You’d be hard pressed to find a week so far this year during which so many amazing bands have all been in town. With Beach House, Kishi Bashi, Wilco, Grimes, Oberhofer, Frank Ocean, King Khan & The Shrines, Caveman, Givers, Gary Clark Jr., and the Catalpa music festival (The Black Keys, Snoog Dogg, TV on the Radio, and more) all [READ ON]
For the past year, GIVERS (@giversmusic) have been über busy touring across continents and promoting their debut LP, released last June, but they’ve still found time to tweet about their hectic happenings. From posts about which venue they’re playing and with whom, to delirious tour rants and pictures to aid as a mini-scrapbook, their [READ ON]
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Written by: Billy Mack
Taking to the stage for the first time in 2012, Lousiana quintet GIVERS lit up the Music Hall of Williamsburg with NY based openers, Yellow Ostrich. Audience members trickled onto the floor for the sold [READ ON]
So you have a badge to CMJ — aren’t you lucky! If you are anything like us, you are totally and completely overwhelmed by the extraordinary amount of great shows going on all over the city this week. In order [READ ON]
An entire year seemed like too long of a wait to share our favorite songs. For that reason, we’ve compiled a list of the best of 2011 thus far according to me, Lauren, Hannah, Kim, and Ben. For your listening pleasure, we’ve made [READ ON]
As 2011 continues to fly by, we thought it would be helpful to release our list of the best that this year has had to offer in terms of new music. Thus far, it’s been a year of breathtaking full-length debuts (see: James Blake, GIVERS, Hooray For Earth) and albums [READ ON]
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Summer time is really in full swing! With the oppressive heat also come things like BBQs, beaches, picnics and summer jams. We made [READ ON]
Louisiana born/based afro pop band GIVERS released a cosmic new music video for their song “Up Up Up” that was partially filmed right here in New York City. The video includes model shots [READ ON]
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Last Thursday, Bowery Ballroom hosted one of the best new bands of the year: GIVERS. Endorsed by the Dirty Projectors for their brand of highly danceable, bayou indie rock, GIVERS brought their A-game to the stage. Along with them came Caddywhompus, also from Louisiana, and LA-based Pepper Rabbit. Caddywhompus impressed from the beginning with their energy and incredible percussion. Considering they were only able to occupy a small portion of the stage, they owned the area and sounded enormous. Pepper Rabbit, a recent favorite of ours, were also striking with their layered, thick, hi-fi sound.
The crowd roared as soon as the final Louisiana-based band took the stage and launched into “Saw You First”. Having listened to their debut album, I was ready for the live experience to be one that bubbled-over with raucous energy. Right from the get-go, GIVERS delivered. “Saw You First” had all the layered sunshine found on the album, and, what’s more, the band experimented with the song, elongating [READ ON]
Back in 2010, Cerulean, the debut album from Will Wiesenfeld under his Baths moniker, emerged at a rather apt moment. As the LA beat scene was beginning to see[READ ON]
It's been ten short years since The Postal Service released their one and only full-length album, Give Up. While it feels as if only a few months have passed, it was clear on Friday night just how many people that album has[READ ON]
Today I’m pleased to offer you (what I assume is) exactly what David Byrne would not want someone to do with his art: apply one's own senses of alleged[READ ON]
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