Maybe it’s Gabe Lozpez’s belly, or John Sizemore’s beard – but this cover of Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off” is what I’m going to start sending people when they ask what the music scene in RVA is like.
Maybe it’s Gabe Lozpez’s belly, or John Sizemore’s beard – but this cover of Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off” is what I’m going to start sending people when they ask what the music scene in RVA is like.
Lopez and Sizemore are members of the hybrid surf/garage/grunge/punk band The Milkstains who have been wrecking house shows and venues around town for more than a decade.
Sure, the quality of the video below is someplace between potato and toilet, and Lopez (drums) doesn’t really seem to know the words after the first verse… or line, but man this video is a lot of fun.
“It’s a tight song!” said Lopez after we asked if we could share the video below. “[We] Just wanted to mess around with it, but didn’t feel like learning the words.”
Mission accomplished.
Check out The Milkstain’s covering “Shake if Off” live from their basement practice space below, and keep up with the me via Facebook:
