A. Tom Collins

Piano and obscure horns play old-timey sounds that meet rock and punk that will make you dance and drink.

 A TOM COLLINS PLAYS AND TALKS

      
                                       and check out this set list as DJ'd by Portals music blog.

Sky – Young Pharohs

Not the same – A.D. six

All about – Tyler Jerome

Director’s Cut -  Samurai Buck

JPTW – Stag

Righteous Black – Gauntlet Hair

Get Strange – MuscleKraft

Calm July –Spires

and the rest of the show....
Lovely – Noel Zancanella

Earthquake - Slim Cessna’s Autoclub –

Drug - The Czars 

Oh yeah! oh no! - The Dirty Few 

Let it shine - Bad Weather California

and a Gregory Alan Isakov interview!

                                                                    STREAM IT HERE

The Babysitters!

The excitement level of this week's guest was as high as my voice after I experienced their in-studio performance. The Babysitters are Denver's Maureen Hearty on drums/vocals, Eric Allen on bass/vocals and Gregory Hill on guitar/vocals. Greg wrote a book and the Local Shakedown theme song, Eric is in The Apples and Stereo, and Maureen is one compelling drummer and tomato grower.

They recently released an LP, Have a Seat. This album is a top notch listen for all but is especially good for fans of Elephant 6 recordings and wierdo pop. Do yourself a favor and listen to this record and to their live performance below.

THE BABYSITTERS PLAY LIVE

Thanks to Tyler of Science Partner for joining me during the 4 o'clock hour. Listen to them here.

Petals of Spain

For 9 months I have kept a Local Shakedown blog with audio from every performance. Petals of Spain's performance and interview archive was lost, never to be heard again.  :(

R.I.P. 8-31-12 Local Shakedown. and the deepest of apologizes to Petals.... :c

and thanks to the Holy Underground artist collective for stopping by before their launch party which was a faantastic.

A Night of Joy

Don't be a poser. Here is some good punk music, performed live from A NIGHT OF JOY 

...and Gennny, Paul, and Caleb of Paper Bird joined us in the station to talk (and sing) about their upcoming performance of Carry On with Ballet Nouveau Colorado. GO! September 7th at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. PAPER BIRD SINGS

Some artists played:

Boulder Acoustic Society
El Toro de la Muerte 
Pin Downs
Navy Girls 
Drag the River
Sawmill Joe
--> Chimney Choir 
Haunted Windchimes
The Knew
Dovekins 
Bury My Bones 




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A Mouthful of Thunder

  

Listen to Denver's A Mouthful of Thunder perform their EP Slow Burn and listen to us chat with the band and learn how they got the name A MOUTHFUL OF THUNDER.

Their EP is really good and you should listen to this one for sure. 

The Knew

Please, quickly become acquainted with The Knew. Denver is familiar and flocks to their high-enery, raucous live shows. AMC's Breaking Bad and Xbox 360 know their studio recordings are just as desirable.

The 2010 release, Pulperia received praise, but vocalist and guitarist Jacob Hansen says the new LP Man Monster (due out August 24th) will significantly blow the other away.

Go rock and buy vinyl August 24 and 25th at Lions Lair. (check out the sweet deals here).

Listen to The Knew's Shakedown PERFORMANCE and keep streaming to hear Jacob and Tyler DJ the rest of the show!

Set List:

Pacific Pride – virginia
The Astronauts – baja

Hello Kavita – sundy (it’s a chrome tide)

The Don’ts and Be Carefuls

The Gamits – falling apart

Patrick Lee – belted kingfisher and victory

The Black Apples – where the wild things go

Arliss Nancy – pages

The Omens – you can’t come on

Transistors – the rock n roll and baseball

Dirty few – outta control

You Me and Apollo

The Babysiters – gigantic sugnlasses

Speedwolf –

American Rely – curtain call

Tin Horn Prayer – stumble

Girls walk by – 57 lashes

Stab Heart Kiss Kill –

PANAL – you knew I was a snake

Mr Pacman - 

Jesse Manley

Jesse Manley performed an extra stripped down set during his appearance at the Local Shakedown. Singing and playing just over the air room mics, he delivered beautiful tunes that make you slow down and stop to appreciate the simpler things. Frequently playing solo or with band mates, Manley's music is honest, captivating, and inspiring to those that wish to write solid songs from the heart. 

PERFORMANCE AND INTERVIEW