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By Dustin Allen
Published on November 12, 2009 at 3:40am
As compelling as their output has been in the few short years White Denim have been hustling their off-color brand of spastic art-punk, it's a shame their name isn't more widely known. As comfortable with their noise-pedal fetishes as spastic hardcore, quirky lo-fi retro as tossed-off garage rock, the Austin trio conjures up decades of influence without bowing too long to any one breed. You may recall The Minutemen, a macho soul collective akin to King Khan & the Shrines, or some psychedelic surf band. What's more, White Denim manages to make this fitful patchwork as intricate as it is endearingly sloppy. It may make them one damn hard act to peg down, but more importantly, it makes them one worth returning to. Brazos and And the Relatives are set to open.
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