White Denim, Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band [outside]

Despite James Petralli decamping to the City of Angels, White Denim remains an Austin institution. The 18-year-running prog/R&B/rock project still soars off the founding front line of Petralli and bassist Steve Terebecki and continues as a farm system for ATX’s talented instrumentalists – including current guitarist Cat Clemons (Pizza Jeff, Sir Woman) and keyboardist Michael Hunter (Mamalarky). November brought WD’s 12th album, a potent collaboration with guitarist/songwriter Raze Regal (Once and Future Band) that lent a new lyrical brain to the project’s ever-skyward jams. Spellbinding conductor Nolan Potter, who played on WD’s latest, opens the show with his Nightmare Band. – Kevin Curtin