Zombie Ball 10/24/2011
 
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Tickets are going fast.
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Enjoy the 2nd installment of "U.S. Rubdown," a recap of our SXSW 2011 experience.
"The Bright Light Social Hour play Austin's famous South by Southwest music festival, culminating in several award wins at the Austin Music Awards."
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Thank thank THANK you to all of our fans, friends, families and the great city of Austin for sending us home with glowing hearts and a mantle-full of awards from the Austin Chronicle's 29th Annual Austin Music Awards last Saturday! What an amazing way to end an unforgettable SXSW! Read the full Music Awards review here.
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cover of the Austin Chronicle, March 24, 2011
We were fortunate to leave with the following awards:

Band of the Year
Album of the Year
Song of the Year - "Detroit"
Best Bass Guitar - Jack O'Brien
Best Keyboards - A.J. Vincent
Best Record Producer - Danny Reisch, "The Bright Light Social Hour"

And we were named runners-up in the following:

#2 Best Electric Guitar - Curtis Roush
#2 Best Drums/Percussion - Jo Mirasole
#2 Best Rock Band
#3 Best Songwriter
#3 Best Indie Band
#4 Best Male Vocals - Curtis Roush
#6 Musician of the Year - Jack O'Brien

It was also an incredible honor to perform a short set at the Austin Music Hall and share the stage with Austin legends old and new, including Roky Erickson, The Meat Puppets, Billy Gibbons, Bubbly Puppy, Eric Johnson, The Wagoneers, Sahara Smith, Mother Falcon, Speak and many others. Congratulations to all! 

Enjoy a few photos from the event, taken by Jana Birchum and Santiago Calderon:
Forever grateful,
The Bright Light Social Hour
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SXSW 2011 03/14/2011
 
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After a long summer of camping out in some of Austin's finest recording studios, we have emerged with our first full-length album, simply titled "The Bright Light Social Hour." We would now like nothing more than to celebrate and share it with y'all. Our inaugural record release show will be held at Antone's on Friday, September 17th. We've assembled an outstanding bill with Brass Bed and The Frontier Brothers. Our own Joseph Mirasole will kick off the evening with a DJ set. And, of course, our new record will be available to purchase for the first time. 

The Bright Light Social Hour record release show
Friday, September 17th
Antone's Nightclub
213 West 5th, Austin, TX
Doors at 8, show at 9 - $10 advance/$12 door.

Advance tickets are available here.

You can pre-order the album at www.thebrightlightsocialhour.com/merch.html and www.jacksmoustache.com.
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Poster by Todd Wiseman
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RARE 06/14/2010
 
Thanks Austin for voting us Rare Magazine's Best New Band in the 5th Anniversary Best of Austin issue!!
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Austin Girl Love 04/20/2010
 
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Enormous thanks to the Austin Girl Music Guide for a most-triumphant review of our show Friday at The Parish!! Check it out: 







And thanks to everyone who came out, as well as The Lemurs, The Frontier Brothers and 101X! Definitely a show for Boner Jams oh-10!
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Thanks so much to our friends, fans and The Austin Chronicle for voting The Bright Light Social Hour Austin's Best Indie Band in the 2009-2010 Austin Music Awards!!
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Photo by Sandy Carson for The Austin Chronicle


We didn't end up doing too bad overall!

  • Best Indie Band
  • #2 Best New Band
  • #3 Best Rock Band
  • A.J. Vincent - #4 Best Keyboardist
  • Curtis Roush - #5 Best Electric Guitarist
  • Jack O'Brien - #9 Best Bassist
We may have been a bit underdressed at the awards ceremony at The Austin Music Hall, but Curt gave a great speech, no one tripped and OMG Ray Benson is friggin gigantic in real life!
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Austin Music Awards during SXSW 2010 - Photo by Ron Baker
Thanks so much once again to everyone who made this possible. We are awfully proud and grateful for the chance to represent our beautiful city, one that truly knows its music and has no shortage of remarkable musicians.

Thanks y'all!
The Bright Light Social Hour
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