Last weekend, after weeks and months of ignoring some band I kept getting emails about from Lafayette, LA named GIVERS, I came face to face with them at the Hi-Tone in Memphis for the Grammy GPS showcase & panels. I had planned to hang out for Cities Aviv and then go home, but once they took to the stage, I became completely engaged with what was happening in front of me.

The five piece band of young musicians — Taylor, Tiffany, Kirby, Josh and Nick — who cobble together Afro beat, folk, jazz, indie rock, funk & experimental sounds and do so with a complete sensibility of pop music, commanded the stage from the first note. I learned very quickly, standing next to Jody Stephens of Big Star (who marveled with me at their skill), GIVERS is not just a band, they are a phenomenon that only comes along once in a great while, steeped in the traditions of their Louisiana upbringing but so comfortable with those traditions that it makes them fearless to attempt new twists on those sounds. They create an environment of family at every show because of the tightly-knit family vibration within the band. It’s exhilarating and breathtaking, like a scene from a movie that you want to freeze frame and carry with you in your wallet to show to all your friends.

Seeing GIVERS live is the concert experience I’ve been waiting to have again for years, where I walk in to hear a band having never heard a single note of one of their songs & walk out an instant fan. I can’t wait to see them again and again and again.

AND HEY LOOK! Givers just got their track “Meantime” remixed by Greg Saunier of Deerhoof. Enjoy.

::: GIVERS – TOUR 2011 :::

Oct 13, 2011 (Thurs) @ Buckhead Theatre (Atlanta, GA)
Oct 15, 2011 (Sat) @ The Lyric Oxford (Oxford, MS)
Oct 17, 2011 (Mon) @ Kings Barcade (Raleigh, NC)
Oct 18, 2011 (Tues) @ Black Cat (D.C.)
Oct 20, 2011 (Thurs) @ Terminal 5 (New York, NY)
Oct 23, 2011 (Sun) @ Middle East Downstairs (Cambridge, MA)
Oct 24, 2011 (Mon) @ The Met Cafe (Pawtucket, RI)
Oct 26, 2011 (Wed) @ Wrong Bar (Toronto, ON)
Oct 28, 2011 (Fri) @ Exit In (Nashville, TN)
Oct 29, 2011 (Sat) @ Bottletree (Birmingham, AL)
Oct 30, 2011 (Sun) @ Voodoo Experience Music Festival (New Orleans, LA)
Nov 05, 2011 (Sat) @ Inrocks Festival/La Cigale (Paris, France)
Nov 06, 2011 (Sun) @ Concorde 2 (Brighton, UK)
Nov 08, 2011 (Tues) @ XOYO (London, UK)
Nov 09, 2011 (Wed) @ Academy 3 (Manchester, UK)
Nov 10, 2011 (Thurs) @ King Tuts (Glasgow, UK)
Nov 11, 2011 (Fri) @ Sage (Gateshead, UK)
Nov 12, 2011 (Sat) @ Constellations Festival (Leeds, UK)
Nov 15, 2011 (Tues) @ Revolver (Oslo, Norway)
Nov 16, 2011 (Wed) @ Debaser (Stockholm, Sweden)
Nov 18, 2011 (Fri) @ Magnet (Berlin, Germany)
Nov 19, 2011 (Sat) @ Motorbooty/Rock ‘N Roll Circus (Hamburg, Germany)
Nov 21, 2011 (Mon) @ Blue Shell (Cologne, Germany)
Nov 23, 2011 (Wed) @ Rotonde (Brussels, Belgium)
Nov 24, 2011 (Thurs) @ Primavera Club Festival (Madrid, Spain)
Nov 25, 2011 (Fri) @ Primavera Club Festival (Barcelona, Spain)
Nov 27, 2011 (Sun) @ Guess Who (Utrecht, Netherlands)

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