There are heavy hitters, and then there’s The Dirty Three. A trio comprising violinist Warren Ellis, guitarist Mick Turner, and drummer Jim White, these Australian independent rock legends recently returned with their first album in 12 year, the aptly titled Love Changes Everything. This week on Transmissions, The Dirty Three explore their history, reflect on the life and work of Steve Albini, and recall their days opening for The Beastie Boys.
Category: Jim White
Jim White :: All Hits: Memories
What happens when a renowned collaborator records a solo album? That’s the question when considering Jim White’s first solo endeavor, All Hits: Memories. White first came to prominence as the drummer for the seminal Australian band Dirty Three and now comprises the other half of a slew of duos, including Xylouris White, The Double, and with Marisa Anderson. Additionally, he’s provided percussive wizardry to songs by Cat Power, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, PJ Harvey, Bill Callahan, and many others. White has an innate ability to adapt to the particular tone of a song, his contributions are always apt, surprising, and elevate the final result.
On the Duo Format (An Interview Series) :: Steve Gunn, Rick Brown, and Jim White (Pt.1)
Steve Gunn, Rick Brown (75 Dollar Bill) and drummer Jim White join Aquarium Drunkard to discuss the lasting appeal of the two-piece band in improv and experimental music.
Searching For Jim Sullivan
Have you ever driven through the desert late at night with Coast to Coast on the radio? It’s a special kind of magic, this weird, dreamlike logic that overtakes your […]
Jim White Vs. The Packway Handle Band :: Israelites
In August of 2012, six months following the release of his last studio album Where It Hits You, Jim White was emailed by yours truly. I was reaching out to […]
Jim White Vs. The Packway Handle Band :: Take It Like a Man
Jim White once told me that his ideal situation as a songwriter would be to make a record of other people recording his songs. And given the bits of himself that have […]
Jim White :: Where It Hits You
There’s a key moment in Jim White’s fifth and latest LP, Where It Hits You , where the album pushes itself into emotional depths only hinted at in its opening sections. When the marching-band […]
Jim White :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Nearly five years is a long time to wait, but it’s been that long since Jim White’s last official LP. Though he released a live EP and a soundtrack for a play in the meantime, it’s […]
Jim White :: Sounds of the Americans
If I were performing a play titled The Americans, I’d want Jim White to write the score for it as well. It just makes sense to have one of the […]
Decade :: Jim White, No Such Place (2001)
No Such Place is an album I have come back to over and over again this past decade. Its fusion of varied production (and producers), Southern Gothic story telling and haunting […]
Jim White :: A Funny Little Cross to Bear
If you’ve had the pleasure of seeing Jim White in a live setting – whether with big, full band arrangements in big, seated, venues or in small, dark clubs touring by himself, […]
Jim White :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview (Part Two)
Few songwriters have the gift that Jim White has. Channeling the strange and weird side of life into song-stories that are as compelling and moving as they are sometimes disturbing, […]
Jim White :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview (Part One)
Few songwriters have the gift that Jim White has. Channeling the strange and weird side of life into song-stories that are as compelling and moving as they are sometimes disturbing, Jim has […]
Beck :: The Mutations Conversations
The following interview should be required listening for Beck fans, and those with even a passing interest in the production of making rekkids. A candid late-’90s interview, journalist Neil Strauss and Beck […]
Jim White :: Transnormal Skiperoo (March 2008)
“‘Transnormal Skiperoo’ is a name I invented to describe a strange new feeling I’ve been experiencing after years of feeling lost and alone and cursed,” – Jim White One of […]