Two of our almost-monthly Austinist Indieroke shindig this Sunday at 9 p.m. at The Mohawk. The event will take place upstairs on the deck -- please look for the “green light” on 10th St. and enter through there since there is a band (Colour Wheel) and a cover charge downstairs. Hopefully you have already added us as a friend on MySpace since all our nominees in the various contests shall have their sweet face historicized in our “Hall Of Mirrors.” Additionally, each winner’s mug will also be displayed on Austinist the following day. As promised previously, there will be a handful of local rock stars present to serenade us with renditions of their favorites -- Mike Booher (Zykos), Cari Palazzolo (Belaire), and James Petralli (White Denim) are all expected to take the stage during the course of the evening.

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.”

As you know by now we have a passing interest in karaoke and when Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. was kind enough to invite Austinist to the launch events for the latest edition of PlayStation 3's SingStar, we had to take them up on the offer to get a sneak peak at the karaoke video game series before its U.S. (and Canadian) release on May 20th. As you can imagine, SingStar is not your average sit-at-home-on-the-couch-all-day type video game: players, preferably in a vivacious state, possibly in social settings, compete with each other to score the highest rating (out of 10,000) based on their talent and ability to sing on pitch. Pretty simple, eh? Well, SingStar for PS3 incorporates a community element, My SingStar Online, while also allowing users to download songs off an ever increasing database known as SingStore (with the matching music video to boot).

Austinist Indieroke is back in action tonight. Come on down to The Mohawk and sing away your hump day blues. We are expecting some of our regulars to do wonderful renditions of songs ranging from "Young Folk" by Peter Bjorn & John to "Easy" by The Commodores, and from "Creep" by Radiohead to "Material Girl" by Madonna. But we definitely want to see some new blood in the mix. Will it be you who takes a stab at "Never Ending Math Equation" (Modest Mouse) or "All The Wine" (The National)? Or maybe you're just so excited about this breaking news that there's a performance of "Open Arms", "Never", or "Dream Police" lurking within you, waiting to be unleashed.

SXSW provided ample opportunities for all of us to indulge in mass quantities of live music and overwhelming amounts of events but really, what are we left with now? Besides the rumors, archived concerts, and what not, hopefully each one of us can look back now to realize we found fresh inspiration from some form of art or discovered a new idol whose work will get us through our daily rat race.

Our Indieroke night returns this Tuesday to The Mohawk. What started out as a one-off fling with rock stardom has turned into a monthly gathering of like-minded folks craving that fleeting moment of exhilaration. If you haven’t made it to one yet, we strongly recommend getting there in a timely fashion to get your name and song on the list early…and often. (You know who you are!) We will have multiple song list books going forward to ease that pain.

Our Indieroke night returns this Tuesday to The Mohawk. What started out as a one-off fling with rock stardom has turned into a monthly gathering of like-minded folks craving that fleeting moment of exhilaration. If you haven’t made it to one yet, we strongly recommend getting there in a timely fashion to get your name and song on the list early…and often. (You know who you are!) We will have multiple song list books going forward to ease that pain.

Austinist Present IndieRoke
Wednesday, January 9th
The Mohawk (912 Red River)
10pm-2am, free
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