Shannon and The Clams w/ Trash Romeo
April 8, 2018 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM • $13.50
All day-of show tickets sold at the door ~ Just bring $15
It wouldn’t be wrong to say that Shannon and the Clams was formed by accident. Just outside the invisible borders of Oakland’s warehouse music scene, Shannon Shaw was absorbed in studying illustration at California College of the Arts, a 100-year-old institution that draws freaks into the city from across the country. For many, the school serves as a gateway into the sprawling music underground that agitates beneath the Bay Area, as a hub for fliers for illegal parties in backyards, basements, and overpasses.
During a bout of depression, Shannon took up a neglected bass guitar that had been a gift from an ex-boyfriend years earlier and played it for the first time, writing in a raw and untrained way. The urge to perform these songs soon took her to open mic nights around the East Bay. Word got around that she was performing and the instigators of art school parties, always hungry for new talent, convinced Shannon to throw a band together and play. It worked, and it pushed her to aim higher, but the band was only meant to be temporary. Now, ten years later, her path has revealed itself and Shannon and the Clams are releasing their fifth album, Onion, this time collaborating with producer Dan Auerbach and his label Easy Eye Sound.
Opening up the night, Trash Romeo are Portland punks focusing their lo-fi and garage-punk tinged tunes on queer issues and trans rights. Their tunes are passionate and raw, and dive into the subtitles of early Portland indie bands like Dear Nora while holding tight to the rough edges and repetition of early post-punk.
8PM / $13ADV / $15DOS
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SHANNON AND THE CLAMS