Baby Shakes

History

Baby Shakes were founded 2005 in New York City by Mary Blount (born November 1982, from Seattle), Judy Lindsay (born November 1981, from Atlanta) and Claudia Gonzalez (born January 1984, from New York). They first performed as a group in February 2005. They have toured the U.S., Europe twice (September 2007, November/December 2009) and Japan (February 2009). A third tour in Europe with a stopover in U.K./Ireland took place during August and September 2015 following the release of their second full-length album in August 2015 and a second Japanese tour in February 2016.

Their current drummer is Ryan McHale (New York), and their former drummer was Dave Rahn from Atlanta (Gentleman Jesse & His Men, Carbons) who also played the drums on all Baby Shakes recordings. Their drummer during their February 2009 Japanese tour was Travis Ramin (Nikki Corvette, Fevers) and Shingo Nishimaru was their drummer during their 2009 European tour.

Studio albums

EP

Singles

Compilation album

Reception

Mark Deming of Allmusic in his review of The First One referred to the group as "three good-looking gals who can write great pop tunes with a dash of punk rock energy and girl group harmonies to boot" he goes on to call their songs "as refreshing as a tall glass of lemonade on a hot day". Deming does lament that "the production by Dave Rahn...could use a bit more body" but goes on to conclude "the music's good enough that you can play the album two or three times in a row without it wearing out its welcome". J. Edward Keyes of Rolling Stone refers to the group as "the new sound of old punk".