Boombox – ATX Hip Hop

The first time I went to Austin, TX (two years ago), I didn’t have much lined up for live music. I knew I wanted to see Jon Dee Graham at the Saxon Pub and we checked out Bob Schneider at the Pier on Lake Austin.

On our last night, we checked out Antone’s because I knew Stevie Ray Vaughan got his start there. After asking the bartender who was performing, he said a new band called Boombox, made up of some of the remaining band members from The Scabs (Bob Schneider led The Scabs before going solo).

An hour later Boombox exploded on stage with a jazz, funk, hip-hop fusion of sound. I was blown away by their energy. I remember trying to find them online after I got back in Chicago, but they were nowhere to be found. Tonight I found them and downloaded a live track from their podcast. If you’re ever in “ATX”, make sure to check out Boombox. It looks like they have shows weekly.
Boombox – Standin’ (Live)