Shannon and the Clams

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“There’s chaos everywhere, and chaos in the world, and chaos in his brain, and chaos in his pants.” Such is the tale of “Well But Strangely Hung Man,” the first single from Sonny & the Sunsets‘ new album Moods Baby Moods. That single, one of the Sunsets’ funkier efforts to date, now has a very […]

Listen to Shannon & the Clams and Holy Wave offer psychedelic covers for the ‘Pet Sounds’ tribute, and M. Ward take on the peppier “You’re So Good To Me.”

The party animals at Burger Records have a lot coming up in 2016. They’ve just announced details for their annual two-day Burger Boogaloo which will happen June 25 & 26 at in Oakland, CA’s Mosswood Park…

Shannon & the Clams have made a video for “The Bog,” one of the standout cuts from 2015’s Gone by the Dawn. The video was written and directed by Dan Shaw and tells a story of kidnapping, ATM hacking and revenge…

As mentioned, Ringo Deathstarr’s CMJ schedule includes a show at Rough Trade on October 17 which turns out to be this year’s Levitation Fest showcase…

Two post-punk bands, DC’s political Priests and UK’s Shopping, will be playing a few US shows together this November. One of those is in NYC on 11/21 at …

The 2015 CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 13-17, and today the initial list of artists was revealed. A bunch of these are NYC shows we’ve posted about (browse our “CMJ” tag), but highlights include Car Seat Headrest, Cheatahs, Destruction Unit, Dent May, Dilly Dally, Doomsquad, Drinks, Eternal Summers, Evans the Death, Ex Hex, Expert Alterations, Ezra Furman, Frankie Cosmos, Hooton Tennis Club, Kamasi Washington, Kero Kero Bonito, Mercury Rev, Nai Harvest, Neon Indian, Panda Bear, Perfect Pussy, Protomartyr, S, Shannon and the Clams, Slim Twig, Stealing Sheep, The Album Leaf, The Dirty Nil, The Men, The Wonder Years, Titus Andronicus and Wil…

Shannon & the Clams‘ new album, Gone by the Dawn, is out next week and you can stream the whole thing right now (via Noisey). Sticking to their early ’60s R&B/rock n’ roll style, it features perhaps Shannon and Cody Blanchard’s best batch of songs yet with killer performances and spot-on production…

Shannon and the Clams have shared another song from their upcoming album, Gone by the Dawn (out September 11 on Hardly Art). “It’s Too Late” features the vocal/lyrical talents of Clams guitarist Cody Blanchard who brings his raw-throat, sing-it-like-you-mean-it style as always…