November 2011
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Shagg on Spotify yeah! →
September 2011
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An ode to NYC from a Brooklyn rooftop.
January 2011
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June 2010
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Vote for Shagg @ GimmeTheGig! →
We’re competing in a contest to work with Grammy-winning producer Don Was. To vote for Shagg, visit GimmeTheGig, use ctrl-F (or ⌘-F on a Mac) to find Shagg, open our video, and click the Like button. No sign-ups or anything else required!
August 2009
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MTV "Best Breakout NYC" Top 20
Shagg was among the top 20 finalists for MTV’s Best Breakout NYC Artist Award! Huge thanks to the thousands of folks who listened to our song “Walk Through Me” and voted.
May 2009
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Videos from Santos Party House
Browse full playlist on YouTube View slideshow on Flickr
April 2009
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Get Shaggy with Santos
Shagg plays the Original Sessions Art House concert series at Santos Party House, Andrew WK’s giant new music venue in Chinatown/Tribeca. Moby and Thurston Moore are regulars, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs played there in April. Our show is Saturday, May 16 at 10:00 PM. Santos Party House is at 96 Lafayette Street, about a block below Canal. The cover is $10 and includes our latest CD. Come at...
January 2009
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Celestial event
Like Halley’s Comet, Shagg comes by every so often. So you shouldn’t miss our show on Friday, February 13, when we return to the stage to perform a set hosted by the OS Art House series. The show is at the John Street Bar & Grill, a divey place in the financial district that has 17 beers on tap. The cover is 10 bucks and includes a copy of our latest CD. The show starts promptly...
December 2008
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Shagg: the trailer
November 2008
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Ahem ...
If you’ve somehow missed the news, tomorrow is Election Day. This is the most important presidential election in a generation. Go vote! Visit Vote411.org to find your polling place, and make plans to vote tomorrow.
September 2008
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Rock the vote.
There’s only a short time left to register to vote on November 4. If you’re not already registered, help rock the vote and join in the largest voter registration drive ever, with a goal of two million new voters. Click the image and register right now!
August 2008
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Baggot Inn RIP 1996-2008
It has been a tough summer for music: this week we lost Isaac Hayes, and in July it was Hiram Bullock. Club closings are nothing new to New York City, but we were particularly sorry to say goodbye to The Baggot Inn, which was a sort of home for us back in the early days, up through our first CD release party. Here’s a photo of that very gig, for posterity.
May 2008
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Get our new album, cheap.
The very cool online music store Amie Street is now offering our album Buh Ba Ba Ba as a high-quality download (320 kbps), and super-cheap! These are DRM-free mp3 files, not copy protected or restricted to any particular software or device. As of this very moment, each track is only 15 cents, making the whole album $1.80, but the price will automatically increase with demand. What are you...
April 2008
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Getting festive, Al.
This weekend, while Prince was busy launching Coachella into the stratosphere, Shagg was competing for slots at the Afro-Punk Music and Film Festival this summer and the CMJ Music Marathon this fall. Our songs Between Words and Just Ain’t Enough reached the top ten in their respective categories on OurStage after literally thousands of listens and votes. The semi-finals end on Tuesday at...
What is Afro-Punk?
The term “Afro-Punk” refers to African-Americans in the punk subculture, as documented in James Spooner’s 2003 film. But the movement itself seems to take a more expansive view to include music of multiple ethnicities and styles. Shagg has been making multi-genre music and avoiding racial labels for more than 10 years. In that light, it seems perfectly OK that our tune...
January 2008
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Let your voice be heard!
We’re in the running for the 2008 PLUG Independent Music Awards. Please check us out on OurStage and vote! Think of it as a warmup for February 5.
November 2007
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Oops, we did it again.
Our song “Walk Through Me” is among the top 10 rock songs on OurStage for the month of November.
Shaggadeca: 10 years of Shagg
This November marks Shagg’s 10th birthday. We’re in the fifth grade! To celebrate, we’re giving away some free stuff.
First up is an mp3 copy of Shagg’s Peach EP for your iPod. These five songs were recorded in 2000 by budding producer/engineer Stephen Shirk at his home studio in Astoria, Queens, right beneath the N train. As you may recall, two of the songs were finalists...
October 2007
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Shagg on OurStage, part 3.
Our tune “Renewal,” a tribute to poet James Merrill, is competing in the semifinals in jazz on OurStage.
September 2007
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Shagg on OurStage, part 2.
The folks at OurStage featured “City in the Sky,” our little ode to New York City, on the sixth anniversary of 9/11.
August 2007
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Shagg on OurStage.
Two of our songs made the top 10 in their respective genres on OurStage, a monthly battle of the bands where listeners vote for their favorite songs. Listen to “Walk Through Me” and “Buh Ba Ba Ba” and put Shagg over the top!
July 2007
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June 2007
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We got Schmapped.
A photo from one of our shows adorns the entry for the R&B/funk club Groove on Schmap, a super-cool interactive guide to NYC (and pretty much everywhere else). It looks extra-cool on the iPhone, too.
January 2007
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Happy New Year!
We made it to the Top 10 of the mtvU/Definitive Jux contest. Thanks to everyone who voted! Check out our page, including photos, songs, and videos.
December 2006
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New music from the members of Shagg.
PJ Loughran (saxophone) just released his second solo album, “Sunrise Run,” and it’s totally awesome. Listen on PJ’s website. Aaron Mitchell (vocals) has been playing solo shows in the Philly area, and he just released a live EP documenting some of soulful new songs at WeMusicStore.com.
June 2006
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CD release party videos.
Check out live videos from our CD release party! The full playlist is here.
April 2006
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Back to Annandale ...
Our friends at Jesus on the Radio have kindly invited us to perform at Bard College’s annual Spring Fling on Sunday, April 30. We can’t wait. Thanks Peter and SarahKat!
February 2006
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Download Buh Ba Ba Ba today.
Buh Ba Ba Ba is available for download from the iTunes Music Store, MP3tunes.com, and eMusic. Or you can do it the old-fashioned way: order a CD and get it in the mail!
December 2005
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CD RELEASE PARTY.
We’re having a CD release party. You should come.
Date: Thursday, December 8 Time: 7:00-9:00 PM Location: Groove Address: 125 MacDougal St at West 3rd (map)
October 2005
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Shagg on the MacCast.
Many thanks to Adam Christianson for playing “Buh Ba Ba Ba” on the MacCast, a “podcast for Mac Geeks, by Mac Geeks.” Both Shagg CDs were recorded, mixed, and mastered on Macs, so we’re fans. Download the show.
September 2005
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Shaggcasting.
Songs from Buh Ba Ba Ba are cropping up everywhere:
Thom Hanford’s EdTechCast, in which he discusses the open source movement and the creative commons license.
BandTrax, hailing from Boise, Idaho, in a podcast called “Straight Outta Brooklyn.”
The South China Morning Post, the largest English language daily newspaper in Asia, which played our song during their Technology...
August 2005
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Indie-Music.com review of Buh Ba Ba Ba.
“Fresh, fat and funky, Shagg will have you break a sweat just listening, no movement necessary.”
July 2005
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Shagg goes digital.
Check out “Buh Ba Ba Ba,” the title track and first single from our new album. Then download the whole thing from the iTunes Music Store.
June 2005
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NEW CD OUT NOW!!!
Read the Wondermore interview about it.
May 2005
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CD finally off to the presses!
We’re done! Our new record, Buh Ba Ba Ba, is ready to go. The CD will be available shortly, and we’re planning a CD release party for the fall. Sign up for our mailing list and we’ll let you know more about it, along with other Shagg news.
February 2005
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Awesome CD design.
Our friend Cristian Pablo Rivano in sunny Barcelona has completed the artwork for our new record. We’re going to call it Buh Ba Ba Ba, which seems to fit. (It’s also the name of track #11.) The seven shapes represent the seven members of Shagg.
November 2004
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New CD coming very soon.
Our new, as-yet untitled record was mastered by Jon Gordon at his studio in Gramercy. He helped arrange and played guitar on Suzanne Vega’s 1987 hit “Luka,” and the gold record was right there on the wall behind us. Even better: Walter Becker offered Jon a gig in Steely Dan before they were Steely Dan, but he was only a teenager and passed it up.