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Shake and Stomp

In a completely word-of-mouth phenomenon, the Alabama Shakes became one of the most buzzed-about bands in the country before a single note of their debut album had been released. That record, Boys & Girls, hit shelves last week, sending the music cognoscenti into a tizzy over the band’s visceral mix of southern soul grit and explosive garage rock tenacity. See what all the fuss is about this Saturday, April 14, when the band plays the Higher Ground Ballroom with openers Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires.