Top 10 Overall Artists Who Inspired Me in Song Throughout 2010: A list by White Hinterland’s Casey Dienel

In no specific order:

Erykah Badu for “Fall In Love With Me (Your Funeral)”
James Blake for “Limit To Your Love”
Alicia Keys for “Unthinkable” and “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart,” and that whole record, really
Katy Perry for “Teenage Dream”
Sam Buck Rosen for “Savers” and “Freedom From Domination”
Nicki Minaj for her scene-stealing verses on Usher’s “Lil Freak” and Kanye’s “Monster”
Toro Y Moi for “Blessa” and “Fax Shadow”
Big Boi for “Tambourine”
Janelle Monae for “Tightrope”
The-Dream for “Make Up Bag”

Shawn Creeden of White Hinterland Drops a Quick & Easy Best of 2010

BIG NUMBER No. 1: THE-DREAM – LOVE KING

Tie for No. 2: High Places – High Places vs. Mankind // The Books – The Way Out

Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Lib B – Blue Flame; Red Flame; Evil Red Flame; Rain in England
Wold – Working Together For Our Privacy
U.S. Girls – Go Grey
Gucci Mane – Jewelry Selection
e-40 – Revenue Retrievin’ (Night Shift)
Peaking Lights – Space Primitive
Salem – King Night
Balam Acab – See Birds EP
Sleigh Bells – Treats
Zola Jesus – Stridulum; Stridulum II

White Hinterland Eidolon Digital EP Available Now On Bandcamp, Tour Kicks Off Sunday!

Eidolon is an Ancient Greek term that means “human shadow,” or spiritual double, of a living being. Fitting, then, that White Hinterland’s Eidolon EP serve as a companion piece to Kairos, the stunning full-length released in March from this Portland group.

Collected and curated over the course of 2010, the songs found on Eidolon reflect the very spirit of White Hinterland in that there is never a single definitive version of a song. They are written to be flexible and stretch in all directions. It’s a gorgeous marriage of post-dupstep, airy art-pop and chilled, personal R&B.

Fey 7″ feat. White Hinterland Now Available

Photos courtesy Paul Kramer/Belson Productions

We told you a while ago about the pre-order for the Common Cloud Records limited Fey 7″ Series featuring White Hinterland, It includes “Golden Child”- their breezy, Carribeanesque jammer and collaboration with Alexis Gideon. You can’t find this track anywhere else!

All of the proceeds go to music education in Haiti- specifically, the Holy Trinity School of Music in Port Au Prince. We were sent some fantastic photos of the school- which you can see above and below.

You can still buy a copy of the 7″ during any of White Hinterland’s December tour dates!

12/05/10- Bloomington, IN- The Bishop
12/07/10- Chicago, IL- The Empty Bottle
12/08/10- Minneapolis, MN- First Avenue

W/ S. Carey

12/10/10 Iowa City, IA- The Mill
12/11/10 Cincinnati, OH – Mayday
12/13/10 New York, NY – Highline Ballroom
12/14/10 Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel
12/15/10 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Chapel
12/16/10 Boston, MA – Paramount Center Black Box
12/17/10 Portland, ME – The Space
12/18/10 Montreal QC – Casa del Popolo
12/19/10 Toronto ON – Horseshoe Tavern
12/21/10 Pontiac, MI – Pike Room