Upcoming Shows

UPS is playing a lot in the coming weeks. Here's where you can catch us:

Sunday, September 23: Shards, Bethlehem, PA. w/ Kevin Greenspon and H O R S E. 8PM.

Saturday, September 29: Red Palace, Washington, DC. w/ Dance for the Dying & Fire and Wheel. 9PM, $8 at the door.

Sunday, October 7: Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie Festival at Club Heaven, 2327 18th St NW Washington, DC 20009. 10PM. FREE.

Saturday, October 13: Joe Squared, Baltimore, MD, with Louis Weeks. 10PM.

 Friday, October 26: Baltimore Folk Festival at Joe Squared, Baltimore, MD. 8PM.

And here's a video of us from the Black Cat in January. Catch you soon.

Recording + Upcoming Shows

Hey everybody, We just finished up a great weekend in the studio; a new release is getting itself ready, we're just trying to figure out the right format...stay tuned. Excited to announce a couple of upcoming shows. We're going to be playing at the Red Palace in Washington, DC on Saturday, September 29 with Dance for the Dying and Fire and the Wheel. We'll also be performing at the Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie Festival on October 7. It also looks like we'll be playing in Philly and New York in the near future; we'll post the details as the shows are confirmed.

Spring Shows

We're playing on March 14th, in Raleigh NC with Prypyat and Trepak. This will just be Rachel and Sam, old school UPS. If you know folks in NC, send'em out. Click on the event for more details

And then, on April 13th we head back to the Velvet Lounge in DC with a slew of other good bands - Mynoni and Friends, Charlie Harrison and the Contraband, and up from Asheville NC, Get Right Band. Click on the event for details and links to the music.

Keep your eyes peeled for other shows this Spring!

Conventions: Available now.

Our album is available to download here, and will distributed elsewhere in the coming weeks.

Come join us tonight at the Red Palace in Washington DC at 9PM as we celebrate albums release!

Album release show in two weeks!

Take a listen to a couple of the new tracks!

CONVENTIONS is coming!

We're close....so close to tying the knot on CONVENTIONS, the new album.
Stay tuned.
Until then, ponder the above.

Live video of new song 'Ba Ba Ba'

Thanks to Travis of Free Advice for taking and posting this video. This is one of the ones we're going to be recording in July. Enjoy!

Ugly Purple Sweater Live at The Paper Swan from Paper Swan on Vimeo.