Coming on like a soulful yet unholy amalgam of the Mekons, Thin Lizzy, the Jackson 5, and the MC5, Pennsylvania’s Sheer Mag distill big ’70s riffs and garage punk attitude into a hook-filled, lo-fi dance party.
The band formed in Philadelphia in 2014 around the talents of Kyle and Hart Seely, Matt Palmer, Ian Dykstra, and powerhouse vocalist Tina Halladay, and within a year started issuing a flurry of 7″ releases that caught the attention of everyone from Stereogum and Pitchfork to Roll...
Coming on like a soulful yet unholy amalgam of the Mekons, Thin Lizzy, the Jackson 5, and the MC5, Pennsylvania’s Sheer Mag distill big ’70s riffs and garage punk attitude into a hook-filled, lo-fi dance party.
The band formed in Philadelphia in 2014 around the talents of Kyle and Hart Seely, Matt Palmer, Ian Dykstra, and powerhouse vocalist Tina Halladay, and within a year started issuing a flurry of 7″ releases that caught the attention of everyone from Stereogum and Pitchfork to Rolling Stone and NPR. In early 2016, Sheer Mag issued their Static Shock Records label debut LP, I/II, which collected all the tracks from their first two EPs. A year later, another edition of their singles compilation was issued, this time adding the four tracks featured on their aptly named third EP, III. The band had already begun work on their debut full-length, with Hart Seely at the controls. Featuring a more nuanced approach to their tinny AOR sound, and with Halladay’s vocals even more front and center, Need to Feel Your Love was released in July 2017. The group got political and personal on their 2019 sophomore effort, A Distant Call, which looked to socialism, economic hardship, and the death of Halladay’s father for inspiration.
Upcoming Sheer Mag gigs
27 April 2024 | Sheer Mag | Sleeping Village | Chicago | US |
28 April 2024 | Sheer Mag | The Empty Bottle | Chicago | US |
29 April 2024 | Sheer Mag | Bell's Eccentric Cafe | Grand Rapids | US |
30 April 2024 | Sheer Mag | Craft Heads Brewing Company | Windsor | Canada |
01 May 2024 | Sheer Mag | Velvet Underground | Toronto | Canada |
03 May 2024 | Sheer Mag | Mohawk Place | Buffalo | US |
04 May 2024 | Sheer Mag | No Fun | Springfield | US |
05 May 2024 | Sheer Mag | Crystal Ballroom | Boston / Cambridge | US |
05 May 2024 | Sheer Mag | Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre | Boston / Cambridge | US |
06 May 2024 | Sheer Mag | The Beeracks | East Haven | US |
08 May 2024 | Sheer Mag | Bowery Ballroom | New York (NYC) | US |
08 May 2024 | Sheer Mag | Bowery Ballroom | New York (NYC) | US |
10 May 2024 | Sheer Mag | First Unitarian Universalist Church of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | US |
10 May 2024 | Sheer Mag | First Unitarian Church | Philadelphia | US |
31 May 2024 | Sheer Mag | Field Day 2024 | Springfield | US |
31 May 2024 | Sheer Mag | Field Day 2024 – Student Weekend Ticket 2024 | Springfield | US |
01 June 2024 | Sheer Mag | Field Day 2024 – Saturday Student Ticket 2024 | Springfield | US |
20 July 2024 | Sheer Mag | Stone Pony Summer Stage | New York (NYC) | US |
27 July 2024 | Sheer Mag | Brown's Island | Richmond | US |
03 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Absolutely Free Festival (AFF) | Hasselt | Belgium |
04 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Paradiso | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
05 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Hafenklang | Hamburg | Germany |
06 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Stengade | Copenhagen | Denmark |
07 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Cassiopeia | Berlin | Germany |
08 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Institut Für Zukunft (IFZ) | Leipzig | Germany |
09 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Stroomhuis | Eindhoven | Netherlands |
11 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Lafayette | London | UK |
12 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath | Birmingham | UK |
13 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Room 2 | Glasgow | UK |
14 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen | Leeds | UK |
18 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Bad Bonn | Dudingen | Switzerland |
20 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Dabadaba | San Sebastián | Spain |
21 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Sala El Sol | Madrid | Spain |
22 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Upload | Barcelona | Spain |
23 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | 16 Toneladas | Valencia | Spain |
24 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | Canela Party | Malaga | Spain |
25 August 2024 | Sheer Mag | ZDB - Zé Dos Bois | Lisbon | Portugal |