Greetings y'all!
This week we embark on our 2nd comprehensive national tour of The United States of America! We couldn't get enough last time (check out the video below), so we're back for more. All of our confirmed tour dates are listed below, and you can get all the details at our dates page. 

Without further ado...

Be the first to watch 'U.S. Rubdown Episode 3: Fiesta Rampage,' our latest tour video, which chronicles our last national tour with surprising amounts of destruction, nudity and synchronized dancing. Please share!

The Bright Light Social Hour Fall Tour (details here):

9/9: San Antonio, TX - The Korova
9/10: San Marcos, TX - Texas Music Theater
9/11: Fort Worth, TX - The Wild Rooster Bar
9/12: Oklahoma City, OK - The Blue Note
9/13: Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
9/14: Kansas City, MO - Crosstown Station
9/15: Madison, WI - The Frequency
9/16: Beloit, WI - The Coughy Haus
9/17: Chicago, IL - Double Door
9/19: Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe
9/20: Green Bay, WI - House of Valdar
9/21: Indianapolis, IN - Vollrath Tavern
9/24: Cincinnati, OH - MidPoint Music Festival
9/25: Columbus, OH - Woodlands Tavern
9/27: Toledo, OH - The Village Idiot
9/28: Akron, OH - Musica
9/29: Youngstown, OH - The Lemon Grove
9/30: Washington, DC - Madam's Organ
10/1: New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
10/2: Philadelphia, PA - The RatHaus
10/5: Charleston, SC - The Pour House
10/6: Tampa, FL - Crowbar
10/7: Orlando, FL - Will's Pub
10/8: Miami, FL - The Stage
10/9: Cocoa, FL - The Hippodrome
10/12: Asheville, NC - MoDaddy's
10/14: Cambridge, MA - Tommy Doyle's Harvard Square
10/15: Portland, ME - Bayside Bowl
10/17: Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
10/18: Toronto, ON - The Drake Hotel
10/19: Toronto, ON - Supermarket
10/20: Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall
10/22: New York, NY - CMJ Showcase @ Mercury Lounge
10/26: Nashville, TN - 12th & Porter
10/27: Fort Worth, TX - 8.0 Bar
10/28: Dallas, TX - Club Dada
10/29: Austin, TX - ACL Live
11/10: Lubbock, TX - The Roof
11/11: Englewood, CO - Moe's Original BBQ
11/12: Miami, FL - The Stage Anniversary Party
11/14: Reno, NV - The Underground
11/15: San Francisco, CA - Boom Boom Room
11/16: Santa Cruz, CA - Moe's Alley
11/17: San Diego, CA - Bar Pink
11/19: Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Theater
11/20: Tucson, AZ - The Hut

Don't see a city near you on the list? Don't worry, we have many more dates close to confirmation, so check our Facebook soon for those announcements. We will be back in Austin October 29 for Zombie Ball at ACL Live, and will be taking a trip to the West Coast in November, so definitely check back with us!

See you soon! Please spread the word!
TBLSH
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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."

New live video for "Mannish Boy" (Muddy Waters) from our "New Year's Live" EP:

Also check out live videos of "Shanty" and "Young Man Blues" also from "New Year's Live," all directed by Hussain Pirani.

The Bright Light Social Hour are proud to announce the release of our new live EP "New Year's Live" available on iTunes this Tuesday, March 8!

Recorded on New Year's Eve 2010-2011 at The Parish in Austin, TX by Danny Reisch, "New Year's Live" features four tracks and three videos from our sold-out party of a live set. The EP will include live versions of album tracks "Shanty" and "Detroit," as well as two previously unreleased covers, "Young Man Blues" (Mose Allison/The Who) and "Mannish Boy" (Muddy Waters). Masterfully directed live videos by Hussain Pirani of "Shanty" and "Young Man Blues" will be released in companion to the EP (also available for iTunes purchase), with a video of "Mannish Boy" to be released during SXSW. Initial release will be digital only - physical release to be announced.

Watch the live video of "Shanty" here:

Check back Tuesday for the release of the "Young Man Blues" video. If you like what you hear, please download the full EP from iTunes when it comes out Tuesday for only $3.96!

Mucho love!
The Bright Light Social Hour

Watch the 1st installment of "U.S. Rubdown" on tour with The Bright Light Social Hour:

"The Bright Light Social Hour embarks on their inaugural U.S. tour, finding sunshine and good times in America's old south east."

Last week we had the honor of being among the first bands to break in Do512's new live taping series, Do512 Lounge Sessions (see The Black Angels' performance from the week before here). A swanky space with an intimate setting uncharacteristic of our normal live shows, it was the perfect mise en scène for the snug ceremony (read the full article here). The boys over at Austin Music Weekly did a killer job with the video, so please enjoy these live cuts of "Detroit" and "Back and Forth".

We are proud to announce a Live EP recorded at our New Year's show at The Parish Austin to be released digitally this March. Recorded and engineered by the lovely Danny Reisch and mixed at Lakeside Studio on a 1974 Neve 8058MKII console, we've just finished mixing and the tracks sound incredible!

But getting this Live EP done has been no easy feat! On the way to the studio for the last day of mixing, abnormal amounts of ice and snow for central Texas saw Jack's car lose control. Skidding straight for the cliff side, Jack dove out of his car seconds before what looked like his impending death. Luckily the car was caught by a single, scrawny cedar tree and rescued later with zero damage done to the car or its driver.

The EP will include live versions of a couple of album tracks as well a couple of never-recorded covers. We're very excited to announce that live video will accompany a few of the EP tracks, masterfully filmed by Hussain Pirani and crew. We don't have video clips available yet, but here is a sample of Curt's scream at the end of "Young Man Blues" with all other instruments muted:

We plan to release the EP in time for SXSW 2011, so please stay tuned!

In late August we went into Soundcheck Studio to record a few live cuts off the new album for Soundcheck Magazine. Soundcheck has posted the videos, each a live song followed by a section of an interview by Adi Anand. Enjoy!!