A longtime favorite venue for indie rock music, Mohawk Place
(47 E. Mohawk), will be closing its doors on January 12, 2013. Unfortunately,
this seems to be a continuing trend in Buffalo as we have also lost two other
venues in recent years, The Buffalo Icon and the Showplace Theater. This
Friday, Falling Hollywood of Erie, PA and three acts from Buffalo, Coterie of
Stern, the Larkin Plan, and the Albrights will pay their final respects to the
club.
Falling Hollywood
blends tight vocal harmonies with memorable hooks to create catchy, yet ground
acoustic rock that draws comparisons to the Avett Brothers, Mumford and Sons,
and The Strokes.
Coterie of Stern
is influenced by The Tragically Hip, Weezer, SoundGarden, Tom Waits, David
Bowie, Johnny Cash, Alice in Chains, and Stone Temple Pilots. These varying
influences meld together for unique twist of rock that includes everything from
classical to punk. Formed in 2009, the band released their self-titled debut
album in Marc 2011.
The Larkin
Plan touches on triumph, tragedy, industry, vice, power, murder, family,
invention, and rebirth all within a lens focused at the City of Buffalo and its
history. From a song cycle about the 1901 Pan-American Exposition and the
assassination of President McKinley to songs about steel mills, grain
elevators, captains of industry, and a waterfront that was once a colorful mix
of ships, canal boats, trains, sailors, and prostitutes. The Larkin Plan finds
hope in Buffalo’s future without smoothing over the rough edges of its past.
The Albrights
are soulful, emotional, versatile, and real while delivering pop-steeped indie
rock in the tradition of The Beatles and The White Stripes. This year has been
filled with new highs for the band, including performances at Austin’s SXSW
festival, an opening slot for Fountains of Wayne at Buffalo’s Thursday at the
Harbor, and the honor of being named Best Original Music Act by readers of
Artvoice.
Doors open for the show at 8 pm and admission is $6 at the
door. The show is open to everyone 16 years and older with an accompanying
adult.