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."

The Bright Light Social Hour appear in today's episode of Focus Rally: America. I wonder if they knew this song's about fuckin'...

Watch the entire episode via Hulu right here

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!

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Howdy! Voting for The Chronicle's Austin Music Awards has started up again, and we would really appreciate your vote! Online (and mail in) voting is open through January 31st, and results are announced during SXSW.

If you like, please vote The Bright Light Social Hour in the following categories:
AUSTIN BAND OF THE YEAR
BEST ROCK BAND

We also recommend the following:
AUSTIN ALBUM OF THE YEAR - "THE BRIGHT LIGHT SOCIAL HOUR"
AUSTIN SONG OF THE YEAR - "DETROIT" by THE BRIGHT LIGHT SOCIAL HOUR

ELECTRIC GUITAR - Curtis Roush
BASS - Jack O'Brien
DRUMS - Jo Mirasole
KEYBOARDS - A.J. Vincent
MALE VOCALS - Curtis Roush, Jack O'Brien or A.J. Vincent
PRODUCER - Danny Reisch (Album: "The Bright Light Social Hour")

You only need to vote once, takes a few seconds and no registration required! Please tell your friends!! Thanks!!
http://www.austinchronicle.com/feedback/musicpoll/10/

Haven't heard the album? Stream in full here.


Thanks!
The Bright Light Social Hour

PS- At a loss for who else to vote for? Here are a few recommendations:
Indie - The Frontier Brothers
Punk - Squint
Metal - Ordet
Hip-Hop/DJ - MC Overlord
Blues/Soul/Funk - Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Instrumental - Hard Proof
Country/Bluegrass - Darren Hoff & The Hard Times
Latin Rock - Brownout
World Music - Atash
Female Vocals/Songwrite - Suzanna Choffel
Radio Music Program - Music with Matt Reilly, Matt Reilly (DJ), KUT 90.5 (station)

Just got word "The Bright Light Social Hour" was named #2 album of the year by the Austin Music Pundits awards! For the full list and a killer review of the album by Patrick Caldwell, click here.

We're also honored to take the #1 slot on Margaret Moser of The Austin Chronicle's top Texas albums of 2010 list (read her review of the album here)!

Please enjoy this new video ad for our New Year's Vinyl Release Party!