"Golden oldies gave glorious way to a titanium coming-out in Mother Falcon...lifting off it's orchestral chamber folk like Star Wars's Millenium Falcon..."Faint Green Light," from Mother Falcon's New EP, Still Life, gave way to the evening's only standing ovation. Austin, meet your newest musical sweethearts." Austin Chronicle Re-cap of the Austin Music Awards, 3/26/2010
Selected as "Best None of the Above", #4 "Best New Austin Band", and #8 "Best Indie Band" in Austin Chronicle's 2009-2010 Music Reader's Poll
Selected as “Best Local Show” and “Best New Local Act” by Margaret Moser in Austin Chronicle’s 2009 Music Critic’s poll
“Somewhere out there where the Decemberists meet the Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra and wave to Poi Dog Pondering comes this divine aggregation.” Austin Chronicle, 6/15/2009
“[Nick Gregg’s] extraordinary vision of the classical pop landscape reveals a few milestones, such as the Incredible String Band and Brit folk-pop of the 1970s, with more cultivation from the likes of Joanna Newsom and Final Fantasy.” Austin Chronicle, 7/10/2009