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The Shondes are Coming, The Shondes are Coming!

December 11, 2007

20071211_shondes_320x240.jpgWe’re not going to give up on our duty to get you out of the house, away from the Tivo (that’s what it’s for, to record things while you’re out) and at some good shows this winter. The Shondes (pronounced shawn-duhs) are a Brooklyn-based quartet that play excellent, original, political, orchestral rock. Plus they’re mostly trans, mostly Jewish and entirely hot.

The Village Voice says this about them, “Riot grrrl radicalism wed to classically structured songs, distortion pedals, clashing vocals, and powerful lyrics.” And a lot of people have compared them to Sleater-Kinney, which must be because of the strong, melodic Tucker-like vocals. But in our opinion they’re doing a whole different thing than SK; it’s more textured, draws from more diverse places and it’s more fist-pump, foot-stomp inducing.

So listen to their songs on Myspace, as Internet etiquette requires, and then go see them live at one of these shows:

December 11th at Annie’s Social Club - San Francisco, California
December 14th at Muddy Waters Cafe - Santa Barbara, California
December 16th at Echo Curio Art Gallery - Los Angeles, California
December 19th at The Bluebird - St. Louis, Missouri
December 22nd at The Rudyard Kipling - Louisville, Kentucky
December 23rd at Schuba’s - Chicago, Illinois
January 11th at The Luna Lounge – Brooklyn, New York
January 26th at Tritone - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

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