White Williams
Under the pseudonym White Williams, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and graphic designer Joe Williams makes playful, fractured art pop that borrows from glam rock's strutting cool and electronic mischief-making. In 1999, Williams was a drummer in a Cleveland, OH-based noise band who also played gigs with Black Dice and the Rapture; however, Williams eventually decided to take his music in a more electronic direction. In 2001, he formed So Red, a project that became part of a scene of artists that included Girl Talk's Gregg Gillis and Drop the Lime's {...[more]
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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 inte [ read more ]
CD $14.99
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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 inte [ read more ]
MP3 $7.99
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"New Violence" is the first single from the White Williams full-length, Smoke. Along with the standout album track, it features two exclusive new songs, "Violator" and "Satisfaction," and great vocal-driven remixes by Drop the Lime alter-ego Curses! (best known for releases on Para-One's Institubes label from France) and old school Tigerbeat6 favorites Stars as Eyes. This is nostalgic, colorful art-pop with a distinctively original electro edge.
CDep $31.99
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This is a 12.5" x 19" White Williams show poster for the January 18 show with Ecstatic Sunshine and New Kingdoms at The Grog Shop. Designed by: The Bubble Process.
Poster $17.99
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