'NITES was an Austin-based blog that covered the local music scene in Central Texas. I started this blog because I love live music and I think Austin is the best city in the world to discover talented new bands. I ran this blog with passion and enthusiasm for a few years, before growing apart from the scene I'd once lived and breathed. This blog spent a year in limbo before I made the final decision to shutter it. The blog's previous posts will remain live, but there will be no future updates. Thanks for your years of readership and feedback. It was fun while it lasted, but times change. People change. Scenes change. Change isn't something to fear, but rather something to embrace. Peace, love and rock 'n' roll, y'all. Feel free to dig through the archives for photos, videos and writeups about Austin music from 2008 to 2010. If you use my work anywhere, please give me credit. Thanks!
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Youtube Videos
At youtube.com/nitesatx, you can watch nearly 300 live concert videos of Austin bands, shot from July 2008 to September 2010.
The Deaf Ears released one of my favorite local albums of 2009, Live Forever. You should find a way to get your hands on it, especially if you're a fan of earnest piano/key-driven pop that's mature enough to not be cheesy but fun and self-aware enough to rise above the boring "adult contemporary" label. Joel Mullins has a strong, consistent voice and his lyrics are unconventional yet emotive. Watch them perform "Army of Wit" above, and click here to see them do "Amateur Saw."
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