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The Shakes - Grandpa
Supersonic/Please Don't Go
CD single
Teenage Fanclub meet
the Flamin’ Groovies in a pure pop tribute to legendary music biz madman Kim Fowley. Available as a download or free
CD single with the purchase of the Shakes’ The Rise & Fall Of Modern Living.
Thankfully, the Shakes are able to communicate
the joy of their salad days as clearly as their annoyance with the slide downhill, and on The Rise And Fall Of Modern Living they
serve up some sharp pop-influenced garage rock (or garage-influenced pop/rock) that boasts plenty of ringing guitars, chunky
hooks, and imaginative textures. This is fun and engaging stuff even when it's talking seriously, and it confirms the Shakes
deserve a higher profile along with comfortable, rent-controlled living quarters. -- All Music
The Shakes have finally fulfilled their pure-pop potential
with the minor (and possibly — time will tell — major) masterpiece, The Rise and Fall of Modern Living, where
Peter Gilabert’s ambitious song cycle about the streets of Silver Lake is fleshed out with lavish string and horn arrangements
that often evoke Love’s Forever Changes. -- L.A. Weekly
The Rise & Fall Of Modern Living is like a turntable souvenir
of every drunken party, pursued flirtation, and sidelong anxiety common to the farthest fringes of the old scene; one of the
most startlingly accomplished collections of late 2006. -- Los Angeles City Beat
Peter Gilabert is such a good songwriter, and the band does
such a brilliant job of melding the more intellectual side of The Kinks with the more innocent side of The Modern Lovers,
that you can't help but love every moment of The Rise and Fall of Modern Living. -- Razorcake
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