Catch both acts at:
4/5: Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville
4/6: Grey Eagle, Asheville
4/9: The Social, Orlando
4/10: Jax Live, Jacksonville
4/11: Club Downunder, Tallahassee
4/13: Walters on Washington, Houston
4/14: The Independent, Austin
4/16: The Clubhouse, Phoenix
4/20: Urban Lounge, Salt Lake
4/24: High Noon Saloon, Madison
4/25: Metro, Chicago
4/26: Radio Radio, Indianapolis
4/27: Lee’s Palace, Toronto
4/28: Petit Campus, Montreal
5/1: Paradise Rock Club, Boston
White Rabbits recently dropped by Jimmy Kimmel.
MP3s: White Rabbits - Percussion Gun & Here We Go Magic - Tunnelvision
Our brilliant guest blogger, Britt Lundborg, attended last night’s gig and offers a full report! White Rabbits really whipped it out. And by whipped it out, I mean flew into a full-on furor at Bowery Ballroom last night. Entirely sold out, the room thrashed nearly as much as the Brooklyn-based sextet did on-stage. Super tight on every conceivable level, White Rabbits sounded big and boisterous throughout their fourteen song set, rolling cacophonous waves of percussion over the hungry audience. Highlighting the drums is this year’s “Bear” or “Whale” moniker - a musical trend infecting all sorts of bands from The Dead Weather to Surfer Blood to The Drums. This can feel gimmicky, but the extra rhythmic boost extended White Rabbits’ sonic power and propelled their set far beyond the sounds laid down on It’s Frightening, the band’s current LP. Spoon comparisons trail around White Rabbits given that, yes, there’s a piano here and, also yes, their tightly constructed songs are rife with jangly pop hooks. White Rabbits, however, own a spaciousness entirely their own. A theatricality almost. Lead man, Stephen Patterson, sings with passionate frenzy and plays the piano as though desperately attempting to distract two gunslingers itching to wreak some damage in a wild west saloon. Every time his fingers slid down the keys in a glissando, you ached to hear that ripping flourish again. Right from the start, they seduced the audience into a menacing grip with ‘Foxhunting’ and kept us in that taut cage throughout the set. Once they hit their big tune, ‘Percussion Gun’, we were bouncing like marbles on a drum. When they trooped off stage to mop their brow for the encore, surprise guest Skerrit Bwoy (the Major Lazer hype-man), popped on and wound us up to fever pitch. ‘When I say, White, you say, RABBITS!’ White – RABBITS! White – RABBITS! White – RABBITS! Out tumbled the band for their encore all a-grin and infected us with the euphoria they so clearly felt. Be certain to catch White Rabbits at Coachella Festival.
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Enjoy last night’s brilliant performance of ‘Percussion Gun’ in the clip below.
MP3: White Rabbits - Percussion Gun
Their recent set featured:
Percussion Gun
Rudie Fails
Fox Hunting
The Salesman
Download each & every track here.
In July, White Rabbits visited KEXP.
MP3: White Rabbits - Percussion Gun
See how ‘Percussion Gun’ came together by watching today’s feature below.
MP3: White Rabbits - Percussion Gun
Yay! Catch both acts at:
10/17 - Rock & Roll Hotel - Washington, DC
10/18 - Johnny Brenda’s - Philadelphia, PA
10/20 - Club Hell - Providence, RI
10/23 - Il Motore - Montreal, QC
10/24 - The Drake Hotel - Toronto, ON
10/25 - Magic Stick - Detroit, MI
10/27 - The Firebird - St Louis, MO
10/29 - Blue Note - Columbia, MO
Suckers will also appear at CMJ 2009.
MP3: Suckers - It Gets Your Body Movin’
Enjoy their recent performance of ‘The Salesman’ in the feature below.
MP3: White Rabbits - Percussion Gun
Yesterday’s set included:
Percussion Gun
They Done Wrong / We Done Wrong
Midnight & I
The Salesman
Visit White Rabbits at their official site.
It’s Frightening is out now.
Listen to WOXY here.
MP3: White Rabbits - Live On WOXY
