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Austin's White Denim returns with the first track from their forthcoming LP PERFORMANCE, coming in August on City Slang. Check the lyric video for "Magazin" below + pre-order the record here.

White Denim's new record Stiff, the group's first release with their new lineup, is officially out tomorrow via Downtown. The breezy and uplifting album closer "Thank You" was co-written with the great Cass McCombs, and it's one of the most tender and heartfelt tracks on the record, along with the gorgeous, '70s-soul-inspired "Take It Easy"...

White Denim share a rousing new shredder from the group's just-announced 6th full-length Stiff, which a press release calls their "first truly live record", featuring a new lineup and production from Ethan Johns, as well as a collab with Cass McCombs on the beautiful, heartfelt album-closer "Thank You"...

White Denim drops a long foretold cover of the very tight Kenny Rogers & the First Edition classic "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" for an episode of the show Fargo that aired last night:

Still basking in the afterglow of both amazing, sold-out Gorilla vs. Bear V shows in Dallas + Austin, and one the most memorable and magical weekends of our lives. Massive thanks to Jamie xx, Lower Dens, Tei Shi, Bop English, Yumi Zouma, Prince Innocence, DJ Sober, and of course, everyone at the Granada, the Mohawk, and Transmission for making it happen. Can't wait to do it again next year. Live

Just a heads up that Constant Bop, the excellent new solo debut from White Denim frontman James Petralli -- aka Bop English -- is officially out today. It's one of our favorite records of the year, and we can't recommend enough that you listen to the whole thing here, and pick it up on vinyl here...

"get on your surfboard and ride" -- bop englishWhite Denim's James Petralli has been one our favorite songwriters since we first heard WD's thrillingly frenetic, very intense raw demos on myspace (RIP) almost 10 years ago now. Petralli's always seemed to have a million brilliant, barely-contained ideas up his sleeve, as anyone who's experienced the evolution of his band's adventurous/exp

BOLTON!!!!! -- James, White Denim

Check out how cool Charles Lloyd's band is here. Damn. Also listen to Keith Jarrett's pop record 'Restoration Ruin'. It is not Jazz. -- James, White Denim