Austin's Monahans Make Their San Antonio Debut January 15, 2011 at Limelight

Jan. 5, 2011 - PRLog -- AUSTIN, TEXAS

Critically praised Austin-based band Monahans will be performing for the first time ever in San Antonio this month.  They will be playing at the Limelight on Saturday, Jan. 15th starting at 11:45 PM, and will be sharing the bill with Fear Snakeface and Blowing Trees, both local San Antonio acts.  Doors will open at 10 PM and the cover charge is $5.  

This year alone, Monahans has been busier than ever.  Starting off the year as Austin Monthly and Tribeza Magazine's "Bands to Watch in 2010", Monahans embarked on a new recording process in March.  They started recording and releasing a new free track each month that was downloadable on their website, http://monahans.net.  Their last track, released in December, featured the vocals of Sinéad O'Connor.  Monahans also was invited to play Austin City Limits Satellite Sets for a live taping that was broadcast online (http://www.klru.org/satellitesets/artist/monahans/).  And, finally, Robert Plant included a song written and recorded by members of Monahans (when they were formerly Milton Mapes), on his new album "Band of Joy".  "The Only Sound That Matters" was originally included on "The State Line", issued in 2001.

Monahans Biography:
Austin-based band Monahans (not "The Monahans"), named for a region of desolate West Texas sand hills, balances thundering rhythms and atmospheric "landscape rock" with urgent pop anthems and spiritual campfire balladry (Explosions In the Sky + R.E.M + Neil Young). Since their 2006 inception, Monahans have toured in support of Centro-matic and Cowboy Junkies, and played alongside the likes of J. Tillman & Magnolia Electric Co. Albums to date include 'Low Pining' (2007, Undertow) and 'Dim The Aurora' (2009, Misra).

The band's lineup consists of Ramble Creek studio engineer/producer Britton Beisenherz, Roberto Sanchez and Greg Vanderpool (both founding members of Milton Mapes), and longtime Spoon bassist Joshua Zarbo.

- RIYL: My Morning Jacket, Arcade Fire, Califone

Monahans Quick Facts:
- Guest artists on albums include Sinéad O'Connor, Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) and Will Johnson (Centro-Matic, South San Gabriel)
- Previous band Milton Mapes released three albums, one of which includes a song covered by Robert Plant
- Three founding members attended Lake Highlands High School in Dallas (alumni includes Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes and St. Vincent's Annie Clark)

Selected Press Quotes:
"Sophisticated, dreamy, driven, balanced. Rightly, this act has earned its buzz."
- Austin-American Statesman

"The finest bands create not only great songs but also mood, and no one gets that like Austin’s Monahans."
- Texas Monthly, June 2009

"...puts the group in rubbing-shoulders distance of My Morning Jacket and Arcade Fire. Not bad company to be keeping, and a remarkable musical evolution to boot."
- Blurt Magazine, Fall 2009

"Mixing everything you (should) like about Springsteen, Stone Roses, and Jesus & Mary Chain, Monahans are able to remind us that qualitative adjectives like ‘ambient’ and ‘tranquil’ are not antithetical to rock & roll."
- InFlightAtNight.com

Online Resources:
http://monahans.net
http://www.thumbtackmedia.com


Lineup and Venue Information:
Limelight
2718 North Saint Mary's Street
San Antonio, TX 78212
(210) 735-7775
http://www.thelimelightsa.com/

Fear Snakeface 10:45ish-11:30
Monahans 11:45ish -12:45
Blowing Trees 1am to close

$5 Cover

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