Alabama Shakes at Central Park Summerstage in June (more by Chris La Putt)

One of the biggest success stories of 2012 was blues rockers Alabama Shakes, who quickly escalated from selling out relatively small shows to much larger ones in a matter of months. They're already showing up on multiple year-end lists, and are sure to end up on more, but we reached out to them to see what their year-end list is.

Alabama Shakes' Best LPs of 2012 list includes some associates like Fly Golden Eagle, who they took on tour with them, and Jack White, who took the Shakes on tour with him. It also includes another supporter of theirs, Patterson Hood, who also took them on tour, and Deer Tick/Los Lobos side project Diamond Rugs, who they played with at Central Park.

Some other great albums are on there too. You can check out the whole list and a performance and interview video of the band filmed in Chicago. below...

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photos by Tracy Allison

"Hearing every person in Terminal 5 sing every word of Alabama Shakes' "Hold On" is an extremely emotional experience." - J. Edward Keyes

"The reason people talk about them like they descended from the firmament in a golden chariot is because they've emerged at a time that is starved for purist rock and roll. The popular music market consists almost exclusively of glossy, big-budget EDM; the Shakes, on the other hand, sound like they were born during a jam in your living room. Like Jack White (for whom they served as an opening act back in the spring), they are a refreshing reminder that bare-bones rock music used to be a big thing, and can still be a thing if you're persistent enough." [EW]

Alabama Shakes are out on tour, playing huge venues across the country with Nashville's Fly Golden Eagle. That tour came to NYC Thursday night when the band headlined Terminal 5. Missouri's Riley Downing opened the night. Here are some pictures of all of it.

The band are now down in Maryland to play Virgin FreeFest this afternoon (10/6). If you're not there, you can watch the livestream. The tour ends in Austin at the ACL festival, and you won't be there, you can stream their set that day too. On 10/25 the Shakes open for Neil Young & Crazy Horse in their home state of Alabama. On 12/1 they return to Chicago where they last played on 9/11 as part of a free American Family Dream show.

All tour dates, more pictures from Terminal 5, and the band's new video for "I Ain't The Same", below...

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Alabama Shakes at Central Park Summerstage in June (more by Chris La Putt)

Alabama Shakes have been having a pretty great year. In only a matter of months, they went from having some out of nowhere success to selling out Bowery and Music Hall to filling a free Central Park show to capacity, and then appearing on Fallon right after. Now they've announced another tour which brings them back to NYC for a headlining show at Terminal 5 on October 4. The tour is being supported by Fly Golden Eagle. A pre-sale begins Wednesday (7/11) at noon and Tickets for the T5 show go on sale to the general public on Friday (7/13) at noon.

The band are also set to perform on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on August 13.

A list of all dates and a video below...

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