Wakarusa 04/17/2012
 

We're very excited to announce that we'll be performing at this year's Wakarusa Music Festival at Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, Arkansas May 31st - June 3rd! We'll be performing TWO SETS and joining the ranks of tons of phenomenal bands including The Avett Brothers, Pretty Lights, Umphrey's McGee, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Fitz & the Tantrums, Girl Talk, Matisyahu, Ghostland Observatory, G. Love & Special Sauce, Keller Williams, Blitzen Trapper, Split Lip Rayfield, LA Riots, and many, many more. Check out our artist spotlight, filmed at our recent performance at The Bottleneck in Lawrence, KS. 
Purchace tickets and get additional info here. We'll see you there!
 
Mexico City 03/20/2012
 
A few photos from our recent trip to Mexico City.
A huevo. Can't wait to go back :)
 
 
As much as we're loving the mild Austin winter and a brief stint at home, our feet have begun to itch and our fingers are growing stiff. Worry not, we are readying the steed and shall ride again! Check out our January dates around the East Coast, and a freshly announced Austin show February 10! Visit the tour dates tab for details.




Winter 2012 Tour Dates:

12.30.11: Corpus Christi, TX - House of Rock
1.6.12: Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
1.7.12: Oklahoma City, OK - Blue Note
1.10.12: Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone Cafe
1.11.12: Nashville, TN - 12th & Porter
1.12.12 Cincinnati, OH - MOTR Pub
1.13.12: Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar
1.14.12: New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
1.17.12: Washington, DC - DC9
1.18.12: Roanoke, VA - Martin's Downtown
1.19.12: Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
1.20.12: Black Mountain, NC - Pisgah Brewing
1.21.12: Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
1.22.12: Charleston, SC - The Pour House
1.27.12: Orlando, FL - The Social
1.28.12: Tampa, FL - Skipper's Smokehouse
1.31.12: Boca Raton, FL - Funky Buddha
2.1.12: Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits
2.3.12: Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
2.4.12: Dallas, TX - The Prophet Bar
2.9.12: San Antonio, TX - Jack's Bar
2.10.12: Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
2.23.12: Houston, TX - Houston Rodeo
2.24.12: Laredo, TX - Old No. 2
That's right, we'll be playing Austin at La Zona Rosa Friday, February 10. Tickets go on sale this Friday, 12/23 at 10:00am at c3concerts.com. Be there or be elsewhere!
 
West Coast 11/11/2011
 
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Ah so good to be back on the road! This is our first trip out west. We're looking for a man with true grit. And we're very excited about headin out on the American West. We just passed through Happy, TX, headed to Denver to freeze our dicks off (see photo). But! The next morning we fly to Miami for The Stage Anniversary Party before picking back up westward in Reno. This'll be our first time to fly out for a gig, which we're also very excited about, but if we're late don't worry we're probably just getting a little bit cavity searched. Check out the West Coast dates below (details here) and catch us if we're near ya! January East Coast dates are also piling on so check out for those too.

                    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
                    11/25 - San Antonio, TX - 502 Bar
                    11/26 - Laredo, TX - Old No. 2

Love from Vaniel Day Lewis,
The Bright Light Social Hour
 
Canada/CMJ 10/21/2011
 
We're entering the home stretch of the east coast leg of our tour and just got back from 3 wild days in Toronto. We didn't waste a second, playing 3 shows across Toronto, and we are dang proud to announce that we've teamed up with The Agency Group in Canada for all of our Canadian booking needs! Check out our artist page here.

At our first Toronto show at the legendary Horseshoe Tavern, we ran into psych-rock superheroes Portugal. The Man, who just happened to be at the tavern on break from tour and caught the show. We were very pumped to get to know them - total legends - and they imparted much wisdom and whiskey upon us.
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Gettin our demon eyes on w/ Portugal. The Man
We're now back in the States and headed to New York City for CMJ Music Marathon. We'll be at Mercury Lounge Saturday 10/22 with a plethora of killer bands including Black Taxi, The Frontier Brothers, Deadbeat Darling and Fresh Millions. 
 
 
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
http://www.facebook.com/thebrightlightsocialhour
http://www.twitter.com/tblsh
 
 
Tickets are going fast.
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This one is for the gear heads.

"While on tour in Ohio, The Bright Light Social Hour pay a visit to the headquarters of Dr. Z Amplification, the makers of guitarist Curtis Roush's Route 66 amplifier."
 
 
We're out on the road, currently on the way to Savannah, and having ourselves a surrrious good time. For those of you back home in Austin, tickets to our homecoming show June 11th at the Mohawk have just gone on sale. GITCHA SOME!! We'll be topping off a killer lineup: The Happen Ins, The Pretty Black Chains, Megafauna and Chinaski. Check back soon for updates from the road. See y'all soon!!
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Live in Tampa. Click for tickets
 
 
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Tour dates:
May 12 - Pascagoula, MS : Celtic Irish Pub
May 13 - Cocoa, FL : The 321 Local
May 14 - Tampa, FL : WMNF Tropical Heatwave Festival
May 15 - Orlando, FL : Will's Pub 
May 16 - Miami, FL : Bougainvillea's
May 19 - Charleston, SC : Midtown Bar & Grill
May 20 - Savannah, GA : Hang Fire
May 21 - Athens, GA : Farm 255
May 22 - Atlanta, GA : Masquerade
May 24 - Boston, MA : The Middle East
May 25 - New York, NY : The Mercury Lounge
May 26 - Hartford, CT : Up or on the Rocks
May 27 - Asbury Park, NJ : The Saint
May 28 - Philadelphia, PA : The Rathaus
May 31 - Youngstown, OH: The Lemon Grove
June 1 - Toledo, OH : The Village Idiot
June 2 - Cincinnati, OH : The MOTR Pub
June 3 - Madison, WI : TBA
June 4 - Minneapolis, MN : Fine Line Music Cafe
June 5 - Chicago, IL : The Double Door
June 8 - Dallas, TX : TBA
June 9 - Ft. Worth, TX : 8.0 Bar
June 10 - Houston, TX : Warehouse Live
June 11 - Austin, TX : Mohawk

*Do not try this at home. The Bright Light Social Hour does not endorse cruelty to animals. No animals were harmed in the making of this public service announcement.

We'll see ya on the road!
Love,
The Bright Light Social Hour