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Alabama Shakes

Alabama Shakes at Hype Hotel, March 15, 2012. Photo by Chris Barth.
Hype Hotel, March 15, 2012. Photo by Chris Barth.

melophobe saw Alabama Shakes twice between March 2012 and May 2012, in Austin and George.

Songs we posted

  1. Hold OnSpotify Apple YouTube
  2. You Ain't AloneSpotify Apple YouTube

Every show, in order

  1. March 15, 2012

    Alabama Shakes

    Hype Hotel, SXSW 2012, Austin, TX

    Words and photos by Chris Barth

    14 photos

  2. May 26, 2012

    Alabama Shakes

    Bigfoot Stage, Sasquatch! 2012, George, WA

    Words by Nicci Boots, photos by Troy Dunham

    6 photos

Fifty-word review

Boys & Girls

6.8 out of 10

Brittany Howard’s slurry, big-hearted warble lets Alabama Shakes get away with more cliché and sentiment than it should. (There are more “bless-my-souls” here than a Christian pop album.) The sonic structures surprise more than most Memphis R&B records and the music’s fuzziness conveys more ambiguity than the oft-insipid lyrics.

Reminds us of Amy Winehouse / The Black Crowes / Sharon Jones, with less Dap-Kings and more Lynyrd Skynyrd
By Walter Biggins, May 22, 2012