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SXSW 2012

03/21/2012

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Auditorium Shores 3/17/12 photo by Roger Ho

We got spanked. Hard.

Enjoy this brief photo chronology.

Walking the runway at Style X. Jo finally debuts Blue Steel.

Congrats to A.J. for winning best keyboard player at the Austin Music Awards 2 years in a row.

Gettin rowdy with the boys from Black Taxi.

Typical start to a SXSW day.

Couple party wristbands, couple hospital wristbands, NBD.

photo by Roger Ho

Auditorium Shores with The Cult

Diedre from 101X and Intern Kelsey

We were pretty tripped out by the comically close close-ups on the jumbotron.

We really had an incredible time at SXSW and were graced with the chance to see/play with/party with some truly incredible bands and musicians including Fred Falke, Sheep Dogs, Sepalcure, Maren Parusel, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Black Taxi, Delta Spirit, Of Monsters and Men, The Cult, Smoke and Feathers, Scorpion Child, and of course, Matthew McConaughey, to name just a few. Thanks so much to everyone who made it out to one of our shows, bought us a beer or helped us out in any way! We couldn't imagine a better goodbye from Austin before tons of touring! Check our tour dates for details on that!

Love,
The Bright Light Social Hour

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U.S. Rubdown Episode 2 - SXSW

04/04/2011

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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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Austin Music Awards

03/24/2011

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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.

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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That Texas Rub Down

03/28/2010

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Here's a video of our new song 'Shanty' taken at our Beauty Bar performance during SXSW 2010. Enjoy!

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SXSW 2010 RECAP

03/24/2010

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Ooo mama! Everytime I think we couldn't possibly have more fun at a more grueling pace, we always manage to 1up ourselves. And SXSW 2010 = not an exception. We kicked the week off with shows in Dallas and Fort Worth before jumping on board the week-long gang bang on our hometown that is SXSW. Here are a few highlights.

3/15 - Sneak Attack in-store
After Jo led us in a drum parade up and down 2nd street, we played an in-store at Sneak Attack spiced with Deep Eddy sweet tea vodkas. Plus I got a sweet deal on a rad-tacular pair of high-top Supras that I can't stop wearing. Here's a clip of Bare Hands Bare Feet/La Piedra de la Iguana:

3/16 Beauty Bar & The Parish
The Beauty Bar's Art Disaster #10 was lovely. No, not lovely. Unholy. Like I think I actually felt the presence of Satan in the room, you know, in the good way!

Beauty Bar - Photo by Daniel Perlaky

Here's a quick interview for Mixed-Cohesion we did behind Beauty Bar just after playing:

Afterward we ran down 6th to make our performance at Welcome to the Jungle at The Parish. I'da thought going for round 2 would be tough, but we were just warmed up from the fiery Beauty Bar set for a great show with some excellent bands, including one of our very favs, The Black and White Years. We had a great review from AndPOP who "managed to catch the amazingly hilarious and funky set by The Bright Light Social Hour... where every song is 'about f**king.'"

Home Slice Pizza - photo by Owl Snap photography

3/18 - Music by the Slice at Home Slice Pizza
We were mucho psyched to be asked to play our favorite pizzeria Home Slice's famous Music by the Slice. We headlined the 1st day of the 3-day event with perfect weather, amazing bands and some of the best event staff we've ever worked with, who made sure the beer flowed like wine and we were stuffed with luscious pizza. The crowd was great and had us do an encore, even after we about doubled our allotted set time. Awesome.

3/20 - Showcase at Lamberts
After accepting our award at The Chronicle's Austin Music Awards (more on that in our next post), we ran over to Lamberts just in time for our official showcase. Put on by our booking agent Represent Austin/The Underground Agency, the lineup was great, the room was beautiful and the sound was superb. We got freaky on the dance floor to LAX and later headed back to Bright Light HQ to enjoy a delicious pre-release bottle of Garrison Brothers Bourbon Whiskey that A.J.'s parents got us to celebrate his birthday and our Music Awards win (1st bourbon ever legally made in Texas, will hit stores soon!).

Domy Books - photo by Thomas Choate

3/21 - What by Whatever at Domy Books
Perfect way to wrap up an amazing week! We headlined an amazing lineup on a beautiful Sunday outside Domy Books. Our BFFs The Frontier Brothers slaughtered it with some great new material, followed by our new favorite band Black Taxi from Brooklyn. We met these guys last week playing in Fort Worth and were totally blown away. They remind me of a sort of INXS+The Clash+At the Drive-In with great energy, sick grooves and so much more! Check out their new video. We played with some amazing and buzzworthy bands throughout SXSW, but this was my favorite overall bill. We did our thing as the sun slowly slipped out of sight and said goodbye to our friends and free beer.

Getting back to work yesterday morning was tough to say the least, and I think we could all use a good butt massage.

We hope to see you soon!
Love,
Jack
The Bright Light Social Hour

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SXSW 2010!!

03/15/2010

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Hello!
Here's a list of the shows we'll be playing for SXSW. All of them are free and don't require wristbands, expect Saturday at Lamberts. All shows times are exact to when The Bright Light Social Hour will play.

Monday, 3/15 – 8 PM
Sneak Attack In-Store
301 W. 2nd St.
RSVP: http://www.sneakattackaustin.com/rsvp2

Tuesday, 3/16 – 9:00 PM
Art Disaster
Beauty Bar
617 E. 7th St.
http://www.artdisaster.com

Tuesday, 3/16 – 11:30 PM
Welcome to the Jungle
The Parish
214 E. 6th St.
RSVP: http://www.theparishaustin.com/show/detail/28072

Wednesday, 3/17 – 6:00 PM
Red River Music Blog Launch Party
Parlor
100 B. East North Loop
w/ Zlam Dunk
http://do512.com/c/sx2010/event/2010/03/17/day-show-zlam-dunk-hydra-melody-more-bands-tba

Thurs, 3/18 – 6:30 PM
Music By the Slice
Home Slice Pizza
1415 S. Congress
http://homeslicepizza.wordpress.com/music-by-the-slice-2010/

Sat, 3/20 – 10 PM
SXSW Official Showcase
Lambert’s
401 W. 2nd St.
w/ LAX, Pack of Wolves
http://representaustin.com

Sun, 3/21 – 5 PM
What By Whatever
Domy Books
913 E. Cesar Chavez
w/ The Frontier Brothers, Black Taxi
http://domybookstore.com/austin/index.html

Thanks! Hope to see you this week!
Jack
TBLSH

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