Scoot Inn – The Cosmic Clash

The Bright Light Social Hour at Scoot Inn

Live Music Review: The Bright Light Social Hour headlined stellar Scoot Inn performance last Saturday

April 16, 2024 Amanda Quraishi 1709 Views Curtis Roush, funk, hillbilly disco, Jackie O'Brien, Juan Alfredo Rios, live music, Mia Carruthers, new music, Review, rock n roll, Scoot Inn, TBLSH, The Bright Light Social Hour, Zac Cantanzaro

The band played Austin for a few SXSW-adjacent shows this spring and now they’re back on the road, taking Emergency Leisure eastward – but not before one more local show at Austin’s Scoot Inn on Saturday, April 13. Local favs The Mammoths opened early, followed by Mo Lowda & the Humble who are scheduled to continue on tour with The Bright Light Social Hour through the end of spring. By the time Mo Lowda was done vibing, the crowd was primed and the mood shifted in anticipation.

Greg Ackerman Live Music Review

Live music review: Nation of Language treated Scoot Inn crowd to sublime synth rock vibes

November 6, 2023 Greg Ackerman 1242 Views Human League, indie rock, live music, Nation of Language, new music, New Order, Review, Scoot Inn, synth rock

Brooklyn’s Nation of Language treated the Scoot Inn crowd last Thursday to an 80s synth rock influenced masterpiece of of a show. The upstart trio who got a huge boost in the midst of the Pandemic with 2021’s A Way Forward which garnered streaming fans far and wide. The record’s success also got the band slots at ACL Festival last year where The Cosmic Clash witnessed an early afternoon set at a minor stage that impressed despite the less than ideal setting in the heat of the Texas afternoon

Greg Ackerman Review

Live music review: Calexico played memorable performance at Scoot Inn Wednesday

June 17, 2022 Greg Ackerman 1180 Views Arcade Fire, Celexico, Iron & Wine, live music, Review, Sam Beam, Scoot Inn

Tuscon’s Calexico is a hard to define band. And that’s a good thing as the 26-year old outfit made a stop in Austin Wednesday night at Scoot Inn for an eclectic and thoroughly enjoyable performance from the veteran performers who merge Latin music, indie rock, desert soundscapes along with elements of jazz, Americana and Tex Mex.

Greg Ackerman Review

Live music review: Spiritualized at Scoot Inn Friday was magical

April 4, 2022 Greg Ackerman 913 Views Jason Pierce, Jason Spaceman, live music, neo-psych, new music, psych-rock, Review, Scoot Inn, space rock, Spiritualized

On a near-perfect, Friday evening, English space-rock outfit Spiritualized returned to Austin to play a sold-out Scoot Inn. The nine-piece band brought by J Spaceman (aka Jason Pierce) that included three female backup singers delivered a magical, neo-psychrock performance to fans.

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