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Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2024

Words: Loren • January 4, 2025

Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2024
Photo by Jack Sharp

Shell and Shag (Shellshag / Starcleaner Records)

photo by Rafe

What are your top five albums that were released in 2024? (In order 1-5)

  1. Night Court - Hit Machine
  2. Con Shoal - Lost Boys Session 1
  3. Howardian - In the Lapse of Luxury
  4. Fuckcrusher/Penny - "The Long Awaited Split
  5. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More

What band did you discover in 2024 (can be a brand new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? How so?

100 Gecs, cool sounding band. Favorite songs are "dumbest girl alive" and "Hollywood Baby."

We wanna hang out with this band.

How will you remember 2024 (in terms of music)?

As the year of The Sardine in San Pedro, CA. We played at the Recess Romp and at the Sardine 5th Anniversary, as well as a few other shows -- very rad venue. Great folks, great town, great bands, inspiring.

What can we look forward to from you in 2025?

a new shellshag album

What records are you looking forward to most in 2025?

a new shellshag album

How do you try to get your news to fans as media platforms and algorithms change?

In person, on tour is preferred -- or on the phone while catching up -- but we use all the usual suspects:

follow us on instagram, bandcamp, x, emailing, etc., sign up for our mailing list at shellshag.comwww.starcleanerrecords.bandcamp.comhttps://shellshag.bandcamp.com/music.
 

Shell and Shag – social media links

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Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2024
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  2. Frank Turner
  3. Jon Snodgrass
  4. Fink (Angel Face)
  5. Seth Gile (Arms Aloft)
  6. Curran Reynolds (Body Stuff)
  7. Erinc Guzel (Caz Plak)
  8. Charles Kieny (CKRAFT)
  9. Scott Pasch aka Mr. P (DCxPC Live (The x is silent))
  10. Brian Amalfitano (Deaf Club)
  11. Justin Pearson (Deaf Club / Planet B / Satanic Planet / Three One G Records)
  12. Lo'Spider (Destination Lonely / Magnetix² / Swampland studio)
  13. Shahab Zargari (GC Records)
  14. Adam Carroll (Good Friend)
  15. Colin Dawson (Haunted Horses / Snakey Dublay / Daisyheroin)
  16. Heaty Beat
  17. Rainer Fronz (Learning Curve Records / Caterwaul)
  18. Terence Hannum (Locrian / The Holy Circle / Axebreaker)
  19. Heavy Halo (McKeever)
  20. Shauners (Middle-Aged Queers)
  21. Jiffy Marx (Night Court / Autogramm)
  22. Eli Hansen (Real Numbers)
  23. Tobias Jeg (Red Scare Industries)
  24. Andy Pohl (Sell The Heart Records / Tsunami Bomb)
  25. Shell and Shag (Shellshag / Starcleaner Records)
  26. Chuck Coffey (aka Charlie Continental) (Snappy Little Numbers / SPELLS / Chap)
  27. Robby Vena (Spanaway)
  28. Dr. Daryl (The Bollweevils)
  29. Will Butler (To Live A Lie Records)
  30. Matt & Jake Derting (Venus Twins)

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