Album Reviews

THE GORIES

The Shaw Tapes: Live in Detroit 5/27/88

2013-11-25

The Gories began in 1986 and by 1992 the band was finished. In between, they toured the world, playing the primal, blues-based garage rock that we might recognize today as "the Detroit sound" (popularized by the White Stripes, among others). The Shaw Tapes was recorded at a house party by one, Jim Shaw, an early supporter of the underground music scene in Detroit. The recording here is rough, and indeed, it wouldn't work any other way. It captures the raucous punk energy of the band in its heyday. Rebecca Ruth

Quick Links:

Third Man Records

all reviews | all rock reviews

More reviews tagged #Rock

reviewed 06/2014
IAN MCLAGAN & THE BUMP BAND
United States
reviewed 02/2017
Kevin B. Klein
Good Day To Be Alive
reviewed 05/2006
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Ballad Of The Broken Seas
reviewed 02/2011
ALEXANDER
Alexander
reviewed 08/2004
Dayna Kurtz
Beautiful Yesterday
reviewed 05/2009
Jill Sobule
California Years

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.