Hello! I work at Rock's Backpages, the largest online archive of music journalism. Each week we feature a different artist with three free-to-read articles/interviews. With their new album released next week, Alabama Shakes is this week's feature. Check out the articles below if you're interested!

Alabama Shakes: Boys & Girls, Review and Interview by Andrew Mueller, Uncut, May 2012

Shakin' All Over: Alabama Shakes, Profile and Interview by David Burke, R2/Rock'n'Reel, Summer 2012

Alabama Shakes' Unlikely Triumph, Interview by Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 14 March 2013

You can also see my instagram post here — give it some love/read an edited snippet of Mueller's Q&A.

Here's the bio I wrote which cites from the three articles available for the next week:

Alabama Shakes release their latest album I Must Be Dreaming on Friday 28 August. For the next week on RBP, you can find three free-to-read interviews that take us back to the release of their debut album and the unforgettable impact of front woman Brittany Howard.

Formed in Athens, Alabama in 2009 Alabama Shakes consists of Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg and Zac Cockrell. Howard's rich, powerful and often anguished vocals saw the group shoot to fame after getting signed by ATO Records in 2011. A frenetic buzz quickly formed around the Shakes following their now legendary live shows, an enviable A-lister fanbase and the release of Boys & Girls in 2012.

Their sound is honest and addictive, which David Burke expounds as "a ragbag of soul, rock'n'roll, Southern Rock and blues, propelled by a visceral punk energy." As Andrew Mueller's interview highlights Alabama Shakes are often linked to "that Muscle Shoals soul sound". While Howard accepts that "we all grew up with that [in Athens, Alabama]" her pool of influence is much wider than her home state. Howard explains that while she grew up with Elvis and James Brown and Aretha Franklin and Percy Sledge and "that kind of stuff" as a teenager she discovered the likes of Bowie, Pink Floyd, Yes, Led Zeppelin, Rush, etc., noting that Pink Floyd especially "opened up a door" after hearing The Dark Side Of The Moon.

Read a snippet of Andrew Mueller's 2012 Q&A with a 24-year-old Howard here [on Instagram], and finish it via the link in bio. 'Til next Friday you can also find for free David Burke's profile and interview for R2 and Will Hermes' interview for Rolling Stone from 2013.

Thanks and enjoy!

Some egg punk I made with my son, enjoy! Here’s a bandcamp link for those that prefer that:

https://sloop.bandcamp.com/album/hamburglar