Glass Candy at the Mohawk

Tomorrow night dancing, sweaty people of Austin will converge on the Mohawk for what promises to be one of the biggest parties of the summer and if you don't get your tickets now, you're going to miss it. Portland, Oregon's Glass Candy are headlining and they will set the asses-a-shakin'. Tomorrow night's show will mark Johnny Jewel's return to his hometown, which means they'll be playing extra awesomely (obviously.) Expect to hear lots of jams from Glass Candy's upcoming LP, Body Work, the band's third studio full-length.


Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter video via YouTube

Don't just show up for Glass Candy though because they are only one part of tomorrow night's festivities. Chromatics are touring with Glass Candy and will precede them on the outside stage. Their latest LP is Kill For Love, which was released in March. It is their fourth studio LP and clocks-in at over an hour of synth-pop splendor. In May they released a drumless version of the record on their website for remixing. They only have about an hour to play tomorrow night but I'd expect some extended free-from dance-rock mayhem in that hour.


Chromatics - Kill for Love video via YouTube

Wait, that's not all! The Mohawk isn't just going to allow some Portland bands to swoop in and have all of the fun. You'll also see Parisian band, Flying Turns if you arrive early enough. As well as local band Orthy. That may seem familiar to those of you down with Austin's dance/party scene. Ian Orth is a founding member of Learning Secrets and Orthy is his "celestial-pop" band.

My advice, buy your tickets now, take the bus, get drunk, get crunk and dance away the worries of the week.

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Glass Candy = Cool Mother's Day Present (?)

Glass Candy - Computer Love video via YouTube

At this point I'm not really sure how I feel about the band Glass Candy but I'm intrigued. They'll be playing the Mohawk outside, late Saturday night so it will be interesting to see how others react. It sort of makes me think of the Knife but Glass Candy def isn't as disconnected and killer-smooth as the Knife. Let's find a song that's not a Kraftwerk cover I'm sure that will give us a better impression of this...Glass Candy.


Glass Candy - Digital Versicolor video via YouTube

Man, something about that song Digital Versicolor was really upsetting to me. I wonder if they did that on purpose? It just made me really uncomfortable, like I was in one of those Calvin Klein ads or I needed a Crying Game shower or something. But something tells me this is still going to be a pretty kick-ass, Miller High Life-Fueled show. See you there?

Oh shhhh, I found the banger y'all!! It's complete with a sweet Isaac Hayes sample. Too bad the video is N/A. Oh yeah, and tickets for the show at the Mohawk are $10 in advance or $12 at the door...back to the MF Banga!


Glass Candy - Geto Boys video via YouTube

Did I mention that Glass Candy is fresh from a Coachella appearance? By the way that video that I linked for the word "Coachella" came directly from the Glass Candy website...is that how you would want people to hear your band? You MUST bring earplugs this Saturday or you will hear EVERYTHING the way that video sounds...SRSLY y'all. Oh yeah, and apparently that girl from Glass Candy thinks she's one hot-ass dancer right? We'll be the judge of that girl from GC!


the Knife - Silent Shout video via YouTube

As if I was just gonna mention the Knife without showing you some of their "hits", come on y'all. This one can be in honor of Mother's Day :-).


the Knife - We Share Our Mother's Health video via YouTube

If you're thinking music for Mother's Day the Knife probably isn't a good choice. Neither is Glass Candy, Mom's tend to like John Mayer, Nora Jones and such. Or you could totally blow your Mom's mind and get her the new Brett Dennen CD, chances are she hasn't heard it and it's totally Mom-worthy.


Brett Dennen - Make You Crazy video via YouTube

Hey what was that ginger-dude doing with Ryan Adams wife?!?! Ryan Adams is also mom-approved, just don't tell her a lot about his personal life. Or the TRUE meaning of, "It takes two, when it used to take only one."


Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Two video via YouTube

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