Pop-tinged melodic punk is all very well, but sometimes you really just want to hear some really fucking loud guitars and lots of shouting. Step forward Brooklyn trio Shady Hawkins, who are only happy to oblige — their songs sound like they were recorded in the garage, and are all the better for it (notwithstanding their amusingly self-effacing Bandcamp bio: “fuck it, we’re better live”). And, of course, we’re all for puntastic band names that riff on celebrities. We can’t find any of their stuff on YouTube, but check out their five-song EP Sucia!
Heeeey so if any of y’all are in Philly, Shady Hawkins will be playing a show there this weekend! Let’s hang.
SHADY HAWKINS // SUCIA
5 new songs, that I just mixed to sound extra dirty. Download it for free (but donations very welcome!) at our bandcamp.
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Shady Hawkins, “WRATH”
It’s a song I wrote about street harassment. It’s only a demo, and I might add a bass track to it, but expect our full demo release some time over the holidays. (PS, thanks to Cameron for recording us!)
On living with Matt, the guitarist of Shady Hawkins
Me: (knocks on door) Maaaaatt! Can I come in?
Matt: Huh? Yeah.
Me: (bursts in) Kim has an urgent joke to relay to you.
Matt: (on bed, with sleepy red eyes) Oh...? *yawn* Okay.
Me: What's rasta Jawbreaker?
Matt: Um... Jawwwbreaker.
Me: JAHHH-BREAKAH!
Matt: Haha... zzzz.
Me: I'm sorry. I'll let you sleep now.
So Shady Hawkins inadvertently played a show with Coco Gordon Moore’s band (Big Nils). Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore showed up… After our set.
opheliadoris:
melissa and i don’t understand why no one has made a band using the entire scum manifesto as lyrics yet.
OH HAAAAY
Shady Hawkins can probably do something about that… ;)
funkyfest:
allisonweiss:
wtf nobody told me Shady Hawkins was playing at this party! Loving it.
OH HAI, MY BAND
thanks for being all stoked and stuff!
I’m super articulate at 3:30AM
this has been a post.
one beer.
ONE BEER QUEER ^
Thanks to Allison for a lovely photograph, and to everyone at Flamingo Palace for a kick-ass evening.
Shady Hawkins on... my rock n' roll cred
me: (In short, I refuse to play a show in Jersey on the grounds that I should spend the weekend working on my thesis.)
Matt: I've got a thesis for you: Suzy ain't as rock n roll as you think.
me: IS THAT A CHALLENGE
Matt: No, it's a thesis, which I'll backup with research cited in proper APA format. (Fuck your MLA!)
me: Whatever duuuude. I'm not the one who sold out and joined the evil army of TEACHERS
Kim: Assignment: Due to Dr. Funk on 4/7/11
Kim: Explore the ways in which Suzy X is or is not rock & roll. Support your argument with evidence. "Suzy is rock & roll, she threw up in a prada bag." Or: "Suzy is not rock & roll, she likes cute animals." Use articles we've discussed in class and independent research. Must cite 666 sources.
kimfffunk:
quick drawing of my band!
Awwww. Too cute to be punx.
BECAUSE THE NIGHT (BELONGS TO TUMBLR)
Because I can’t seem to fall asleep!
I’m keeping myself awake by 1) reading tumblr 2) reading my fortune and 3) trying to memorize all my songs for the show tomorrow at Goodbye Blue Monday. I have to get up and go to work at 9am. NO BUENO
Since my friend Matt started teaching me how to play the bass on Monday
Songs I’ve learned:
Sleater-Kinney “Good Things”
The Gun Club “Sex Beat”
The Pixies “Gigantic”
The Vaselines “Son of a Gun”
The Clash “Brand New Cadillac”
And, somewhat embarrassingly/hilarious, Taking Back Sunday “Cute Without the E (Cut From the Team).” I’m really, really digging the bass and how incredibly easy it is to sing and play at the same time.
