THE SHAKE PRESS
SOUTHERN K BAR, KILBURN, JULY 1ST 05
The Shake put on a great performance of their uplifting soulful style of music at the Southern K Bar. Songs like 'Troubled Scene', 'All the Rage' and 'Loyal Union' sound like they should be enjoyed by many more people than what filled this venue. In fact, there were probably more musicians than audience. This is a crying shame because all three bands were worthy of more than this ( the other bands were Linear and Stricken City).
Faye's strong vocals and the band's tight sound are as good live as they are on record. Even when Clive's guitar accidentally became unplugged, the band played on with total professionalism and it was hard to tell the difference.
This band deserves to be heard by a much larger audience. Nay, you - the music lover - deserve to hear The Shake.
taken from newsofthenoise.com
SOUTHERN K BAR, KILBURN, JULY 1ST 05
After such a good opener I could have lived with mediocrity for the rest of the night but The Shake were having none of that. Another 4 piece with a girl singer but they were quite a different proposition. They were like a 60s garage rock band with a modern twist. Were there any of those with a female singer? I can't think of any but this wasn't any old female singer, Faye has an absolutely sensational voice. It was a bit like a 60s garage band stealing the lead singer of a Motown girl band and my the results were impressive. Not only that but we couldn't take our eyes off her dancing either. It was like a puppeteer with Tourette's was moving her about, jerking this way and that as she belted out their numbers. And I mean belted them out. Again, the tunes were all ace, they threw a couple of covers in, one by The Sonics and another that I cannot recall. The crowd loved them and by the end of it I was so back in the Mod world and so at one with the world that I even could feel forgiveness towards Paul Weller for that Cafe Bleu abomination. I met a couple of Linear (the next band on) in the loo and forgetting my sensitivity for a moment told them they had a lot to live up to after the first two acts. Ouch, sorry chaps...
John McCooke (Allmanna)
