| “NYC’s
hottest New band, White Light Motorcade, makes Rock N’ Roll music
to fight to” – NME
"Add White Light Motorcade to the list of bands that are going to
save the life of rock ’n’ roll." - CMJ
White Light Motorcade ON THE ROAD (* = w/ASH)
| 5/30 |
FARMINGDALE, NY |
Downtown |
| 5/31 |
W. SPRINGFIELD, VA |
Jaxx |
| 6/01 |
NASHVILLE, TN |
Slow Bar |
| 6/03 |
ATLANTA, GA |
Echo Lounge |
| 6/05 |
ORLANDO, FL |
The Social |
| 6/06 |
TAMPA, FL |
State Theater |
| 6/07 |
TALLAHASSEE, FL |
Beta Bar |
| 6/09 |
CARRBORO, NC |
Cat's Cradle |
| 6/10 |
RICHMOND, VA |
Alley Katz |
| 6/11 |
WASHINGTON DC |
Black Cat |
| 6/12 |
PHILADELPHIA, PA |
Theatre For The Living Arts |
| 6/13 |
NEW YORK CITY |
Irving Plaza |
| 6/14 |
DETROIT, MI |
I Rock |
| 6/16 |
DENVER, CO |
Larimer Lounge |
| 6/20 |
LOS ANGELES, CA |
The Roxy |
| 6/26 |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA |
Pop Scene |
New York City’s White Light Motorcade is a rock revival, unabashedly
loud and electic, mindful of their roots but grounded in the present.
Like the band’s influences both old school (The Stooges, MC5) and
new (Supergrass, Muse), they transcend the high volume intensity with
keen melodies and well-crafted songs. But if this is pop, it isn’t
pretty. The songs are often brash and in your face, while still retaining
an instinct for dynamics and well-timed moments of Brit-edged (a la Stone
Roses) machinations.
With conviction and chemistry, White Light Motorcade literally explodes
on stage and on record, testing the waters of something beyond “appropriate”
volume, reveling in a wide array of four-on-the-floor angst and aggressive,
amp-heavy crunch. Between singer Harley Dinardo’s back-street, proto-punk
snarl, the emphatic bite of guitarist Mark Lewis, and the airtight bombast
of drummer Steven Slingeneyer and bassist Tommy Salmorin, WLM still sounds
as though they are avoiding easily placed musical labels.
Variety, coupled with what Jones terms the bands “low tolerance
for bulls—t,” certainly contributes to the strength of White
Light Motorcade’s debut. Recorded in Nashville and mixed in New
York, each track distinctly stands on its own legs. From the menacing
chords of “Open Your Eyes,” to the raw immediacy of “It’s
Happening,” to the downshift and swagger of “All Gone Again,”
the nimble flow of the record is refreshing amidst the grinding guitars
of Lewis and Dinardo. In fact, for a rather loaded and intense musical
experience, the record is full of Dinardo’s subversively catchy
hooks in songs like “My Way” and “Dream day.”
Having recently signed to the independent label Octone (an artist development
co-venture with J Records), White Light Motorcade is poised to build on
the strong word of mouth generated in New York City after just a few shows.
Dinardo is optimistic about WLM’s ability to make its own mark in
the cause to bring back rock : “Things can only get so crappy until
they begin to turn around,” offers Dinardo. “People are starting
to care about what they listen to again – we’re right there
with them.”
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