Artist.......: White Rabbits
Album........: Live aux TransMusicales de Rennes
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Pop
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2012-08-03
Str.date.....: 2008-12-05
Quality......: 230kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://whiterabbitsmusic.com/
track title time
1. Live aux TransMusicales de Rennes 50:11
Runtime 50:11
Size 82.62
Release Notes:
At first, it's easy to mistake the White Rabbits for just another set of New
York City dance-rock hipsters in the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah tradition, but a
second look reveals a quirkier and more rewarding aesthetic. A sextet featuring
two drummers and a piano player, the White Rabbits refer to their music as
"honky tonk calypso," and their cheerful blend of calypso, reggae and ska
rhythms, plus secondhand music hall influences and big pop hooks, strongly
recalls vintage Madness circa "Our House" and the moodier, more experimental
side of the Specials and Fun Boy Three, via Ted Leo & the Pharmacists. The White
Rabbits began in Columbia, MO, in 2004, when college students Greg Roberts and
Stephen Patterson bonded while working at a local record store. Moving to New
York in 2005, Roberts (vocals and guitar) and Patterson (vocals, piano and
percussion) fleshed out the White Rabbits with guitarist Alex Even, bassist Adam
Russell and dual drummers Matt Clark and Jamie Levinson. Signing with Say Hey
Records in the U.S. and Young Turks Records in Great Britain, the White Rabbits
connected with hot New York indie producer Chris Zane (Asobi Seksu, Les Savy
Fav) to record their debut album Fort Nightly. Preceded by the dramatic first
single "The Plot," Fort Nightly was released in the summer of 2007. For their
second album, the band teamed up with Spoon's Britt Daniel as producer; after
recording in early 2009, It's Frightening was released that spring. White
Rabbits worked with frequent Spoon collaborator Mike McCarthy on 2012's Milk
Famous, who helped the band take its sound in a darker, heavier direction.