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Posted in music | pictures on January 12, 2009

A Hawk and A Hacksaw @ Mercury Lounge, NYC - pics

words & photos by Natasha Ryan

A Hawk and a Hacksaw

The duo from New Mexico quietly emerged from the side of the stage and began playing to each other in the middle of the floor. The giddy audience started snapping photos and wondered out loud, "are they going to do the whole set here?" After the second song the band made their way on stage and Jeremy Barnes (ex-Neutral Milk Hotel and one half of A Hack and a Hacksaw) shared his enthusiasm for the brand new accordion he'd just purchased earlier that day. The pulsing, frantic Balkan sounds of the duo transformed the entire room into fluctuations of silent awe and pandemonium. Barnes was an eight-armed beast, hitting cymbals and playing percussion while attacking the accordion. Heather Trost broke a string towards the end of the set, but pulled on it for some interesting effects. the occasional shrieks in a definitively instrumental set elevated the hypnotizing beats to the climatic point of the night, and the set ended as suddenly as it began. - Natasha Ryan
Zach Condon was nowhere to be found, but Jeremy's old bandmate Jeff Mangum was reportedly there to take in the show by A Hawk and A Hacksaw Saturday night at Mercury Lounge (1/10). Someone else said they also saw Julian Koster.

It was one of two shows AHAAH played in NYC this weekend. The second was last night (Sunday, January 11th) at Union Hall in Brooklyn. More pictures from Mercury Lounge below...

Great Lake Swimmers

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Great Lake Swimmers were also on the bill. Haley Bonar and Daniel Martin Moore opened the show.

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Tags: A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Great Lake Swimmers, Jeff Mangum, Jeremy Barnes, Julian Koster, Mercury Lounge, Neutral Milk Hotel
posted at 11:11 AM on January 12, 2009 in music | pictures | Comments (10)

Comments (10)

awesome

Posted by Anonymous | January 12, 2009 12:20 PM

great lake swimmers photos?

Posted by Anonymous | January 12, 2009 12:33 PM

it is true that mangum was there.

Posted by Anonymous | January 12, 2009 12:49 PM

12:33 - the photog who took these pics took a million during GLS, too. She was standing right next to me. I'm sure they will be up, but you can probably check her flickr account if you really want to see them sooner.

Posted by Anonymous | January 12, 2009 3:00 PM

I saw her taking pictures, and god she is beautiful. Are you seeing anyone?

Posted by Natasha is hot | January 12, 2009 5:52 PM

Dear Natasha Ryan:
You were distracting everyone at the show. My boyfriend just stared at you and practically drooled whenever you were taking pictures. So you have a hot bod. And a pretty face. Whatevs. We want to see the bands, not you. Go shoot boyz to men. INSANE.

Posted by Anonymous | January 12, 2009 6:43 PM

I think that's the same girl that's in all those busted tees ads? Hot AND talented!

Posted by Anonymous | January 13, 2009 12:08 PM

a HAWK and a hacksaw!

Posted by Anonymous | January 28, 2009 2:51 PM

thnks

gooooooood
min

Posted by شات الشرقيه | February 23, 2011 11:02 AM

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