The Guy Forsyth Band is back in town!



After a long time out on the road, Guy has returned to Austin. Let’s remind them that there’s no place like home. Come celebrate their homecoming at the Continental Club on July 25th!

Who: Guy Forsyth Band
When: Friday, July 25, 2008 @ 11:55 pm
Where: The Continental Club
1315 S. Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78704
Cost: $10

See ya there!

Austin Lounge Lizards - "Hilarious, endearing, and literary..." -Billboard "The Drugs I Need" LIVE @ Threadgill's World HQ Sat., July 19 * 9 pm * $15 301 West Riverside Drive *Austin, TX * 512-472-9304 www.threadgills.com ** The Lizards welcome fiddler, mandolinist & vocalist Darcie Deaville as the newest member to the band. ** www.darciedeaville.com "The Drugs I Need," features five songs commissioned by consumer groups to crack on big, inviting targets such as the pharmaceutical industry, corporate media and predatory credit card companies, all the while maintaining the Lizards' well-known, front-porch wit and wisdom. It's Ralph Nader meets Grandpa Jones, by way of Tom Lehrer." - Wallace Baine, Santa Cruz Sentinel "The Drugs I Need"...a worthy addition to the canon of comedy." - Bob Ruggerio, Houston Press Visit the following link to view the Lizard's animated video to "The Drugs I Need" : http://youtube.com/watch?v=mYodDH4qZQo&search=The%20drugs%20I%20need ********* In their 29 years together, the Austin Lounge Lizards have written many sarcastic odes to bumbling idiots and assorted other losers - the kind of characters vocalist/bassist Boo Resnick describes as "happily clueless." They've also concentrated on topics that don't have a limited shelf life, as current-event humor sometimes does. But on album No. 10, "The Drugs I Need," the Lizards give some laughing tongue-lashes to more pointed subjects; they take aim at the president, drug conglomerates, the health insurance crisis, oil companies and even religion. The Lizards' intricately layered harmonies and instrumental arrangements cover as much territory as their subject matter, which still includes the hapless, clueless and other assorted demons - literally. "The Neighbor of the Beast" is about the poor slob whose address is 667 - next door to the devil; "Wer Ist Da?" is their foray into a previously unexplored genre: German hip-hop. They also feature some special guests, including Tish Hinojosa and accordionist Joel Guzman. For better or worse, the band is confident these slices of wit won't age prematurely. Says Resnick knowingly: "The topics that we've picked for these songs are all gonna be with us for a long time.

Red Eyed Fly presents LixBox Sunday the 27th of July at 9 pm and the band will be perform thier lastest orignal material. Burn N love, The Walrus, Every Body, Anne, Power Of One, Lat night in Vegas, and a tribute to the man Voodoo Chile Lixbox style. See you there.

The Office Lounge presents LixBox, a north Austin rock group that is making waves in the Austin music scene. Talented artist like Brad Falch the lead singer and Larry Schmidt the lead guitarist is what the talk is all about. These guy's know rock. A must see show.

Characterized by funky bass lines, soulful lyrics, and the ability to stir a crowd into spontaneous fits of boogiement, Afrofreque will take the outdoor stage at Red 7 on Sunday, July 13th, 2008 for a early evening jam with The Great American Freedom Machine and MC Flint. The folks at Red 7 will be firing up the grill at around 4pm. Afrofreque will be bringing a heapin’ serving of funk at 7. Red 7’s outdoor stage is accessible via the alley behind 611 E. 7th St. Cover is only $5. About Afrofreque Afrofreque’s music is live soulful hip-hop, with elements of electronica, afrobeat and reggae. The grooves are funky and the lyrics are positive and conscious, reflecting hip-hop culture, social issues and just plain having fun. Afrofreque is known not only for their for their tightly arranged hip hop and soul compositions, but also for their high energy live performances and and ultra funky live improvs. Visit www.afrofreque.com for more information, including music, images, and video.

Jovita's July 25, 2008 8:45 pm "...a dust-choked collection cut from the same cloth as Springsteen's Nebraska...there's beauty in Hisaw's desolate lyrics, weary vocals and tastefully restrained fretwork,too, and it's a beauty born out of a real pride of place. As bleak as the landscape is in these songs, Hisaw's not singing about hell; he's singing about home." Richard Skanse, Texas Music Magazine "Bluecollar barroom country rock with a dark heart." Americana UK For more information please visit: www.erichisaw.com * www.myspace.com/erichisaw On Nature of the Blues Eric Hisaw delivers his best album yet, picking up where his widely acclaimed 2006 release The Crosses left off. The subtle and poetic new disc finds it's greatest strength in classic new Hisaw compositions like "Cheap Living", "Shout Out Loud", and "Tomorrow." If all things musical seemingly grow on trees in Austin, serious songwriters of Hisaw's caliber are not one of them. Timely and timeless themes alike come to life in lyrics which are imbued with an ethereal optimism that surmounts the wayward despair of his scenarios and characters. Nature of the Blues eschews the quasi-70's outlaw country sound in favor of a modern, bluesy-folk rock that will appeal to fans of Alejandro Escovedo, Joe Ely and Tom Russell and features guest appearances by Ron Flynt, Ponty Bone and "Scrappy" Jud Newcomb.

Exciting news!  The new Alex Coke CD "It's Possible" (Voxlox 308) should be available by mid-August. It features Steve Feld, Tina Marsh and
 Alex Coke in various groupings doing mostly original compositions combined with a
 few
 covers of traditional tunes. Mark your calendars for Tuesday August 19th at the Salvage Vanguard Theater for the CD release.

SAY WHEN, from Boston, MA, a national touring band will be in Austin, Texas on Thursday, July 3rd. They will playing at The Red Eyed Fly with local Austin band, The Banner Year. This show will mark Say When's sixth time through Austin. During their last time through in April the band performed live on Austin's Good Day Live. SAY WHEN just may be the hardest working rock band in the United States, and when most people would stop touring and take time off - SAY WHEN just keeps going. They have a full-length album titled, "I'm With The Band" and a newly recorded Say When EP. For more information on SAY WHEN visit their Myspace site at: Myspace.com/saywhenmusic Remember: July 3rd, The Red Eyed Fly - Say When with The Banner Year