Do512 - What to do in Austin

Other / Post punk / Pop

“MoTel Aviv are an Austin foursome with a particularly potent brand of poppy rock and roll. Their major strength is in the songwriting. When all systems are firing 100 percent, it’s hard to find fault in MoTel Aviv’s assembly of the moving parts or their delivery of a hook. If the jangling, ringing guitar work doesn’t get you, you ignore the stomping beat and you’re somehow impervious to a chorus that easily gets lodged auditory canal like an earwig, then, who knows, you might be allergic to fun.” -The Austinist

“Filled with well-dressed, hook-riddled songwriting, jerky almost terse riffs and three-chord crunch, MoTel Aviv kept the near packed house moving non-stop from start to finish. While MoTel Aviv are certainly indebted to bands like XTC, The Clash and The Smiths, they still manage to box an audience about the ears with some actual creativity and by crafting shrewd, ringing, melodic three-to-four minute post-punk-pop, they’re rightfully maintaining that their scope stays broader than that of a revivalist band. Frankly, it was one of the better shows I’ve seen in Dallas in the last three years, here’s to wishing them frequent returns to the Big D or the Town of The Cow…Lola’s, Cavern…I’m looking at you.” -The Squawker