Shake Some Action! Shakes, Jangles, and Pops

Anybody that recognizes that Shake Some Action! took their name from the Flamin’ Groovies power pop classic will probably not be disappointed by this Seattle-based quartet. Armed with two Rickenbacker guitars and endless harmonies, the group is bunch of unabashed pop classicists, bringing mind not just ’70s power-pop but the heyday of jangle-pop in the ’80s, from the REM ringing of the guitars to the Robyn Hitchcock edge to delivery of singer/songwriter James Hall. If the crowd at the EMP stage this afternoon was a little sparse, that’s no indication of the quality of the music — more that guitar-pop like this is more of a niche than folk music these days and it’s yet to find a place in a festival like Bumbershoot. And that’s a shame, because Shake Some Action! is a welcome reminder of why there were so many bands that sounded like this in the ’80s - after all, guitars and harmonies like this always sound so good.

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