Colin Gilmore’s new album Goodnight Lane, will be available nationwide on August 17th.

Goodnight Lane’s first track “Circles in the Yard” was produced by Bay Area producer Scott Mathews, an industry legend whose resume includes: Clapton, Jagger, Richards, Orbison, Costello, Hiatt, Santana, Ramone, and Wilson. Gilmore sent Matthews his first recording, the EP Four of No Kind, which led to the two co-writing and recording three songs.

Grammy-winning producer Lloyd Maines and Eric McKinney co-produced the album, with the exception of “Circles InThe Yard.” Colin also showcased at SXSW and NXNE.

Shane Blay is a guitarist/vocalist for the indie band, Oh, Sleeper. The Texas based group has been compared to Slipknot and Underoath. You can learn more about the band here. Follow the band on Twitter @weareohsleeper.

For the past five years my brothers in Oh, Sleeper and myself have sacrificed our lives, our time, relationships, birthdays, holidays, health (haha) to travel around and play shows for our fans. Not to say that isn’t been a fun ride!

I would just like to bring a few things to our fans attention.

I would like to show you guys an average day in finances for a “mid-level” band like us. I’m going to breakdown the average monetary ins and outs of a day on tour.

On tour, bands have two ways to make money – guarantees and merchandise.

Sarah Jaffe is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of her debut full-length album – Suburban Nature.  Due out May 18, 2010 on Kirtland Records, the album was produced by John Congleton (Polyphonic Spree, Explosions in the Sky).

Suburban Nature will be most people’s introduction to this incredibly talented 23 year-old singer/songwriter from Denton, TX.  However, Sarah has been turning heads with her memorable live performances over the past couple of years, recently supporting Midlake on their sold out European tour and select dates with Norah Jones.

The South by Southwest Music Festival has been running strong, and getting stronger, since it originated in 1987. Austin considers itself the live music capital of the world, and though cities would like to battle that claim, musicians and music industry types clamor to the capital of Texas every March from around the globe.

Austin has had an entertainment district for several decades. As the home of the state government and the University of Texas, Austin has always had lively nightspots, some of which date back to the 1800s, when many of General Custer’s troops poured into clubs after the Civil War. The majority of these clubs were located along 6th street and 4th street, where the entertainment district is still located today, and the musical styles varied widely due to the mix of Mexican, colonial and German settlers. The area today hosts the highest concentration of original music nightclubs of any other city worldwide.

Texas based indie band, Big Red Rooster, fuse infectious funk rock jams with tongue twisting rhymes and soul melting melodies.