For our second consecutive sojourn to SXSW, we set up once again at Austin’s EAR Studios. Owned and operated by James Stevens, we thought it fitting that his band, Moonlight Towers, would kick off our weeks’ worth of live Lounge Act sessions.

Veterans of the fertile Austin scene, the band has released two CD’s and are hard at work on a third. James’ gruff vocals atop the Towers’ guitar-driven swagger recalls bands like The Replacements and The Smithereens, both of whom had plenty of classically melodic chops.

The band’s setlist includes four unreleased songs, along with “I Sleep Alone” from their 2005 release Like You Were Never There.

View the entire photoset here.

Tracklisting:
Can’t Shake This Feelin’
Don’t Throw Me Down
I Sleep Alone
interview
Not A Kid Anymore
Distant Wheels

Moonlight Towers - Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

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