The Bright Light Social Hour – The Cosmic Clash

Video Premiere: The Bright Light Social Hour release “Call My Name” today

October 23, 2024 Greg Ackerman 352 Views Call My Name, Emergency Leisure, music video, new music, rock n roll, space rock, TBLSH, The Bright Light Social Hour, video premiere

Austin’s The Bright Light Social Hour release a brand new video for the track “Call My Name” today at The Cosmic Clash. The song is from their latest release, Emergency Leisure which dropped August 2, 2023. The band soon followed with their most ambitious tour in five years, playing dates across North America from September of last year through May of this year. The 36 city tour took the band as far north as Canada and across the United States. This exceptional act has put in a ton of miles, making new fans and bringing old ones back into the fold with a stellar new record and a long overdue extended tour. The new video highlights a track that stood out when the album dropped last year so it makes sense the band would make a corresponding video.

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Song Premiere: Starflake Has Landed With Single NuBooty

June 19, 2024 Amanda Quraishi 1108 Views Como Las Movies, experimental, Flakefest, Jackie O'Brien, mohawk, new music, rock n roll, song premiere, Starflake, The Bright Light Social Hour, Tropi-punk

Instead, O’Brien is running head-first into a brand new project – an experimental tropi-punk ensemble called Starflake. He is joined by two of the hardest working musicians in the Austin music scene, drummer Zac Catanzaro (Walker Lukens, Song Confessional) and percussionist Juan Alfredo Ríos (Como Las Movies, Easy Compadre!), both also members of The Bright Light Social Hour; as well as bassists/synth-psychonauts Ben Nelson (Molly Burch, A. Sinclair) and Alex Holeman (Chroma Phase).

The Bright Light Social Hour at Scoot Inn

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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.

Case Cockrell Live Music Review

Live music review: Austin Music Awards performances featured the best in local music at Antone’s

March 1, 2024 Case Cockrell 1327 Views Antone's, Austin Chronicle, Austin Music Awards, Ben Buck, Ben Kweller, DAIISTAR, Die Spitz, Kevin Curtin, Kevin Russell, live music, Review, Sabrina Ellis, SL Houser, The Bright Light Social Hour, Walker Lukens

Every musical calendar year in Austin is special. The countless live gigs, new albums released, and fresh talent that emerges every year make Austin one of the most significant music stops in the world. For local publication Austin Chronicle, the alt-weekly curates an evening that captures each respective year in the scene’s prolific, often positively saturated body of work. For 2024, The Austin Chronicle showcased an event that covered essential bases to magnify the widespread musical range of the city and pay homage to Austin legends along the way. For this year’s event, the Chronicle took to the world-famous Austin music staple, Antone’s Nightclub for a 3-hour event that benefited Austin non-profit, SIMS Foundation to support mental health and substance use recovery services and programs for musicians, music industry professionals, and their dependent family members.

Case Cockrell Live Music Review

Live music review: Free Week Austin 2024 huge success as thousands attended

January 12, 2024 Case Cockrell 1933 Views Billy Glitter, Easy Compadre!, Free Week, live music, Luxury Television, Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band, Porcelain, Red River Cultural District, Review, Semihelix, The Bright Light Social Hour, TV's Daniel

Red River Cultural District’s Free Week is an opportunity for Austin locals to get a dose of what makes the

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Live Music Review: The Bright Light Social Hour Works Magic at Mohawk

October 4, 2023 Amanda Quraishi 1554 Views Good Looks, live music, mohawk, psych-rock, Review, rock n roll, TBLSH, The Bright Light Social Hour

The Bright Light Social Hour is currently on tour following the release of their new LP, Emergency Leisure but the band made a pitstop in their hometown last Saturday night, playing The Mohawk before a throng of loyal, exuberant fans.

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Album review: The Bright Light Social Hour’s new record Emergency Leisure is here to cure what ails us

August 8, 2023 Amanda Quraishi 2537 Views album review, cosmic soul, dance music, new music, psych-rock, TBLSH, The Bright Light Social Hour

Fans of The Bright Light Social Hour have been waiting patiently for their new album, Emergency Leisure (Escondido Sound) to drop ever since it was announced earlier this spring. It’s been three years since the release of their last LP, Jude Vol. II, and a lot has changed with the band since then.

Christina DeStefano Review

Live music review: Free Week twentieth anniversary recap

January 12, 2023 Christina DeStefano 462 Views Como Las Movies, Free Week, Free Week 2023, live music, Pelvis Wrestley, Review, Tear Dungeon, The Bright Light Social Hour

From January 5 to January 7, venues up and down the Red River Cultural District participated in Free Week. 2023 marked the twentieth anniversary of the event that was created to provide entertainment during quiet months in order to support the service industry.

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Live music preview: Bright Light Social Hour, Riders Against the Storm play Parish Friday

September 26, 2022 Greg Ackerman 406 Views Hip Hop, live music, Parish, preview, Resound Presents, Riders Against The Storm, space rock, The Bright Light Social Hour

The Bright Light Social Hour (TBLSH) and hip-hop duo, Riders Against the Storm (RAS) play Parish this Friday, September 30. The show will feature a song collaboration, “The Sheriff” which is a new version of the original TBLSH song, released September 7.

SIMS Foundation event Central Machine Works

Greg Ackerman Review

Live music review: The Bright Light Social Hour, Lolita Lynne played SIMS Foundation event

May 18, 2022 Greg Ackerman 564 Views Central Machine Works, DJ Cassandra, Futuremoon Vintage, live music, Lolita Lynne, Review, SIMS Foundation, The Bright Light Social Hour

On Saturday, May 14, Austin rockers The Bright Light Social Hour along with Lolita Lynn and DJ Cassandra entertained SIMS Foundation supporters at Central Machine Works. The concert and fundraiser sponsored by The Zebra, Storable and CMW has already raised over $7,000 to help SIMS Foundation

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Live music review: All the Weird Kids Up Front – Spoon at Mohawk Austin

July 2, 2021 Greg Ackerman 844 Views Britt Daniel, concerts, live music, Mohawk Austin, Review, Spoon, The Bright Light Social Hour, Walker Lukens

Today’s review is from Zack Teibloom, a local Austin writer we’ve been friends with for years. After an extended hiatus from live music coverage, Teibloom returns in a big way with a stellar review of Spoon’s underplay at Mohawk last night.

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