People Get Ready

updated Crossing Brooklyn Ferry 2013 lineup +++ The National's new single (listen/watch)

Parquet Courts on a bridge in Austin last month (more by Amanda Hatfield) As mentioned, Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, the festival curated by The National’s Bryce and Aaron Dessner, will return to BAM from April 25 to 27…

Danielson Famile playing shows again (1 w/ Jeffrey Lewis)

Danielson at Knitting Factory in 2010 (more by Ben Lozovsky) As mentioned, Jeffrey Lewis added a fourth show to his Mercury Lounge residency with Peter Stampfel, which happens this Sunday (3/31) (tickets), and before he heads out on his European tour in April, he’ll play another NYC …

Local Natives (joined by Aaron Dessner) played MHOW w/ People Get Ready (pics, setlist & video of full set)

Local Natives released their sophomore album, Hummingbird, at the tail-end of last month (1/29) and kicked off a tour in support of it. That tour included a show in Brooklyn on Friday (2/1) at Music Hall of Williamsburg, followed by two consecutive dates in Manhattan at Bowery Ballroom (2/2 and 2/3), all three of which were sold out…

Deerhoof have a new video, playing Lincoln Hall in April

Deerhoof @ Schubas, September 2012 (more by Sara Pieper) Deerhoof welcomed their 11th studio album, Breakup Song, in September of 2012 via Polyvinyl Records…

A Sunny Day in Glasgow finishing new LP, playing NYC tonight; People Get Ready playing shows too

A Sunny Day in Glasgow are wrapping up work on their new album which was funded via Kickstarter. The band are also looking to road test the tunes on a few East Coast dates…

Shuggie Otis played Highline Ballroom (pics, video, setlist)

For his first New York show in ages, it was not an auspicious start for Shuggie Otis. Taking the Highline Ballroom stage in a long coat and scarf, his Gibson 335 was silent…

Shuggie Otis reveals more album details, expands tour including NYC date next week (updated dates)

As mentioned, cult psychedelic soul singer/instrumentalist Shuggie Otis, who released three solo albums including 1974’s classic Inspiration Information (whose song “Strawberry Letter 23” you may recognize as the sample in Outkast’s “Ms…

tix on sale: Governors Ball, Yes, Bob Mould, Ultraista, People Get Ready, Tegan & Sara, Desaparecidos, Stars, Frightened Rabbit & more

(via) Tickets for Governors Ball 2013 (June 7-9) go on a limited holiday presale today at 11 AM. Tickets for the Yes show at Beacon Theater, where they’ll be playing The Yes Album, Close to the Edge, and Going for the One in full, go on sale today at 11 AM…

members of My Morning Jacket, Yuck, Hospitality & more joined forces for Rock Lottery 3 (pics, streams)

The third annual Brooklyn Rock Lottery happened at Knitting Factory on Saturday (12/1). Musicians of varying styles and ages met at 10 AM and put their names in a hat and the five drummers picked their bandmates at random out of it…

People Get Ready released debut LP (stream it), playing NYC record release party

On Friday, my last day at CMJ, I hit the jackpot and walked away with something I’ll remember for years to come. The band was People Get Ready, but honestly this was more than a band — this was the best mix of performance art and music I’ve seen in decades…
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