White Hills

New York's White Hills create trippy, synth-heavy rock & roll which draws from influences ranging from the Stooges and Hawkwind to stoner rock and post-punk. They began releasing their energetic fusion of Krautrock and space rock in 2003, and soon formed alliances with Rocket Recordings (U.K.) and Thrill Jockey (U.S.), both of whom issued editions of the band's 2007 album Heads on Fire. Albums like 2010's White Hills blended psychedelic rock with post-metal, while the band shifted toward industrial and goth rock with subsequent efforts like 2017's Stop Mute Defeat. For 2025's Drop Out III, the band revisited their earlier collaborations with British noise-rock collective Gnod.