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Last Updated: 12/26/2009

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City: CHICAGO
State: Illinois
Country: US
Signup Date: 4/23/2008

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Monday, December 14, 2009 
Sneak Peek the new White Mystery Album

Are you wondering, "Is this a new White Mystery record bursting out?"  The answer is YES. 

We recorded fourteen songs with Devin Davis at a steel factory here in Chicago and the release is planned for December 31, 2009 at the Double Door.  You can pre-order the record starting December 18 on a White Mystery website that will launch the same date.

The new record cover features your two favorite red heads at a sculpture park on the north side of Chicago.  We have fond memories of learning how to rollerblade there in the nineties and returned on Saturday, December 12 to deconstruct it with our eyes.  The White Mystery momma, photographer Diane Alexander White, shot us inside this little metal house shown here, and at an abandoned car wash in our neighborhood.

How do you like it?


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Wednesday, December 02, 2009 
Gear heads rejoice!  White Mystery recorded with Devin Davis and Joel's Gear in a Chicago steel factory on Western.  Special thanks to them both for lending their ears and hearts.

Songs were recorded live and in clusters of three.  Here's the equipment used for recording the fourteen tracks over the two days in July. Record release date is planned for early 2010, and more info tba.

ALEX
Rickenbacker Fireburst 330, Big Muff, Morley ABY Channel Switcher, 1979 Music Man, and 1964 Fender Super Reverb.*  
Amps used a Lomo 19A9 Russian Tube Mic.
Pre-amps used for mics were two tube Ampex 351's.
 
FRANCIS
Drum kit sub-mixed with the Altec 1567A Tube pre-amp/mixer.
Two Ampex 351 mic pre-amps for overhead mics.
Two Beyer M160 overhead mics.
Beyer M201 and Shure SM57 mics on snare.
Sennheiser MD 421 mics for toms.
AKG D112 mic on bass drum.

VOCALS
Alex used the Lomo 19A9 Tube mic and Francis used Devin's Neumann TLM 103. 

COMPRESSORS
RNC compressor during tracking and Devin's Manley Vari-Mu in post production.

...and a Carvin Mixing Board.


*Bo Diddley played this amp.

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Tuesday, December 01, 2009 

Current mood:  catalyzed
Download the new White Mystery tunes "Take a Walk" and "Don't Hold My Hand" from the upcoming 2010 full length album on MySpace.  Sweet!
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Thursday, August 27, 2009 

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Are you ready to hear fourteen new songs recorded in a Chicago steel factory? Francis and I just recorded an album with Devin Davis and are currently mixing it. Enjoy "Take a Walk" til it comes out! More to come...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 

Category: Music
SOLD OUT! HoZac Records Club single limited to 500 copies

Only 500 copies of the single were pressed for a HoZac Club single.
Fifty copies are available at live White Mystery shows.
Come celebrate the release at Permanent Records this Friday, July 24 at 6PM.
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Sunday, July 19, 2009 

Category: Music

The Chicago Reader "Critics Choice"
Free Recommended The List (Music)
White Mystery

When: Thu., July 16, 10 p.m. 2009
Phone: (312) 226-6300
Hard to believe it’s been almost seven years since a 17-year-old Miss Alex White announced her arrival on the Chicago garage-rock scene with a month of Fridays at the Hideout—backed by nothing but the primitive pounding of drummer Chris “Playboy” Saathoff, she stunned audiences with her skilled songwriting and soulful howl. Now 24, she has something of the wizened veteran about her, and functions as a sort of de facto elder to the thriving crop of young musicians emerging from her alma mater, Northside College Prep, which includes members of the Smith Westerns and the Stranger Waves. Her newest project, White Mystery, returns to the winning formula of her duo with Playboy and her previous two-piece, the Red Lights; this time her younger brother Francis plays drums, and his style is somewhere between Beat Happening’s Cro-Magnon rhythms and what you might hear from one of those kids at Guitar Center who always commandeers a display kit to see if he can sound like Keith Moon. They’ve been gigging a lot lately—last weekend they played at their mother’s photo exhibit, which commemorated the 30th anniversary of Comiskey Park’s Disco Demolition Night—and their debut seven-inch just came out on HoZac Records, perfectly capturing their gleeful (Billy) Childish-ness and swaggering Monks-y stomp. The Stranger Waves, the Pelts, and Poppets open. —Brian Costello
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Sunday, June 07, 2009 

If you're a fan of stripped down garage rock, loud drums, and/or redheads, meet your perfect match. White Mystery is the two-piece brother/sister duo of Alex and Francis White. Alex is best known as the guitar rockin' front women of Miss Alex White and the Red Orchestra, but with her latest venture with brother Francis, she strips it down to a guitar and heavy-handed drum garage rock sound. The twosome put on an energetic show, and had one of the most killer tambourine and guitar rock outs I've ever seen recently when they appeared in ChicaGoGo (as evident in the photo above).
Also playing is noteworthy act, Stranger Waves, who were recently picked as the "Best Rock or Pop Act" by The Reader. The trio of 18-year-old rockers supposedly puts on one of the best and most rowdy local shows around, creating a racket of noise with two guitars and driving drums. I'm looking forward to finally checking them out live myself. The music will be gritty, loud, and it will make you bounce all around Hideout's floor.

White Mystery and Stranger Waves play The Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia, tomorrow night (May 23rd) at 9pm. Tickets are $8, and the show is 21+
— Lisa White / Comments (0)
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Friday, April 17, 2009 

White Mystery April in Chicago, Detroit, Ann Arbor
Check out the photos and video from Detroit!


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Monday, April 06, 2009 

White Mystery April in Chicago, Detroit, Ann Arbor

Thank you for having fun with White Mystery in March.  April is another exciting month of shows in Chicago and abroad for White Mystery.  Here are upcoming events, and links to watch March events:

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March Videos
TV Clip:  Watch White Mystery on ChicaGoGo Show
Live Show:  White Mystery at Union Rock Yards in March
Radio Show:  "Farmer" from WHPK Radio on WM MySpace
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Wild Show!
Wednesday April 8, 9:30PM
at the Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, Chicago
With punk marching band Mucca Pazza and accordion player Jason Webely
For adults 21 years and older, $12

Detroit, Michigan
Friday April 10, 10PM
at the Belmont, 10215 Jos Campau, Detroit
with awesome Michigan punk bands, Lee Marvin Computer Arm and Frustrations

Ann Arbor, Michigan
Saturday April 11, 10PM
at the Heidelberg, 215 N Main Street, Ann Arbor
with fun, dance-y bands Charlie Slick, Johnny Ill, and The Mahonies

Free Show
Thursday April 23, 10PM
at the Cobra Lounge, 235 N. Ashland, Chicago
with Swedish band Manikins and hometown brothers, The Yolks

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Coming soon: 
May 2 - Alex's Birthday Party at the White Haus
May 23 - at the Hideout in Chicago with Stranger Waves
May 27 - in Detroit, Michigan at the Lager House
May 28 - in Buffalo, New York for Big Neck Fest
June 12-  "Power Glove" Hozac Records release at Permanent Records

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See you soon,

Alex White & Francis White

White Mystery
www.myspace.com/..whitemysteryband



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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 






"Snack Culture" live song by White Mystery on March 7, 2009. Video is courtesy of Union Rock Yards, a venue that tapes every show at their space. So smart! The set was in Logan Square shortly after the ChicaGoGo taping.







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