Bands, Be Featured In Read It Now!

We profile local bands in every single issue; we have a local music section that features reviews, profiles and photography of local shows. We have featured bands from little local lovers like Llama and Ram to heavy hitters such as Cursive.

Get Your Band Featured In Read It Now

If you are in a band, and you live in the Hudson Valley, Read It Now would love to feature you. We do reviews and band interviews, and there are a few ways to showcase yourself in the zine:

  1. Fill out the form (found at the bottom of this page) yourself and mail it to bands@readitnowzine.com. Include a photo.
  2. Send in (or direct us to) your music so someone can review it. Readitnow has a couple of reviewers, and we review albums all the time in depth. Email editor@readitnowzine.com for a mailing address.
  3. Email editor@readitnowzine.com and tell us when you are playing a show! We'll show up and interview you. Or, look out for readitnow staff members at local shows (most of us have no lives on the weekend besides local music anyway) and ask for an interview. If you give us five minutes we can give you 500 words or more.

Band Submission Form

  1. Band name
  2. All scheduled shows you're playing AFTER the release date of the issue you would like to be featured in
  3. Contact info: myspace, email, AND a non-web contact please
  4. Genre
  5. Name and location of all members
  6. How long you've been a band
  7. Any CD release or label info
  8. Your own commentary on your own music. Do you like the direction you're going in? How easy/hard has it been to get shows? Are you surprised with what you've accomplished so far? Does your location help or hurt your music career? What is your band's perspective on our local music scene?

Send this (with a photo!) to Bands@readitnowzine.com. If we need more information, Janine Stankus, our music editor, will contact you. If we don't, you will still receive notice when we get your email.


Do you have a great idea for an article? Do you have an independent local business that needs celebrating? Do you know a local business that needs outing? Do you just plain love Poughkeepsie? Are you passionate about writing, want to get published, and don't know where to start? Start with us. Take a look at the "write for us" section of this page, or just go ahead and email editor@readitnowzine.com.