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Best of the Fest: Minnesota Yacht Club and Pitchfork

Minnesota Yacht Club 2025 Read More Minnesota Yacht Club Festival There is a new major music festival coming to Minneapolis in 2024. The very first Minnesota Yacht Club Festival (MYC) will be held at Harriet Island Regional Park on July 19-20, 2024. …

Minnesota Yacht Club
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No surprises here, but Minnesota Yacht Club Festival (MYC) returns to Minnesota. Presale (lowest priced-tickets) will be made available today, January 30 at 10am. Public on-sale to follow if tickets remain. If you want to go, I suggest getting a ticket now, because it’s likely to sell out, like last year.

We had a blast in 2024 with Alanis Morissette (on Friday) and Red Hot Chili Peppers (on Saturday).

Gwen Stefani at MN Yacht Club (19 July 2024)

We liked all the bands, particularly loved Gwen Stefani’s set, we concluded that, “It was a massive turnout; one of the best attended festivals we’ve seen…. We’re very impressed with the first annual Minnesota Yacht Club Festival. It’s incredibly well organized. They kept the music going between the two stages, as soon as one ends, the other begins. It’s an all-day event, and the best part is you can leave and come back as much as you like (before 7pm).”

The lineup for 2025 is listed below. We’ve seen most of these bands before, and the bands I’m most excited about is Garbage and Weezer.

Friday - July 18 Hozier Alabama Shakes Train Sheryl Crow Father John Misty Gigi Perez The 502s Hamilton Leithauser Mike Kota Maygen & the Birdwatcher

Saturday - July 19 Fall Out Boy Weezer Remi Wolf OAR Cory Wong Motion City Soundtrack Silversun Pickups Jake Clemons Raffaella LAAMAR

Sunday - July 20 Green Day Sublime 311 Garbage Semisonic Beach Bunny The Beaches Grace Bowers Winona Fighter Landon Conrath

Pitchfork Music Festival announcement Read More Pitchfork Music Festival The Pitchfork Festival 2008 will take place July 18-20th and will feature over forty bands. I think this Festival is shaping up quite well, and who knows? Maybe in a few years it will rival some of England's …

Pitchfork Music Festival
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Pitchfork is dead, long live Pitchfork.

On the verge of the 20th anniversary of Pitchfork Music Festival, there was a surprise announcement last November stating that the festival was no more. No reasons were given.

When we first heard and wrote about Pitchfork Music Festival in 2007, we thought they could rival “Glastonbury and Reading”, that’s how big we thought they could get. If you are going to get that big, you are going to have to hire bigger music acts to attract more people. With these popular music acts, it was going to cost more and more.

Anyway, in a recent article by WBEZ (published Jan 29, 2025), they explained that it was mostly due to “escalating costs from all corners of the concert industry, from production to artist fees, contributed to the festival’s eventual demise.”

The interview with festival co-founder Mike Reed he tells WBEZ that the event owner, Condé Nast was pushing him to get commercial pop acts such as Justin Bieber or Demi Lovato to headline Pitchfork 2025. Reed stated that his producing team were already not happy that Alanis Morissette headlined last summer.

It is a shame that Pitchfork couldn’t end with a 20th Anniversary celebration… but I wouldn’t count them out just yet. Based on everything that I know, I feel like Pitchfork will continue a little later, but on a smaller scale and with Reed in full control of who headlines this alternative music festival.

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Minneapolis: December 17 to December 18

12/17 Yam Haus at Palace Theatre Read More Yam Haus Scrunchies, Gully Boys, The Carnegies, Static Panic, Annie Mack, Yam Haus, Faith Boblett First Avenue Fri 01/04/2019 …

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12/17/2021 Friday

Yam Haus
with DNM and Keep For Cheap
at Palace Theatre
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Indie-pop foursome Yam Haus is currently touring with Blue October… However, they’ll be headlining the Palace Theatre in St Paul, at the end of their long stadium-sized support tour.

With their latest single, “body goes”, the band lead singer Lars Pruitt talked about how the song came about, “It is a song we wrote together with Gabe Simon and Dani Poppit in Nashville, TN. Gabe said, 'do you guys wanna write a love song?' and our guitar player Seth said 'I could say a million things about love, I don’t want to.' Gabe said, 'that’s a song.' Dani added the crazy slide guitar idea to the group and initially sang that and we were like yes that makes it a lot weirder of a song which we felt it needed. For me, on a personal level it’s pretty much about me acknowledging how happy I am to be in a super solid relationship with my significant other.”

Following the completion of the Blue October tour, they’ll headline a hometown show at Palace Theatre in Saint Paul on December 17.

DNM and Keep For Cheap to open.

Tour dates

Nov. 27 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
Nov. 28 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
Dec 1. – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
Dec. 2 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
Dec. 3 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco Theater
Dec. 4 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
Dec. 5 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues Anaheim
Dec. 17 – St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre

12/17 Maggie Rose at 7th St Entry Read More Maggie Rose Nashville roots-rock soul powerhouse Maggie Rose released her third studio album Have a Seat. The album recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL, and was produced by Ben Tanner …

12/17/2021 Friday

Maggie Rose
with Them Vibes and Dylan Hartigan
at 7th St Entry
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MAGGIE ROSE
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Nashville roots-rock soul powerhouse Maggie Rose released her third studio album Have a Seat. The album recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL, and was produced by Ben Tanner (Alabama Shakes).

Rose comments, “These songs were written during a contentious time, and there are undertones to the lyrics that are influenced by the state of our world politics and the politics of the music industry. The title Have a Seat is responsorial, placing an emphasis on inclusivity — like, ‘Here, sit down. Let’s try talking to each other.’ One of the most loving things we can do is listen and make others feel heard — give people the space to speak their mind and be themselves. However, there’s also an intended meaning to the title that points to the power in occupying the seat that’s designated to you: I am claiming a seat I believe is rightfully mine, and I want others to do the same.”

Maggie Rose On Tour

12/8 @ Asbury Lanes | Asbury Park, NJ
12/9 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY
12/10 @ Birchmere | Alexandria, VA
12/15 @ Knuckleheads Saloon | Kansas City, MO
12/16 @ Shank Hall | Milwaukee, WI
12/17 @ 7th Street Entry | Minneapolis, MN
12/18 @ SPACE | Evanston, IL

12/17 L.A. Witch at Fine Line Read More L.A. Witch The first time we saw L.A. Witch, they opened up for the Kills in May 2016. We described the trio (Sade Sanchez, Irita Pai, and Ellie English) as “musically, the moody band sounded like Mazzy Star (vocally) …

12/17/2021 Friday

L.A. Witch
with Black Widows and Big Salt
at Fine Line
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All-girls band L.A. Witch will be stopping by the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis on December 17th. The trio recently teamed up with Atlanta’s The Coathangers to release One Way or the Highway, out now on Suicide Squeeze.

Black Widows and Big Salt to open.

Tour dates:

Nov 27 isbee, AZ at The Quarry
Nov 30 Denton, TX at Andy's Bar
Dec 2 Atlanta, GA at 529
Dec 3 Carrboro, NC at Cat's Cradle
Dec 4 Baltimore, MD at Baltimore Soundstage
Dec 5 Philadelphia, PA at Underground Arts
Dec 7 Brooklyn, NY at Warsaw
Dec 8 Boston, MA at Paradise Rock Club
Dec 9 Montreal, QC at L'Astral
Dec 10 Toronto, ON at Danforth Music Hall
Dec 11 Millvale, PA at Mr Smalls Theatre
Dec 11 Pittsburgh, PA at Mr. Smalls
Dec 12 Cleveland, OH at Beachland Ballroom
Dec 14 Columbus, OH at Skully's Music Diner
Dec 15 Detroit, MI at Magic Stick
Dec 16 Chicago, IL at Metro
Dec 17 Minneapolis, MN at Fine Line
Dec 19 Denver, CO at Bluebird Theater
Jan 14 Highland Park, CA at Lodge Room
Jan 15 San Diego, CA at The Casbah
May 4 Milan, Italy at Biko
May 20 London at Moth Club
May 24 Berlin, Germany at Kantine am Berghain
May 25 Copenhagen, Denmark at Musikcaféen
May 28 Johanneshov, Sweden at Hus 7

12/18 Chicano Batman at First Avenue Read More Chicano Batman Chicano Batman to open. The cape crusader was last seen at SXSW with their new song “Black Lipstick”, featuring back up vocals by Saudia Yasmein. …

12/18/2021 Saturday

Chicano Batman
with Los Retros
at First Avenue
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Los Angeles’ Chicano Batman will be headlining the mainroom at First Avenue this December 18th. The group latest album Invisible People came out on ATO Records in 2020… but obviously with the pandemic, this will be the first time we’ll hear the songs live in Minnesota.

Los Retros to open. The band recently shared their new single, “Solo Tu”, which was inspired by a classic Spanish love song… and it is their first Spanish-language song.

Tour dates:

12/09 Nashville, TN: Brooklyn Bowl *
12/10 Atlanta, GA: Terminal West *
12/11 Raleigh, NC: Lincoln Theatre *
12/13 Boston, MA: Paradise *
12/14 New York, NY: Webster Hall *
12/15 Philadelphia, PA: Union Transfer *
12/17 Chicago, IL: Concord Music Hall *
12/18 Minneapolis, MN: First Avenue *

* w/ Los Retros

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Girls Girls Girls: Diamond, Rainbow, Pink, Rose

Read more Girls Girls Girls.

Read More My Brightest Diamond Show up early to check out My Brightest Diamond (aka Shara Nova). The singer just dropped her new album A Million And One on November 23rd on Rhyme & Reason Records. She’s currently .…

MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND
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Shara Nova, band leader for My Brightest Diamond, announced a 10-year anniversary of her beloved song “I Have Never Loved Someone” with a brand new version, recorded live during a performance in Denmark for the Queen, with the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra with German conductor Andreas Delfs.

“I Have Never Loved Someone” was originally on My Brightest Diamond’s All Things Will Unwind LP in 2011, and became one of her best-known song.

“I Have Never Loved Someone” is being released as a special vinyl, with the b-side of “Love Was There”, featuring Vincent Taurelle (Air, Beck, Christine and The Queens) on synths and Lydia Cleaver from Cass Tech Harp and Vocal Ensemble on harp.

The two-song release is the first of My Brightest Diamond’s new releases since two spring 2019 stand-alone singles “Quiet Loud” and “Dorian”.

We caught MBD in Dec 2018 and wrote about hearing “I Have Never Loved Someone” as being one of the best song on her set:

“The whole show felt more like an art performance, complete with dance sequences. I think my personal favorite is for the penultimate song, “I Have Never Loved Someone”, which was done almost like a capella. This really showcased Shara’s beautiful vocals.”

RAINBOW GIRLS
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Bay Area trio Rainbow Girls will be releasing their EP of all-new original songs called Dumpster Fire on December 6, 2021.

If you listen to the song “Doesn’t Make Any Sense” (from the Dumpster Fire EP), it apparently tells a story of a single weekend, according to Erin Chapin (one-third of the trio): “The storyline moves through the events of a single weekend with two lovers finally coming together, just to be pulled apart by some unknown and unnamed force. Though written through the lens of a personal, very literal experience with romantic love, the overarching theme of 'Doesn’t Make Any Sense' is something everyone seems to be experiencing right now: the pandemic; climate change; homelessness; the refusal to treat all types of people with dignity, respect, and equality. Nothing makes any sense. How can salvation be so obvious, yet so intangible?”

Check out Rainbow Girls on tour:

January 14th — Fargo, ND — Sanctuary Events Center*
January 15th — Fargo, ND — Sanctuary Events Center*
January 16th — Omaha, NE — Slowdown*
January 17th — Omaha, NE — Slowdown*
January 19th — Iowa City, IA — Englert Theatre*
January 21st — Iowa City, IA — Englert Theatre*
January 22nd — Bloomington, IL — Castle Theatre*
January 23rd — Bloomington, IL — Castle Theatre*
January 24th — Nashville, TN — Exit/In*
January 25th — Nashville, TN — Exit/In*
January 31st — Pensacola, FL — Vinyl Music Hall*
February 1st — Pensacola, FL — Vinyl Music Hall*
February 2nd — Savannah, GA — Victory North Savannah*
February 3rd — Savannah, GA — Victory North Savannah*
March 18th-25th — Cayamo Cruise

*supporting The Dead South

SUE FOLEY
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Award-winning blues guitarist/singer Sue Foley released Pinky’s Blues in October. The album features several new original songs from Foley, plus some covers of old favorite blues and roots artists.

To support the release of Pinky’s Blues, she’s set on doing a few live concerts…. Including a stop in St Paul on Dec 8th, at the Turf Club.

Tour Dates:

DEC 3 Knuckleheads Saloon Kansas City, MO
DEC 4 Zoo Bar Lincoln, NE
DEC 7 Shank Hall Milwaukee, WI
DEC 8 Turf Club St Paul, MN
DEC 9 Vangarde Arts Sioux City, IA
DEC 10 The Washington Burlington,
DEC 11 The Coda Concert House Joplin, MO
DEC 17 Mercer Street DanceHall Dripping Springs, TX
DEC 28 The Jungle Show Austin, TX
DEC 29 The Jungle Show Austin, TX
FEB 11, 2022 Charles Bender Performing Arts Center Humble, TX
FEB 20, 2022 Blue Jay Listening Room Jacksonville Beach, FL
FEB 21, 2022 Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea Miami, FL
MAR 3, 2022 Zebulon Los Angeles, CA
MAR 4, 2022 Hopmonk Tavern Novato, CA

MAGGIE ROSE
maggierosemusic.com

Nashville roots-rock soul powerhouse Maggie Rose released her third studio album Have a Seat. The album recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL, and was produced by Ben Tanner (Alabama Shakes).

Rose comments, “These songs were written during a contentious time, and there are undertones to the lyrics that are influenced by the state of our world politics and the politics of the music industry. The title Have a Seat is responsorial, placing an emphasis on inclusivity — like, ‘Here, sit down. Let’s try talking to each other.’ One of the most loving things we can do is listen and make others feel heard — give people the space to speak their mind and be themselves. However, there’s also an intended meaning to the title that points to the power in occupying the seat that’s designated to you: I am claiming a seat I believe is rightfully mine, and I want others to do the same.”

Maggie Rose On Tour

12/8 @ Asbury Lanes | Asbury Park, NJ
12/9 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY
12/10 @ Birchmere | Alexandria, VA
12/15 @ Knuckleheads Saloon | Kansas City, MO
12/16 @ Shank Hall | Milwaukee, WI
12/17 @ 7th Street Entry | Minneapolis, MN
12/18 @ SPACE | Evanston, IL

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W♥M125: SXSW 2012

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Brody stopped in to talk about SXSW 2012. What's in store for him?

March 13
Girls, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Fanfarlo, and Young Man at Fitzgeralds in Houston, Texas

March 14
Sydney Wayser at Betsy’s Bar (12pm)
Sydney Wayser at Rusty’s (1:45pm)
Radio Day Stage Austin Convention Center: Michael Kiwanuka (3pm), Alabama Shakes (4pm), Honeyhoney (5pm)
Warehouse: Blondfire (8pm), Tribes (9pm), fun. (10pm), Twin Atlantic (11pm), Neon Trees (12am), Kasabian (1am)
Tennis at Red 7 (10pm)
Pomegranates at Trinity Hall (11:30pm)
The Drums at Stage on Sixth Patio (1am)

March 15
Cedar Street Courtyard: Twiilite (11am), Coldair (11:30am), Paula i Karol (12pm), Zulu Winter (1pm), Reptar (2pm), Band of Skulls (3pm), Kaiser Chiefs (4pm), Keane (5pm)
Club de Ville: Sarah Jaffe (8pm), Hundred Visions (9pm), Fanfarlo (10pm), Tennis (11pm), White Rabbits (12am), Youth Lagoon (1am)
Spectrals at Swan Dive (8pm)
Jonquil at Latitude 30 (10pm)
Miike Snow at Lustre Pearl (12am)

March 16
Flat Top Burger Shop: Education (12pm), The Wedding Present (1pm), Spectrals (2pm), A Classic Education (3pm), Literature (4pm), The Spinto Band (5pm), Treetop Flyers (6pm), Dutch Uncles (7pm)
Fanfarlo at Radio Day Stage Austin Convention Center (2pm)
Cedar Street: Graffiti6 (4pm), Fanfarlo (5pm)
Easy Tiger Patio: Leftover Cuties (8pm), Sydney Wayser (9pm), D E N A (10pm), Ximena Sarinana (11pm), Alabama Shakes (12am), Girl in a Coma (1am)
Of Monsters and Men at Stubb's (9pm)
Tribes at Maggie Mae's Rooftop (1am)
Treasure Island: The Riff Raff (11pm), All the Young (12am)

March 17
Flat Top Burger Shop: Seapony (12pm), The Brute Chorus (1pm), Django Django (2pm), North Highlands (3pm), Jonquil (4pm), Wild Moccasins (5pm), The Staves (6pm)
Latitude 30: Clock Opera (9pm), Django Django (10pm), Maverick Sabre (11pm), Slow Club (12am), Toddla T (1am)
Sony Club at Red 7: The Twilight Sad (11pm), We Were Promised Jetpacks (12am), Star Slinger (1am)
Lissy Trullie at Clive Bar (12am)

Song of the show is The Cribs' "Come On, Be A No One".

The Cribs are on tour:

04/03 - Portland, OR – Holocene 04/04 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café 04/07 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry 04/09 - Chicago, IL - Schubas 04/10 - Pontiac, MI - The Pike Room 04/11 - Toronto, ON - Lee’s Palace 04/13 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg

04/14 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall 05/07 - Nottingham - Rock City 05/08 - London - The Troxy 05/09 - Bristol - O2 Academy 05/11 - Glasgow - Barrowlands 05/12 - Manchester - Academy 05/13 - Eastbourne - Winter Gardens

BONUS: Jordan from Howler dissed the Minneapolis music scene, in particular calling out 4onthefloor as "crap". Howler is the hot-new-buzz band at the moment. Plus, Prissy Clerks.

Also, WHAT??? There's a second part to this show??? An unexpected Sally & Dave appearance:

Their band, still unnamed. Possible names: Phonebook Inspector and All Talk

Australian Idol

Clem Snide's "Don't Stop Believin'" in sad, sad ukulele

2 Broke Girls

Extras

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W♥M121: Soul Revival

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This is part two of Lara's epic W♥M Radio appearance.

I was originally going to include a review of Mitch Ryder's Devils & Blue Dresses: My Wild Ride as a Rock and Roll Legend book along with the podcast, but seeing as the book was just released last Tuesday (according to amazon.com) and my lack of time on my schedule this week, I've decided to just push this on the front page. I will put up a review for the book later. The audio recording is a first impression and thoughts on the book.

Details of the book:

DEVILS & BLUE DRESSES
My Wild Ride as a Rock and Roll Legend
By Mitch Ryder
Publisher: Cool Titles
Publication Date: December 2011
Price: $25.95/hardcover; CD included
ISBN: 978-1-935270-01-0

The second half of the show is Lara's music pick of The Alabama Shakes and why she loves them. Song of the show is "You Ain't Alone", which was taken from their youtube, so apologies for the poor audio. Generally I'm sent the audio source, but the internet gods were not with Lara.

UPDATE: Added Alabama Shakes tour dates.

Dec 13 The MOTR Pub Cincinnati, OH Dec 14 Radio Radio Indianapolis, IN Dec 15 The Hideout Chicago, IL Dec 17 S.P.A.C.E. Evanston, IL Dec 18 Old Rock House St Louis, MO Dec 29 Orange Peel Social Aid Asheville, NC Dec 31 9:30 Club Washington, DC Jan 13 40 Watt Athens, GA Jan 19 One Eyed Jacks New Orleans, LA Jan 20 Continental Club Houston, TX Jan 21 Continental Club Austin, TX

Jan 24 Belly Up Solana Beach, CA Jan 25 Troubadour w/ Dry The River Los Angeles, CA Jan 26 Independent w/ Dry The River San Francisco, CA Jan 28 Doug Fir Portland, OR Jan 29 Media Club Vancouver, Canada Jan 31 Crocodile Club Seattle, WA Feb 02 The State Room Salt Lake City, UT Feb 04 Fox Theater Boulder, CO Feb 22 Boston Arms London, United Kingdom Feb 23 Boston Arms London, United Kingdom Feb 24 Boston Arms London, United Kingdom

BONUS: Other 'modern' soul bands, Sharon Jones and Lady Dottie finish up the rest of the show. And to 'book end' the show is a rather off-topic discussion on Harry Potter.

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The Alabama Shakes

Tour Dates 09/07/11 Bama Theatre - Tuscaloosa, AL 09/08/11 Trustees Theatre - Savannah, GA 09/10/11 Track 29 - Chattanooga, TN 09/24/11 Next Big Nashville presents: SOUNDLAND 09/30/11 The Basement - Nashville, TN 11/05/11 Standard Deluxe - Waverly, AL 12/03/11 Blue Canoe - Tupelo, MS

I’m going to make a bold claim here and declare the Alabama Shakes—a four-piece from Athens, AL—the “best new band you’ve never heard of.” Calling the Shakes“new” is a bit of a misnomer, as they’ve been creating music together since 2009. However, like most gifted unsigned musicians, the band is still largely anonymous outside of the blogosphere. Perhaps it’s a problem of geography; Athens is nowhere near anything resembling a brownstone or an Urban Outfitters, nor is Alabama a frontrunner (or even a participant) in the mad dash towards cultural relevance. Which begs the question (a question we—the pointlesslyinnocuous Northerners—are always hesitant to ask): how did the Deep South produce such progressive music?

The answer isn’t as exciting as the music, but it is relatable. Brittany Howard (vox/guitar/piano), Zach Cockrell (bass) and Heath Fogg (guitar) attended the same high school in Athens. Howard and Cockrell initially formed the band, later recruiting Steve Johnson (drums) and then Fogg, whose current band at the time needed an opener.The four friends built their relationship on a mutual appreciation for creative diversity. Or, as Howard puts it: “All of our influences were both congruent and very different—it was interesting music in a not so interesting town.”

In simple terms, the Shakes are a “soul revival” band. Howard has the kind of big, pulpit voice reminiscent of soul giants like Aretha or Bettye LaVette. But you won’t find her belting ballads for the cocktail crowd; she’s far too naughty to jive with suits and heels. Unless it’s a zoot suit whose owner is tearing it up on the dance floor, James Brown style. That’s more like it. Because, at the end of the day, the Shakes—as their name implies—seem determined to give their audience a full body jolt. Whether it’s a playful booty shaker (“Hang Loose”) or core-shatteringamore (“You Ain’t Alone”), the band delivers an emotional punch to a generation hell-bent on staring dolefully at the ground. This is rock ‘n soul and it hurts so good.

The Alabama Shakes will be playing select shows with the Drive-By Truckers this fall. They are currently unsigned, but it sounds like the offers are pouring in. Keep up to date on Facebook and listen to songs on Reverbnation.

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