WWOZ 90.7 FM in New Orleans will broadcast The Iguanas' show at the South by Southwest Music Conference live over the radio and streaming world-wide from their web site on Thursday, March 19. You will be able to listen to sets by Yep Roc Records label-mates Beausoleil (10 pm) and The Iguanas (11 pm) by pointing your browser to wwoz.org. The showcase of five Yep Roc bands (which also includes Howe Gelb, The Gourds and Dave Alvin's tribute to Chris Gaffney) takes place at the famed Continental Club in Austin, TX.

Read a news item from 2006 on the Iguanas.com news archive web page...

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Offbeat Magazine, New Orleans' monthly music publication, has honored us with not one, but two "Best of the Beat" music awards. At a special gala at Harrah’s Theater in New Orleans on January 28, The Iguanas were presented with awards for “Best Roots Rock Band” [other nominees were: The subdudes, Susan Cowsill, Paul Sanchez and The Zydepunks] and “Best Roots Rock Album of 2008” [also nominated in this catagory: Bobby Charles - Homemade Songs, Paul Sanchez - Exit To Mystery Street, Amanda Shaw - Pretty Runs Out, and The Zydepunks - Finisterre]

Thank you, Offbeat.

The Iguanas have been nominated for Best Country/Folk/Roots Rock Band and Best Country/Folkl/Roots Rock Album in OffBeat Magazine'sannual "Best of the Beat" Awards. We'd like to ask you to go tooffbeat.com before January 22 and cast your vote for The Iguanas andall your other favorite Louisiana musicians by clicking on the "VOTE NOW" link at the top right corner of the offbeat.com home page.

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The Iguanas were included in several year-end "best of 2008" lists. Keith Spera of the New Orleans Times-Picayune picked the Iguanas for a list of 10 best local CDs:

http://blog.nola.com/keithspera/2008/12/keith_spera_names_the_10_best.html

Offbeat Magazine ranked If You Should Fall On Hard Times number 6 of the top 20 albums of 2008:

http://offbeat.com/artman/publish/article_3459.shtml

And Offbeat's Dan Willging picked the new CD for an article in December's issue in which contributing writers pick their "Hot Five" CDs of 2008 (article not available online).

Worthy of note: Alison Fensterstock of New Orleans Gambit Weekly picked an Iguanas tune for "best odd rhyme" of 2008: "Coquette with Chalmette," but incorrectly identified the song as "Dancing For Dollars." The song is actually "Her Red Fishnets."

The Iguanas present a star-studded evening of music from our new record, as well as past favorites on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. Joining us will be lots of people who played on the record, as well as a few special guests to perform their own interpretations of Iguanas songs.
Join us, if you can. It should be a great evening.

The rave reviews of the new Iguanas CD keep coming in. CLICK HERE to read reviews from All Music Guide, OffBeat, Pop Matters, Honest Tune, etc.

Our new record "If You Should Ever Fall On Hard Times" is officially on sale. We are thrilled with the reception it's getting. Check out these reviews below:

http://www.sonicboomers.com/

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:h9fexzwkldse