Asher White
{{short description|American musician}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Asher White
| image = Asher-white-bowery.jpg
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| birth_date = 2000
| birth_place = Evanston, Illinois, US
| genre = {{hlist|Noise pop|indie rock|indie pop|avant garde|chamber pop|folk|experimental rock}}
| years_active = 2014–present
| label = Ba Da Bing! Records
{{hlist|Joyful Noise Recordings}}
| website = [https://asherewhite.com/ Website]
[https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/collections/asher-white Joyful Noise Recordings]
[https://asherwhite.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp]
| associated_acts = Melting Wax Body, THS, Dogbite
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Asher White is an American multi-instrumentalist, producer, visual artist, and writer.{{Cite web |last=Galil |first=Leor |date=2022-04-19 |title=Asher White summons the euphoria of 2000s indie rock with Architecture Exuberant! |url=https://chicagoreader.com/music/asher-white-architecture-exuberant/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Chicago Reader |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2021-10-12 |title=A Beginner's Guide to Awesome Tapes from Africa {{!}} Feature Article |url=https://post-trash.com/news/2021/10/11/a-beginners-guide-to-awesome-tapes-from-africa-feature-article |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Post-Trash |language=en-US}}
Biography
White studied sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design.{{Cite web |last=Galil |first=Leor |date=2022-04-19 |title=Asher White summons the euphoria of 2000s indie rock with Architecture Exuberant! |url=https://chicagoreader.com/music/asher-white-architecture-exuberant/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Chicago Reader |language=en-US}} White began releasing albums on Bandcamp at the age of 14, and released her fifteenth album Home Constellation Study in 2024. Andy Cush of Pitchfork described the album as extraordinary in its eclecticism.{{Cite web |last=Cush |first=Andy |title=Asher White: Home Constellation Study |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/asher-white-home-constellation-study/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
Her sixteenth album is expected in 2025, and her tour (featuring dates with labelmates Deerhoof and others) had already begun when her signing was announced. She is slated to play the Gender Liberation Movement's Liberation Weekend with Ekko Astral, Speedy Ortiz, and others.{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Walden |date=2025-04-02 |title=Ekko Astral and Gender Liberation Movement Announce Liberation Weekend in Washington, D.C. |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/ekko-astral-and-gender-liberation-movement-announce-liberation-weekend-in-washington-dc/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} In 2025, she signed to label Joyful Noise.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-15 |title=Asher White announces signing to Joyful Noise with new single "Kratom Headache Girls Night" |url=https://theneedledrop.com/news/asher-white-announces-signing-to-joyful-noise-with-new-single-kratom-headache-girls-night/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=The Needle Drop |language=en}} In April 2025, she released "Kratom Headache Girls Night", a single for her forthcoming album.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-15 |title=Asher White Shares New Song "Kratom Headache Girls Night," Signs To Joyful Noise |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2304259/asher-white-kratom-headache-girls-night/music/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Corcoran |first=Nina |date=2025-04-15 |title=Asher White Signs to Joyful Noise, Shares New Song "Kratom Headache Girls Night" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/asher-white-signs-to-joyful-noise-shares-new-song-kratom-headache-girls-night-listen/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
In 2024 she spoke with MIZU on the Talkhouse podcast on the occasion of Red Hot's release of the a compilation (TRAИƧA), on which she was featured.{{Cite web |title=MIZU and Asher White Talk About the New TRAИƧA Compilation Album on the Talkhouse Podcast |url=https://www.talkhouse.com/mizu-and-asher-white-talk-about-the-new-transa-compilation-album-on-the-talkhouse-podcast/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Talkhouse |language=en-US}}
Selected discography
- Home Constellation Study (2024)
- Elmwood Cassette (2023)
- New Excellent Woman (2023)
- Architecture Exhuberant! (2022)
- Hummingbird (2021)
- American Motel History (2021)
- Wing Swell (2021)
- In the Quarry (2020)
- Ancient Collect (2019)
- I Thought I Heard Them Call My Name (2019)
- A Home in the Country (2019)
- transfigure eighteen (2017/2018)
- The Swamp (2017)
- et. al