Baby Shakes

Baby Shakes
Origin New York City, USA
Genres Rock, power pop, punk
Years active 2005 –
Labels Douchemaster Records, Lil' Chewy Records
Website http://www.babyshakes.com
Members Mary Blount (lead voice, rhythm guitar)
Judy Lindsay (lead guitar, voice)
Claudia Gonzalez (bass, voice)
Ryan McHale (drums)

Baby Shakes is a music group from New York City. Baby Shakes call their music rock, power-pop and punk, and mentioned also glam and rock'n'roll.

History

Baby Shakes were founded 2004 in New York City by Mary Blount (born November 1982, from Seattle), Judy Lindsay (born November 1981, from Atlanta) and Claudia Gonzalez (born January 1984, from New York). Their first concert happened in February 2005. They have toured the US, Europe twice (September 2007, November/December 2009) and Japan (February 2009). A third tour in Europe with a stopover in UK/Ireland is taking place in August and September 2015 following the release of their second full length album (due August 2015) and a second Japanese tour in February 2016.

The drums are played by certain colleagues, currently Ryan McHale (New York), formerly their drummer was Dave Rahn from Atlanta (he drums actually for Gentleman Jesse and Carbonas). Rahn played the drums on all recordings. During the tour in Japan in February 2009 the drums were played by Travis Ramin (Nikki Corvette, Fevers); on the last European 2009 tour the drumming was provided by the Japanese New Yorker Shingo Nishimaru.

Discography

With You Around/Too Much Time“ is dedicated to Bobby Ubangi.

Reception

Mark Deming of Allmusic in his review of The First One referred to the group as "three good-looking gals who can write great pop tunes with a dash of punk rock energy and girl group harmonies to boot" he goes on to call their songs "as refreshing as a tall glass of lemonade on a hot day". Deming does lament that "the production by Dave Rahn...could use a bit more body" but goes on to conclude "the music's good enough that you can play the album two or three times in a row without it wearing out its welcome".[1] J. Edward Keyes of Rolling Stone refers to the group as "[t]he new sound of old punk".[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Review The First One". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  2. ↑ Keyes, J. Edward (25 June 2009). "Hype Monitor: Sunset Rubdown, Target Market, Baby Shakes". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, January 13, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.