Francis Scott Key White soaks up rays at Pitchfork 2012 courtesy of The Minimal Beat.

See that adorable kitty in the cast up there? She was running under cars on the freeway during rush hour, got badly hurt, and luckily, was rescued by the folks behind garage tape label Burger Records. They took her to the vet and discovered she needed surgery on her pelvis and knee. To cover the steep vet bills, they asked some artists to contribute unreleased material to the 50-song Kitty Comp.

The two-tape compilation costs $10 and features unreleased tracks by Ryan Adams, Crystal Antlers, Mikal Cronin, Young Guv, the Coathangers, White Mystery, (more…)

Can you spot White Mystery on the cover of the Chicago Reader? Win Pitchfork tix! (more…)

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MUSIC – Shakedown 2011
Shakedown 2011 is billed as an unofficial Pitchfork after-party. A better description is Pitchfork antidote. Cure your sunstroke, empty pockets and overstimulation with three free nights of trashy local rock & roll in a dark club. It all starts tonight with the twisted bubblegum-glam of Mickey and brother-sister garage-punk duo White Mystery. R.S.V.P. at horismokumovie.com/cobrathree. Cobra Lounge, 9pm, FREE! (more…)

White Mystery, 7/15, Cobra Lounge, free with RSVP. Everyone’s favorite local sibling garage classicists. A good-time band, conveniently near the festival, and free if you register. Read the full article in Chicago Magazine here.

Saily Jerry Presents “3 days” of garagey rock at Cobra Lounge (235 N Ashland Ave) featuring some of the more exciting down and dirty rock acts gracing the city’s clubs these days: White Mystery, Mickey, Mannequin Men, Hollows among them. If you wish Pitchfork had more good ol’ rock n’ roll bands, these gigs should sate your thirst and probably get you drunk in the process. Hey, I love a little rum with my rock in my summer so I’m not complaining. You’ll need to R.S.V.P. to the shows, which are free, 21-and-up and walking distance from Union Park. (more…)

Over three nights in mid-July, fine spirits purveyors Sailor Jerry will bring nine rock’n’roll rabblerousers to Cobra Lounge for what should prove one heck of a sweat-soaked, rum-stained weekend. They’re calling it “Three Days of Music,” and, well, they’ve certainly got that part right.

Friday, July 15 sees the garage-rocking ginger siblings of White Mystery heading a bill that also includes local glam-punks Mickey and Lansing, Michigan pummelers par excellence The People’s Temple. (more…)

Wanna see the best punk bands in the Midwest, for free, during Pitchfork?

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