Shakey Graves

Across his career, Shakey Graves — a.k.a. the performance moniker of Austin, Texas-born Alejandro Rose-Garcia — has intentionally created thrilling musical adventures tailored to each fan: burning CDs and putting them in personalized decorated bags; building intricate scavenger hunts that send fans in search of unique tapes; and Bandcamp-exclusive releases.

"The fans and musicians that really resonate with me — and the inexplicable ways that I find things that I like — are usually entirely through randomness and chaos and accident," Rose-Garcia says. "I've always been on this quest to make people feel like my own music is a choose your own adventure."

As Rose-Garcia releases his new Shakey Graves album Movie of the Week — a collection of songs whittled down from epic-length recording sessions — he has devised one of his most innovative musical adventures yet. "For the album release, I'm setting up a website," he says. "On this website, there will be a way to shuffle a collection of alternate tracks and unique songs from the sessions in seemingly infinite combinations to create new albums." Thanks to this cutting-edge technology, fans will be able to own this alternate version and do whatever they want with it — giving them control over the destiny of the music.

"Imagination really is the tool," Rose-Garcia says. "The point is to make and create something yourself. Any way that I can allow people to apply their imagination over my music — and allow them to sculpt it using their own prompts — will let them create something new."

Past Shows


Jul
14
th
2024
Palace Theatre
Jul
14
th
2024
Palace Theatre

Shakey Graves

with Futurebirds
Aug
17
th
2019
Surly Brewing Festival Field
Aug
17
th
2019
Surly Brewing Festival Field

Shakey Graves and Dr. Dog

with Caroline Rose
Sep
29
th
2018
Palace Theatre
Sep
29
th
2018
Palace Theatre

Shakey Graves

with The Wild Reeds
Aug
15
th
2017
Mainroom
Aug
15
th
2017
Mainroom

Shakey Graves

with David Ramirez
Jul
23
rd
2016
Surly Brewing Festival Field
Jul
23
rd
2016
Surly Brewing Festival Field

Dr. Dog

with Shakey Graves and Jillian Rae
Nov
4
th
2015
Mainroom
Nov
4
th
2015
Mainroom

Shakey Graves

with Those Darlins
Sep
19
th
2015
Canterbury Park
Sep
19
th
2015
Canterbury Park

Trampled by Turtles

with Dr. Dog, Father John Misty, Benjamin Booker and more!
Dec
6
th
2014
The Cedar Cultural Center
Dec
6
th
2014
The Cedar Cultural Center

Shakey Graves

with Sean Rowe and Esmé Patterson
Apr
14
th
2014
Turf Club
Apr
14
th
2014
Turf Club
Nov
7
th
2013
THE DEVIL MAKES THREE
Nov
7
th
2013
THE DEVIL MAKES THREE

The Devil Makes Three

with Shakey Graves

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22
nd
First Avenue

Nick Swardson

Mar
26
th
Fine Line

The War and Treaty

Feb
20
th
7th St Entry

Skinny Lister

Feb
14
th
Fine Line

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