White Denim

White Denim - Last Day Of Summer

A stripped down snapshot of a band in transition and showcasing awe-inspiring musicianship

10 Nov 2011

(Downtown) Last Day Of Summer is a fascinating insight into what White Denim were knocking out for fun before the release of this year’s breakthrough; deservedly lauded fourth offering D. Recorded in a month and initially available only online, this…

White Denim - D

Further wildly adventurous tracks held together by old school psychedelic country vibe

20 May 2011

(Downtown) The Austin, Texas outfit’s previous album, the fittingly titled Fits, was a brilliantly balmy rock-out that proved to be even more dazzlingly unpredictable than their debut. And when they played material from it on tour in Scotland, they…

White Denim

25 Jun 2009

Relentless touring can have strange effects on a band, but in White Denim’s case it left them so stroppy that they came up with their best record to date. Fits takes its title from the ups and downs and tantrums of the recording process as the Texan…

Stag & Dagger

14 May 2009

Even as some of Scotland’s smaller festivals-in-a-field take a sabbatical or call it a day in the current financial climate, new city events like Hinterland and now Stag & Dagger are enjoying their debuts this year. Could the way of the future for fans…

Exposure: White Denim

21 Nov 2008

Austin, Texas’s bluesy, psychedelic garage trio White Denim released one of the true noisy gems of 2008 in their riotous, twisted, brilliant and totally beguiling debut album Workout Holiday. Singer and guitarist James Petralli talks turkey ahead of the…

White Denim

17 Jul 2008

GARAGE ROCK Captain’s Rest, Glasgow, Thu 10 Jul Sweaty, shoebox-sized spaces like the Captain’s Rest are just the sort of venues Glasgow needs more of, and rough’n’ready, in yer face, garage rock trios like Austin’s White Denim are just the sort…

Singles & Downloads

3 Jul 2008

Why is there so much slickly produced, pretend-to-be-credible pop around these days? Newton Faulkner, Amy MacDonald, The Hoosiers, Sara Bareilles – the insipid list just keeps on getting longer. Eurgh, and here’s another one; the emotionless and utterly…

Singles & Downloads

8 May 2008

Get ready, kids, it’s New Morrissey Single of the Fortnight time! And this one’s a stormer, all taut and driving, and laced with that familiar austerity which, you suspect, hides a well of uncertainty somewhere just below the surface. And it’s got these…