Joe Williams, the rowdy 23-year old behind White Williams, got his start playing piano at a young age, getting scolded by his mean German piano teacher for screwing around with the pedals making his own sounds without ever practicing. At 15 he moved onto his first project drumming for a noisy screaming band whose first show was opening for Black Dice and the Rapture in 1999. Playing in DIY venues exposed Joe Williams to a wild party lifestyle of fires, noise bands, art and performance. He had a growing int...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. All things must come to pass, if you love something set it free, it's better to burn out than fade away, blah blah blah. No platitude can mask the permanent bummer of a favorite band breaking up in their prime, and such is the case with Iowa City's most untamed civic treasure, feral-psych foursome Raccoo-oo-oon, who decided to dissolve this year after nearly half a decade of radical and galvanizing activity (tapes, tours, t-shirts, etc). Fortunately they're generous sorts, so their parting gi...   [ read more ]

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Recorded mostly live, The West Is the Future captures the intensity and dynamic range of Darren Jackson's Minneapolis band as a four-piece, with long-time drummer Christopher McGuire (John Vanderslice), guitarist Erik Appelwick (Vicious Vicious, Olympic Hopefuls) and bassist Zak Sally (Low) offering up a moody fusion of rock, folk, and country that has garnered comparisons to Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliot Smith, Sparklehorse, The Black Heart Procession, and Pink Floyd. The darkly cinematic album picks up whe...   [ read more ]

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