2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

Presented by: Chicken Ranch Records

Moonlight Towers

Tuesday, March 15
11:00PM - 11:40PM

Valhalla
710 Red River St

Artist-8835

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Austin-based rock & roll foursome Moonlight Towers earned a distinction in 2011 that few can claim when revered musician-actor-legend Little Steven Van Zandt named the band’s tune "Heat Lightning" one of the “coolest songs in the world.”

Back at home that year, local paper the Austin Chronicle concurred, saying “Simply put, there’s not a hair out of place,” and describing the band’s music as, “Rock-solid bar room pop salvation songs that bypass the moment in favor of something that will never go completely out of style.”

While they enjoyed the big praise, the band had something different in mind at the start.

“We just want to make people dance,” is how Moonlight Towers lead singer, songwriter and guitarist James Stevens summarized their mission at the time of the release of Day Is The New Night in 2011.

Now Moonlight Towers returns with a new record that Stevens says will “not totally overwhelm the listener ...

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