The Days of Lore

The Shaky Hands spin a yarn

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 | musiX, pdX | No Comments

My what a busy week for Portland’s The Shaky Hands. The band just released Let It Die on Kill Rock Stars, cut a new video for “Already Gone” and will throw a dual CD release party Thurs., Oct. 1 at Berbati’s Pan along with labelmates Panther.

The video is fantastic—put together by Seattle filmmaker Clyde Petersen using stop-motion—and tackles a mountain of environmental issues using only yarn and a few Lincoln Logs. Let’s just say Mother Nature (or a weird yarn monster, let’s call it a yarnster) will always take care of her own. “Already Gone” is very—and I mean very—reminiscent of early Dr. Dog. OK, it sounds like Dr. Dog. But it’s The Shaky Hands. Promise. I mean it! OK? No, really. Believe me. Seriously. Stop it. OK, I’m leaving now.

Tags: "Already Gone", Clyde Petersen, Kill Rock Stars, Let It Die, Portland, The Shaky Hands

The Shaky Hands can’t sit still

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 | musiX, pdX | No Comments

Didn’t The Shaky Hands just get back from tour? No matter. This is a good one. Portland’s jangle-pop kings are headed out on the road again, this time with the brothers Meat, Chris and Curt, the Kirkwoods, The Meat Puppets.

If you live in Portland, you know The Shaky Hands. If you don’t, they play to-the-point indie rock, and I’ll wager that two or more members have the following records in their collections: Velvet Underground’s White Light/White Heat, R.E.M.’s Murmur and Neil Young’s Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. Essentially, you can’t go wrong by snagging the band’s latest release Lunglight (besides, TDoL would never steer you wrong).

It’s been a while since The Shaky Hands have played their hometown, and this tour is noticeably devoid of Portland dates. I’ve got my eye on you, Shaky Hands …

The Shaky Hands and The Meat Puppets:
1/13: San Diego, Calif., at The Casbah
1/14: Long Beach, Calif., at Alex’s Bar Stab City
1/15: Santa Barbara, Calif., at SoHo
1/16: Santa Cruz, Calif., at Rio Theatre
1/17: San Francisco, Calif., at Bottom Of The Hill
1/18: Petaluma, Calif., at McNear’s Mystic Theatre
1/20: Eugene, Ore., at WOW Hall
1/21: Boise, Idaho, at Grizzly Rose
1/22: Salt Lake City, Utah, at Urban Lounge
1/24: Denver, Colo., at Bluebird Theater

“We Are Young” - The Shaky Hands

Tags: Kill Rock Stars, Lunglight, The Meat Puppets, The Shaky Hands