"Party People Eater" live at the Tractor Tavern 5/9/08
“They’ve got a gripping, Aerosmith-emulating energy onstage, and the riffs fly at you like machetes. Presence like that isn’t easy to bottle, though engineer Brian Brown did a solid job of doing just that on their sophomore release.”
- Hannah Levin, Seattle Weekly
"Shim slayed the main stage crowd. These guys were unabashed heshers, long-haired, mutton-chopped, crude, and oversexed. It was guitar-driven classic rock, not the a $200-a-ticket geriatric cashing-in kind, but in the 'we just wanna party with you' guitartastic kind."
- Jonathan Zwickel, Seattle Times
"Spirited guitar-driven rock 'n' roll with an emphasis on bluesy, stand-alone riffs, catchy hooks, ever-present, radio-ready choruses and the occasional cowbell. Songs with such lyrics as 'Love me like an animal/ Purring in the cool moonlight/ Want me like a cannibal/ Cause it's feeling like a full-moon night' just ache to be shouted in the car, shower, wherever people act as if they're the star of their own personal concerts. Shim makes it easy to rock out."
- Shawn Telford, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Blinding lights, smoke machines, merciless swagger and pure unadulterated rock 'n' roll. It doesn't get any better than that. Seattle's own red-blooded, riff heavy arena-rock band SHIM pounds out classic-rock tinged anthems replete with blistering metal solos, thundering rythyms and call and response choruses."
- Sound Magazine
"Immediate and clever, they pound out riffy rock just this side of the metal divide, while whip-smart storytelling and odes to not climbing corporate ladders make up the lyrics."
- The Inlander
"...so raw and full of energy that it may get your blood pumping. It also will get your feet stomping and your musical hunger fed. In the Veins is full of riff-driven rock music that will grow on you like a fungus, and if enough people hear about these guys, the sky is certainly the limit."
- Bullz-eye.com
“A heavyweight rock outfit that’s poetic and pure. ‘Satisfied’ is the sound of complicated people enjoying simple things. It’s vibe is 12:45 bar time, knee-deep in High Life, and the lyrics are nothing short of revelatory. It’s an anthem that was waiting to be written.”
- The Inlander
“...party rock with an atomic brain…You just never know where the body of one of these songs is going to throw a punch or a kick next.”
- ThreeImaginaryGirls.com
"Anthem rock that's cooler than anthem rock, which'll sway those dickheads who think they're too cool for anthem rock."
- Mansplat
“...a cut above… a welcome respite from your average Seattle band.”
- Seattlest.com
"...they rock like some sort of mad, out-of-control rocking machine that was set on high and left outside in the rain."
- Seattle-powerpop.blogspot.com
Georgetown show was short but stellar!!! Wish you all could have played longer, but what a great time nontheless. By far the highlight of the afternoon. Regan, the HiWatt sounded badass!!! See you in August.
nice write up and photo in the Seattle Times, boys!! made me smile. wish i could be at 21.5 to watch the show, but i'll be at mile 9. ENJOY!! And CONGRATS!
Shim will be featured once again on this weekend’s “Road Trip” episode of Undiscovered, airing 6/28.
Listen on: KBRE in Merced, California; WHBR in Parkersburg, West Virginia; WAMX in Huntington/Ashland, West Virginia; WAQX in Syracuse, New York; and WTFX in Louisville, Kentucky Three of our affiliates stream their signal on-line so you can hear the show from anywhere (links on our website)
Undiscovered- we bring Indie music to broadcast radio!
Booze-The Verves (a tribute to the Velvet Underground)-The Sleaze Tax
The Maltese 1600 Park Ave. Chico, CA 95928
9:30 pm 21+ $3 cover Local legend Lori Campion is blowing through town June 27 with her classic Chico bands, Booze (featuring Tom Little, Carey Wilson, Campion), The Verves - a Tribute to the Velvet Underground (featuring Campion, Joe Martin of Job's DeSoto, Charles Mohnike of Job's DeSoto and Carey Wilson).
Headlining the show will be Barbara Manning's local band, The Sleaze Tax.
That's right - for only $3 you can experience the best of the Chico rock scene, cheap beer, and loud women.
Shim will be featured on this weekend’s "Seattle" episode of Undiscovered, airing 6/21.
Listen on: KBRE in Merced, California; WOSC in Salisbury, Maryland; WHBR in Parkersburg, West Virginia; WAMX in Huntington/Ashland, West Virginia; WAQX in Syracuse, New York; and WTFX in Louisville, Kentucky Four of our affiliates stream their signal on-line so you can hear the show from anywhere (links on our website)
Undiscovered- we bring Indie music to broadcast radio!
hey guys....trying to round up all the Seattle brethren for a Sumner Brothers Show....we'll see how we do...we're playin at The Mix in Seattle Tommorow...and at The New Frontier in Tacoma on Sat.....great if you could make hope all is well cheers Brian
