Shannon & The Clams

Mixing the doo wop and early rock & roll of the 1950s, the dramatic girl group sounds of the '60s, and some punky snarl imported from 1977, Oakland, California's Shannon & the Clams have come up with a sound that's charmingly retro but never stale. Emerging on the Northern California underground/D.I.Y. scene in 2009, the band, led by vocalist Shannon Shaw, earned a reputation as a stellar live act, and came into their own as recording artists when they signed to the Sub Pop-distributed Hardly Art label for 2013's Dreams in the Rat House and 2015's Gone by the Dawn. The group edged closer to mainstream visibility with a trio of LPs produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, 2018's Onion, 2021's Year of the Spider, and 2024's The Moon Is In The Wrong Place.