Mixtape #10: White Denim

Austin, Texas’ White Denim are quite the ones to watch of late, what with their scratchy blues-soaked garage rock ways rolling into a debut album of utmost quality, Workout Holiday. It’s out on Monday (June 23), and you can expect a DiS review in the very near future.

Meantime? The band’s Steve Terebecki – their bassist – has put together our latest mixtape… or ‘mixtape’ if you’d rather, since no_ you can’t download it or anything. D’ya remember _Select’s cassettes of the month? This is that, but online. And now. Yes.

Usually we limit bands to ten picks each, but Steve’s gone a little OTT. We forgive him though, and allow it, ‘cause we’re digging his selections.

 

Video: White Denim, ‘Let’s Talk About It’

 

Pink Floyd,_ ‘See Emily Play’_

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Wimple Winch,_ ‘Rumble On Mersey Square’_

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Alice Cooper, ‘Reflected’

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Jimi Hendrix,_ ‘Castles Made of Sand’_

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Sir Lord Baltimore, ‘Lady of Fire’

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Captain Beefheart, ‘Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles’

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Yes, ‘Long Distance Runaround’

 

‘Long Distance Runaround’

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Stevie Wonder, ‘Living for the City’

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Ornette Coleman Quartet, ‘....’

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King Crimson, ‘Red’

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XTC, ‘This is Pop’ (live)

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The Minutemen, ‘This Ain't No Picnic’

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Fad Gadget, ‘Collapsing New People’

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Souled American, ‘In the Mud’

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R. Kelly, ‘Sex In The Kitchen’

 

‘Sex In The Kitchen’

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Cass McCombs, ‘Sacred Heart’

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Ivor Cutler,_ ‘I'm Walking To A Farm’_

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Robert Wyatt, ‘The Fairies Are With Robert’

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Richard Hawley, ‘The Ocean’

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Play each link, in turn: voila. Enjoy.

Find White Denim on MySpace here and see them play live as follows:

June

23 London Sister Ray in-store (6.30pm)

27 London Koko

28 + 29 Glastonbury Festival

30 Brighton Audio

July

1 Birmingham Bar Academy

2 Sheffield Plug

3 London Cargo

5 Kent Mighty Boosh Festival

6 Bristol Louisiana

7 Nottingham Bodega Social

9 Manchester Roadhouse

10 Glasgow Captains Rest

11 Kildare Oxegen Festival

Photo: Aubrey Edwards