White Williams Announces Tour Date, Plays Minneapolis On January 21st

Download: White Williams - "The Shadow"

Read more details over at the fork. What's most relevant to you, dear readers, is that White Williams will be playing a show at the T-Rock on the 21st of January. Ecstatic Sunshine will open. Buy tickets for the 21+ show here. Doors will open at 9 p.m.

White Williams MySpace Page
Ecstatic Sunshine MySpace Page

(Jonathan Graef)

Pitchfork Awards White Williams An 8.3!

Download: White Williams - "The Shadow"

Did somebody call April Wright Nostradamus? No? Well, then I will. Because all the way back in, uh, well, last month, April did a track review of White Williams' "The Shadow" in which she said that she was "incredibly impressed with this band." Some website named Pitchfork happens to agree and rewarded White Williams' album Smoke an 8.3 out of ten. So congrats to White Williams all around! At the top of the post you'll find an MP3 of the track April did a review of last month.

White Williams will be opening for Battles at the Fine Line Music Cafe on Nov. 7th. Tickets are $15 dollars and can be bought here.

White Williams MySpace Page

(Jonathan Graef)

White Williams - "The Shadow"

Download: White Williams - "The Shadow"

So, I already did a post on Dan Deacon, but I feel the need to do an entirely separate one on White Williams. They opened for the Deac Friday night, and will be returning to MPLS on Nov. 7 (one week after their new record drops) with Battles. I highly recommend swinging by that show if you have the chance.

Musically, White Williams is very New Wave, but not in a tiresome way. I think the biggest problem with most New-Wave inspired bands is their rush to pour a mountain of synth-sugar onto everything. They neglect the art of...oh, I don't know, writing a good song? But not White Williams. They do a ton of cool instrumentals, but it's all within the framework of strong, tight songwriting.

I'm actually incredibly impressed with this band. I even added them as a friend on Myspace.

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The new album Smoke will be available on Oct. 30th

(April Wright)