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Band: The ShakesLocation: London, UKGenre: Pop / Indie / ElectronicaWebsite: www.theshakesmusic.com
Hot S.E. London four piece playing 3 ½ minute pop songs, The Shakes mix classic songwriting and catchy choruses with tough modern sounds, synths and electronic drums. It?s all in the mix of old and new. The band have been mates since they were kids ? Gaz and Junior are brothers. 3 years ago, the band bought themselves a hearse from a funeral parlour in East Ham and recorded their demo in the rock & roll Mecca of Brendan Lynch?s studio (Paul Weller, Primal Scream).With a glowing review from Steve Lamacq and sold out headline shows at The 100 Club The Borderline and The Metro, they signed to Tough Cookie records in July 2005. Their debut single Goodbye New York sold out in a week. Their second, ??Liberty Jones??, comes out on October 16th with a video supported by Tiscali and The Raindance Film Festival.The Shakes music stares squarely down the barrel at the mainstream. And with a catalogue of songs this good and an army of fans this loud, it surely can?t be long before they?re up there mixing it with the best of them.
It was the highlight of our summer - getting to play the Tiscali VIP tent at Reading Festival. Junior was so excited pulling into the festival that he drove up a massive ramp too fast and smashed the exhaust off his car. We don't do well with cars.Anyway, the whole set was filmed and now it's up online at Tiscali's site. You can check out 3 of our tracks here:http://www.tiscali.co.uk/music/sessions/the-shakes.htmlEnjoy xTHE SHAKES
It was the highlight of our summer - getting to play the Tiscali VIP tent at Reading Festival. Junior was so excited pulling into the festival that he drove up a massive ramp too fast and smashed the exhaust off his car. We don't do well with cars.
Anyway, the whole set was filmed and now it's up online at Tiscali's site. You can check out 3 of our tracks here:
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/music/sessions/the-shakes.html
Enjoy
xTHE SHAKES
Hello everyone,Thanks to everyone who made it down to The Borderline show on the 17th - we loved it, I think you could tell.And by the sounds of it so did these people, another great live review:http://www.new-noise.net/gig-reviews/the-shakes/the-borderline/live-the-shakes_406.htmlIf you were at the event then check out this link for a couple of cool photos of the night.< ...Read More »
Hello everyone,
Thanks to everyone who made it down to The Borderline show on the 17th - we loved it, I think you could tell.
And by the sounds of it so did these people, another great live review:
http://www.new-noise.net/gig-reviews/the-shakes/the-borderline/live-the-shakes_406.html
If you were at the event then check out this link for a couple of cool photos of the night.< ...
Hey everyone, Its the day we've been waiting for - our new single is finally out there! The 'Liberty Jones' CD also includes our great video supported by Raindance & Tiscali and another cool track called 'So Serious'.Read More »
Hey everyone,
Its the day we've been waiting for - our new single is finally out there! The 'Liberty Jones' CD also includes our great video supported by Raindance & Tiscali and another cool track called 'So Serious'.
Read More »
OK, so I took a a gamble. Bought an old £300 Volvo from a man near Brands Hatch with 10 months MOT hoping it'd do us for the Liberty Jones tour and this morning it ground to a halt coughing and spluttering in the Blackwall Tunnel duing rush hour. Managed to limp to the garage. Repairs will be three times the cost of the car.Fuck it.Anyone got a spare estate car going?Ed
OK, so I took a a gamble.
Bought an old £300 Volvo from a man near Brands Hatch with 10 months MOT hoping it'd do us for the Liberty Jones tour and this morning it ground to a halt coughing and spluttering in the Blackwall Tunnel duing rush hour.
Managed to limp to the garage. Repairs will be three times the cost of the car.
Fuck it.
Anyone got a spare estate car going?
Ed
::: VOTE FOR US @ XFM: MUSIC RESPONSE :::Liberty Jones has been a regular on Music Response over the past week. Cheers to everyone who's emailed and voted. As a result, we're now up for the Top 7 at 7. With your votes we could make it.Vote for Liberty Jones here: http://www.xfm.co.uk/article.asp?id=10638 Thank you. ::: RADIO 2 PLAYS LIBERTY JONES :::Dermot O'Leary played 'Liberty Jones' on Saturday and Mark Radcliffe played us on Tuesday. Apparently Matthew Wright will be playing the track too, but we're just not sure when - great news and the perfect station to reach a big audience.::: PHIL JUPITUS PLAYS US ON BBC 6MUSIC :::Got our first national radio play on ...Read More »
::: VOTE FOR US @ XFM: MUSIC RESPONSE :::
Liberty Jones has been a regular on Music Response over the past week. Cheers to everyone who's emailed and voted. As a result, we're now up for the Top 7 at 7. With your votes we could make it.
Vote for Liberty Jones here: http://www.xfm.co.uk/article.asp?id=10638
Thank you.
::: RADIO 2 PLAYS LIBERTY JONES :::
Dermot O'Leary played 'Liberty Jones' on Saturday and Mark Radcliffe played us on Tuesday. Apparently Matthew Wright will be playing the track too, but we're just not sure when - great news and the perfect station to reach a big audience.
::: PHIL JUPITUS PLAYS US ON BBC 6MUSIC :::
Got our first national radio play on ...
Mates of ours have stopped calling us The Shakes and started calling us The Breaks. Because that's what happens to every bit of kit we touch. In the last month we've lost a synth at a gig, smashed up a keyboard stand, broken a keyboard, lost a kit bag and had 3 strings break at 3 gigs in a row.Even by our standards, this Friday was exceptional.Gig in Swindon. Me, Gaz and Tim met up at the rehearsal room to pack the gear up. Tim's into his gadgets and he's brought along his TomTom satnav which he's stuck to the dashboard, all proud like a Dad who's kid's won at sports day.Only he must have set it to 'find the route with the most traffic in the whole of SW London' mode, because 1 1/2 hours later we're still not out of London. Finally, we get on the motorway. 'You'd better make up some time is Tim's advice'. It's good advice. I put my foot down. < ...Read More »
Mates of ours have stopped calling us The Shakes and started calling us The Breaks. Because that's what happens to every bit of kit we touch.
In the last month we've lost a synth at a gig, smashed up a keyboard stand, broken a keyboard, lost a kit bag and had 3 strings break at 3 gigs in a row.
Even by our standards, this Friday was exceptional.
Gig in Swindon. Me, Gaz and Tim met up at the rehearsal room to pack the gear up. Tim's into his gadgets and he's brought along his TomTom satnav which he's stuck to the dashboard, all proud like a Dad who's kid's won at sports day.
Only he must have set it to 'find the route with the most traffic in the whole of SW London' mode, because 1 1/2 hours later we're still not out of London. Finally, we get on the motorway. 'You'd better make up some time is Tim's advice'. It's good advice. I put my foot down. < ...
We've been lucky enough to be chosen to play at the Reading Festival on August 27th! We'll be playing 2 acoustic setsin the Tiscali VIP tent on the Sunday afternoon.We have 30 VIP tickets to hand out to our fans - so the first 30 people to send us a message on myspace can gettheir hands on these!! Be quick!THE SHAKESN.B. You must already hold Reading Festival weekend or day passes to be eligible for this competition.Tiscali Sessions - www.tiscali.co.uk/reading
We've been lucky enough to be chosen to play at the Reading Festival on August 27th! We'll be playing 2 acoustic setsin the Tiscali VIP tent on the Sunday afternoon.
We have 30 VIP tickets to hand out to our fans - so the first 30 people to send us a message on myspace can gettheir hands on these!! Be quick!
THE SHAKES
N.B. You must already hold Reading Festival weekend or day passes to be eligible for this competition.
Tiscali Sessions - www.tiscali.co.uk/reading
Wow, what a way to start our promotion of Liberty Jones. It has gone #1 in the PMC top 10! This is a chart of the songs being played by podcasters worlwide. Listen:-http://www.podmusiccountdown.com/archives/2006/08/pmc_top10_08130.htmlIf you are a podacster and a member of the Podsafe Music Network you can play this track and a couple of others from here:- http://music.podshow.comRead More »
Wow, what a way to start our promotion of Liberty Jones. It has gone #1 in the PMC top 10! This is a chart of the songs being played by podcasters worlwide. Listen:-http://www.podmusiccountdown.com/archives/2006/08/pmc_top10_08130.html
If you are a podacster and a member of the Podsafe Music Network you can play this track and a couple of others from here:- http://music.podshow.com
The single's here and you can order a copy today ahead of the April 2nd release date. There's loads of ways to get hold of it - whichever's best for you.
1. In the UKIncludes unheard b-side 'Remember This' and a 10 minute 'Best of Shakecasts'. There's a limited number available at HMV so you'll have to be quick: Buy Here
2. Outside the UKThe best way to get the CD outside the UK is through Amazon: Buy Here
3. Digital DownloadIf you love your music digital, you can get the download for just 79p at Indiestore: Buy Here
4. UK TextThis is clever. Just text BETTER to 78789 to reserve a copy of the download (texts cost 1.50)
