Like the whole "I read it for the articles" self-justification surrounding Playboy in its early days, The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, first debuting in 1964, had its presence explained on the kitchen table by the fact that "It only comes out once a year, honey, relax" and plus "the photography is really good...look at how beautiful these beaches are!" and it was an excellent showcase for swimwear, albeit swimwear that is always peeling off and being clutched to the bosom of Tyra Banks or another model with bedroom eyes, appendages stuck in sexy contortions out in the Caribbean. more ›

White Denim are playing an intimate (read: 160 tickets and that's all, folks) show at Hotel Vegas this Friday. The band are reporting it will be their last show in Austin prior to their return in March. And where will they be in the meantime? On tour with Wilco, of course, traveling through the northwest. Tickets here. more ›

- First order of business - The Wu-Tang Clan are playing Emo's East on January 14th. Tickets here. - Andy Langer posted this real estate prospectus on Twitter of La Zona Rosa from Retail Solutions. Pretty sure the close proximity of Mr. Gatti's is not a selling point to anyone, guys. more ›

Seems like it's been a few weeks since the last music festival, doesn't it? ACL and Fun Fun Fun Fest are still around autumn's corner, but a smaller, burgeoning festival this weekend at Emo's promises two full days of fun for much less hassle and cash than our city's more mainstream music-and-arts extravaganzas. It's called Wild Frontier Fest, and in this, its second year, it lays claim to Emo's for both Saturday and Sunday with an expanded roster of indie-rock and folk bands from near (White Denim) and far (Peelander-Z, who continue their remarkable run of playing every Austin music festival in 2011). more ›

We just noticed this new White Denim video over on Pitchfork and wanted to share. The band is currently touring in support of their latest, D, and they return to Austin in July. No local tour dates on the books that we can see, but we'll keep you posted. more ›

• Check out this White Denim video where they are playing the “prom.” Hello, yummy cheesiness!
• It’s a rap about Whole Foods. Yes, “It’s Getting Real In the Whole Foods Parking Lot.”
• The Austin Public Library (and the Austin Film Society) are screening some movies for FREE!

Some Austin music news is hard to miss, especially when one of this sonically obsessed community’s most buzzed about and beloved groups comes out with a new record. Rock foursome White Denim are releasing their latest album, D on the 24th, and we recently caught up with the band’s guitarist/vocalist James Petralli to talk a little bit more about the new studio experience, playing overseas, and calling Austin home base. The band are playing at Waterloo records at 5pm today, so hop on over if you'd like to hear new material before the band head out on the road for a summer tour. If you need a little visual enticement, watch their video for “Drug” here. more ›

It's a Mogwai Monday here in Austin. more ›

Austin's White Denim are touring in support of their new album D out on May 24th, but not before visiting Waterloo Records for a free instore performance and signing on the 20th at 5pm. more ›

White Denim's new album D comes out on May 24th. Until then, check out the new video for "Drug" and head over to Soundcloud to check out some more samples. more ›

Don’t just sit at home patiently waiting for White Denim to drop their highly anticipated forthcoming album D, next month - get up and head on out to Antone’s tonight for a taste of their energetic live act, guaranteed to get you moving. more ›

As Austin’s beloved three-piece indie outfit White Denim prepare to drop their next album, D, in late May, they’ve generously gifted fans with a web-exclusive freebie -- an hour long mixtape. This springtime treat reflects the band’s influences with tracks in the mix by Lee Hazlewood, Hank Williams Jr., Emmylou Harris, Triangle, Ernesto Djedje, and Eddie Callahan (full tracklist on Gorilla vs. Bear). It also follows suit with the seasonal appropriateness of The Last Day Of Summer, a free 12-song EP released in September featuring the overflow of their forthcoming album. more ›

Just a few days after summer ended, White Denim surprised just about everybody by releasing a 12-song collection culled from their summer spent in the studio. The album, titled Last Day of Summer, is available to download for free from the band's website, though donations are suggested. According to an accompanying note by guitarist and frontman James Petralli, the band doesn't consider the album their third LP - that's being wrapped up right now - but rather a "summer retreat from [their] ongoing work on the third full length." Perhaps it's not surprising, then, that these songs show off a totally different side of White Denim. The approach is more casual and free; it feels like the band is stretching their chops, cutting loose, just playing for fun. That jovial abandon radiates through each of these tracks, and the music certainly doesn't suffer for it. more ›

We knew that White Denim was hard at work on their third full-length this summer, and that there were tours coming up this winter, but we didn't expect birdseed this soon. more ›

White Denim first captured our imagination in 2007 with their irresistible “Let’s Talk About” single and an equally alluring EP of the same name. Since then, the lads have churned out three brilliant full-lengths, fine tuning their experiments in psychedelic garage-rock with great success all along. They are now poised to release their most ambitious effort to date. We touched base with singer and guitarist James Petralli earlier this week to learn more about the new album. Catch the band in concert this Friday night at Antone’s. more ›

Austinist is proud to announce our 5th annual day party during SXSW, happening March 17 at the Mohawk on Red River St. in Austin, Texas. This year's event is our best yet, and we're so proud to announce the lineup, featuring: White Denim, Besnard Lakes, Washed Out, Small Black, Royal Bangs, Toro y Moi, Phantogram, Warpaint, Julianna Barwick, Yukon Blonde, First Aid Kit, Body Language, Anni Rossi, MyNameisJohnMichael, All Get Out, and Dan Black. more ›

Austinist, WOXY and BMI are proud to announce our 5th annual day party during SXSW, happening March 17 at the Mohawk on Red River St. in Austin, Texas. This year's event is our best yet, and we're so proud to announce the lineup, featuring: White Denim, Besnard Lakes, Washed Out, Small Black, Royal Bangs, Toro y Moi, Phantogram, Warpaint, Julianna Barwick, Yukon Blonde, Body Language, Anni Rossi, MyNameisJohnMichael, All Get Out, and Dan Black. more ›

White Denim. Transmission Entertainment. "Hipsters." Lone Star. more ›

Well, just in the nick of time, the group pops up with a very special show -- this time, they'll be at Padre's in Marfa on January 15. The show is made possible through The Texas Commission On The Arts and Ballroom Marfa's Front Row Members, which is why the ticket price is a modest $5, we assume. Even if you just returned from New Year's Eve in Marfa, this show is definitely worth another carpool. Bring some cash - tickets are available at the door only, not online. more ›

Akron/Family will be back in town Wed, Feb 24 at the Parish with Warpaint. more ›

Rep. Nasishat 'steps in' KUT controversy. more ›

It’s no secret that we’ve been fans of White Denim for a long time. And for good reason. The band has churned out a handful of excellent records, and on stage, the trio of James Petralli, Steve Terebecki, and Josh Block exhibit an instinctive chemistry, combining effortlessly to execute their calculated sonic experiments. Although the new record Fits dropped in the U.K. this past June (read our review here), it finally saw an official release in the U.S. earlier this week and the boys will mark this momentous occasion at The Mohawk on Saturday night with a typically robust performance, no doubt. more ›

Head down to campus, find the communications building, and get ready to rock in the ACL Studios this afternoon from 3-5 p.m. The band has an open call for extras and you're invited ... head out! more ›

It’s interesting that White Denim, a band that’s already joined the vanguard of recent Austin attention-grabbers (Shearwater, Harlem, Black Joe Lewis, et al.), has yet to see a physical release of their music supported with even a modicum of distribution in their home state. That’s set to change on October 20th, when Downtown Music will finally release Fits, the band’s second (third if you count their UK debut Workout Holiday) and most adventurous LP domestically. Actually, adventurous is an understatement: it’s head-spinning how much they pack into the record’s economical 37 minutes. Fits is a short but dense blast of moody, psychedelic soul that careens from hard-edged funk and breezy soul, to straight up psych rock with flourishes of jazz and dub. It manages to be in nine places at once without feeling directionless or schizophrenic. The trio is incredibly tight, and the song structures and time changes are so fascinating that you have to occasionally stop and ask yourself, how the hell are they doing this? However they conjured it up, Fits is an excellent, occasionally face-melting rock album that deserves to be played loudly and often by many more people than are currently familiar with it. more ›

• Built to Spill is coming to Stubb's in October
• Riverboat Gamblers have a new music video for "Victory Lap".
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Last night, Rare Magazine celebrated at the Long Center with local bands, food and beverages from local vendors, and fireworks. Harlem, White Denim and Grupo Fantasma were on hand, as well as DJ Manny. All photos courtesy Pooneh Ghana. more ›

Cheers to solid shows at the Parish! An ample bar stretches across the length of the East wall providing easily accessible drink-receipt stations, making transactions painless, even if you're as drunk as Lucinda Williams at jury duty. Moreover, the sound is spot-on and the woman behind the board is a complete mensch. If you're lucky enough to nail down a good lineup, you're sittin' pretty ATX-style. more ›

As usual, there’s a fortitude of great music to catch this weekend. But tonight’s lineup at the Parish has got us itching for the work week to end. Three promising acts — Ume, Corto Maltese and White Denim — are teaming up to bring some local flavor to music overloaded souls. more ›

We definitely want to see you at our Local Music Is Sexy 7 party on Saturday night at the Pure Volume House (RSVP) but we have to mention that one of our favorite local bands White Denim is back in action on the same night at Red Eyed Fly. The trio was truly amazing at our Local Music Is Sexy 5 shindig last SXSW; we caught up with James Petralli from the band this week to assess the band’s plan for a new record in 2009; read our interview further below. more ›