Shakey Graves is Alejandro Rose-Garcia, the Austin, Texas songwriter who built his name as a one-man band — suitcase kick drum, tambourine, and acoustic guitar. And the War Came (2014) and Roll the Bones are the entry points to his ragged Americana and indie folk. Find Shakey Graves vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Alejandro Rose-Garcia, performing as Shakey Graves, was born in Austin, Texas on November 22, 1987. He launched his recording career around 2007 with Bandcamp distribution. His distinctive one-man-band approach - using a suitcase kick drum, tambourine, and acoustic guitar - established him in the contemporary Austin Americana and indie folk scenes. He has continued releasing material across multiple decades. He has parallel work as an actor (roles in Friday Night Lights and others).
Shakey Graves's sound combines Americana, indie folk, alt-country, blues rock, folk rock, lo-fi indie, and singer-songwriter with his distinctive vocal delivery, virtuosic one-man-band performance approach (suitcase kick drum, tambourine, and acoustic guitar), and lyrical content addressing relationships, Americana mythology, and personal experience drawing on confessional songwriting traditions alongside contemporary Americana influences.
Self-released and Dualtone Records pressings of the Shakey Graves catalog have been issued in color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Shakey Graves typically start with And the War Came (2014) or Roll the Bones (2011).
