Playback: SXSW Mission Statement

Six lists to get you through SXSW 2015

"...book headliners. They're mostly hip-hop acts, leaving the ever white-washed music industry scratching its head saying "Where's Arcade Fire?"..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback

Late SXSW Creative Director Brent Grulke memorialized, and other Thursday SXSW tips

"...of Sweet Spirit (noon), breaking female MC Anya (1pm), White Denim frontman James Petralli's new project Bop English (2),..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Orange Is the New Weird

ATX indie-rock guitar god alert! The Young frontman Hans Zimmerman.

"...school, I had dyed orange hair, and was into White Flag and Minor Threat," he recalls with a hint..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Playback: Margaret Moser Retires

'Chronicle' Senior Music writer Margaret Moser retires after 33 years on the beat

"...after Mike & the Moonpies' triumphant return to the White Horse, where they played to a packed dance floor..."

May 16, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Record Store Day

Why Record Store Day matters

"...by studio owner and Spoon drummer Jim Eno. Also: White Denim's "A Place to Start (Jamie Lidell remix)," Spoon's..."

April 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Bands break up, sure, but were they even trying?

"...Consider the White Horse, a Gen X answer to landmark local honky-tonk..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Playback: 2013 – That's a Wrap

Twelve months of boom recapped

"...status of live music, following 2012's anointment of the White Horse as a breakout venue with the emergence of..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: ACL Arrives and So Does Aaron Behrens' New Band

ACL arrives

"...around in golf carts, erecting stages and pitching big white tents. At the entrance, a rigger hung a banner..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Shark Attack!

American Sharks, the future of Austin rock

"...bands, including locals Some Say Leland, the Blurries, and White Denim's James Petralli, whose Cyber Dads lends a sweet..."

June 7, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Young and Restless

Seven local South by Southwest 'Picks 2 Click'

"...Thursday, March 15, 12am, the White Horse..."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Beetsolonely’s Top 40 of 2011

Forty songs to remember 2011 by

"...Tammar 29. “All the Talkers,” Centro-Matic 30. “Anvil Everything,” White Denim 31. “Headless,” Hella 32. “Pontiac Flanagan,” Churchwood 33...."

Jan. 26, 2012 Music Post by Greg Beets

Off the Record

Sifting through the Austin sound ordinance, paying final respects to Pinetop Perkins, and catching up with Explosions in the Sky

"...Austin's mothers of reinvention White Denim travel to Third Man Records headquarters in Nashville,..."

April 1, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Sign of the Times: Emo's partners with Antone's as the Cactus Cafe's iconic years draw to a close and Daytrotter moves to town

"...sessions with Happy Birthday, Ty Segall, Residual Echoes, and White Mystery. More importantly, given the site's 100,000 monthly unique..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Top 9 Letters of 2009

"...Vicariously been that alluring reader in jeans and a white shirt flipping through the Turkey travel guide. We identify...."

Jan. 1, 2010 Features Feature by Mark Fagan

Off the Record

Mayoral candidates sound off on the future of Austin music, Scott H. Biram gets back on his feet, and unveiling the lineups for the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Pachanga Latino Music Festival

"...second tier include Sonic Youth; Kings of Leon; Jack White's new digs, the Dead Weather; Ben Harper & the..."

May 1, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar is all agog at the gods of film and music

"...right outfit for her: tall boots, jeans, a crisp white blouse, a tan cowboy hat, and a golden sable..."

March 20, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Austin's bands of tomorrow are already here, they're just U18

"...The local explosion of teen acts – or, as White Denim might say, "exposion" – and proliferation of U18..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Finding Gold in a Dust Bowl

Jenny Lewis, Bill Murray, and other nuggets from ACL

"...On Sunday, I had to choose between catching White Denim, Austin’s you-gotta-see-em-to-believe-em, hell-bent threesome; the one-of-a-kind Gnarls Barkley;..."

Oct. 1, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Off the Record

Graham Williams of Transmission Entertainment breaks down this weekend's Fun Fun Fun Fest, while Ian McLagan and the Chronicle music staff sound off on the 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ballot

"...Girl Talk and someone with the dancey-meets-rock vibe like White Denim or Battles. Murder City Devils and Ted Leo..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Barreling down the Big State Festival and going to 11 with the Paul Green School of Rock Music

"...showcasing imports Bleach03, Lebanon, and Seattle duo Lozen, while White Denim; Alpha Rev; the Black & White Years; Centro-matic;..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Fanning the flames of the ACL Music Festival 2007

"...canceled (Rodrigo y Gabriela, Amy Winehouse, and headliners the White Stripes), and when the gates opened Friday, the water..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

"...of 2007 in the UK, due largely to the White Stripes' "Icky Thump," the bestselling single in 20 years,..."

July 27, 2007 Music Column

The Magic 8-Ball Says, 'Get a New Bass Player'

Memories of SXSW 2007.

"...up behind a Whataburger Saturday night), Menomena, Under Byen, White Savage, No Age, Times New Viking, Wooden Shjips (not..."

March 21, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Pelvis Wrestley’s High-Concept Pop Mythology

Bandleader Jammy Violet embraces queer world-building on sophomore LP

"...Violet worked alongside Magic Rockers of Texas’ Jim Campo, White Denim’s James Petralli, and Estuary Recording’s Michael Landon. Standout..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Glasshealer’s Face-Peeling “Brace Yourself” and Five More Songs From Austin Artists

New music picks from Pelvis Wrestley, 8BIT WIZRD, Magna Carda, and more

"...Texas twang with the synth-driven sounds of queer pop, White Denim's James Petralli and Estuary Recording's Michael Landon tag-team..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Being Dead

Debut LP uses fairy tales as a heartfelt, irreverent rock escape

"...When Horses Would Run, produced by Jim Vollentine (Spoon, White Denim) at Austin's now-shuttered Radio Milk. "Treeland" imagines a..."

July 21, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Fuck Money, Unmasked: The Solid Core of Austin's Most Unhinged Noise Band

“We reserve the right to say no to shit”

"...Together, they're looking ahead to upcoming singles produced with White Denim's James Petralli, a yet-to-be-recorded debut album, and aspirations..."

June 9, 2023 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Review: The Band of Heathens

Remote Transmissions, Vol. 1

"...2011's grooving Top Hat Crown & the Clapmaster's Son. White Denim's James Petralli sets the LP's tone by putting..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Medieval Times: Being Dead in an Era of Cruelty and Despair

The story of a real band and a fake band in two acts

"...forthcoming batch of songs, tracked with Jim Vollentine at White Denim's Radio Milk studio, stands as the group's most..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Watch This: Go Fever Spirals in an Australian Pub for New Video

"NYE15" features kangaroos and barroom disillusionment

"...in over a year, Sept. 11 at Mohawk, with White Denim and Being Dead...."

Sept. 7, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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