Brooklyn newcomers White Rabbits pull off an amazing sleight of hand with Fort Nightly, popping out of the hat with a debut as fully formed and self-assured as any likely to be heard this year.  Full text...

Fort Nightly is that rare debut where potential isn't the operative word-- White Rabbits deliver the whole package straight away.  Full text...

With maraca shaking exoticism, a Weill-ian theatricality and slick, reverb-heavy guitar riffs, "Kid On My Shoulders" is just about the most exciting rock song around at the moment, and quite an impressive arrangement at that. There's a Specials/Fun Boy Three quality to "Dinner Party," in which ornate piano riffs combine with a baritone sax in a strange, two-tone garage rock horror movie soundtrack.   Full text...

They have created something memorable "more than the average lifespan gives to the up and comer" as Fort Nightly is both a caveat and a consummation of creative concept.  Full text...

Seemingly unplanned and always a delicious surprise, the White Rabbits’ debut Fort Nightly is a romp through dirty 19th century streets, elegantly decked-out whore houses, and Mrs. Doyle’s classroom of harsh 8th grade critics. What more could you ask for?  Full text...