Credits:

Algiers

Description:

The latest album from Algiers, a four-piece band from Atlanta, featuring Zach de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine)! Algiers, a four-piece band from Atlanta that has built a unique career with its borderless and emotional alternative sound that has been compared to TV on the Radio and Young Fathers, has released its long-awaited latest album, "Shook," on Matador! Inspired by DJ Grand Wizard Theodore's 1970's punk-infused New York rap masterpiece "Subway Theme" and influenced by rap and punk innovators from DJ Premier and DJ Screw to the Dead Boys, this album was produced in their hometown of Atlanta. The album features a host of underground heavyweights, including Rage Against the Machine's Zach de la Rocha, who participated in the earlier single "Irreversible Damage," Big Lube and Billy Woods of the Dungeon Family, Samuel T. Herring and Patrick Siroisi of Future Islands, and many more. The album features a total of 17 songs by many of the underground's fiercest artists, including Zach de la Rocha of Machine