By Jennifer Marston on April 7, 2010
Jack White takes another stab at directing videos, this time for his model-singer wife, Karen Elson, who will soon release her forthcoming album, The Ghost Who Walks.
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By Jennifer Marston on March 17, 2010
A Jack White/Jay-Z collaboration has been spinning in the rumor mill for some time, but we can consider it official after the former’s recent chat with British GQ.
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By Karli McAllister on February 19, 2010
“What can I do?”, the debut video from newly signed Third Man Records outfit The Black Belles, is shot in black and white and dons a distinctive feel reminiscent of The White Stripes. That is why it comes as no surprise that the man behind the camera, directing the fresh femmes, is Jack White himself.
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By Jennifer Marston on February 3, 2010
Earlier last month, Memphis garage-rock pioneer Jay Reatard passed away at the age of 29. According to The Memphis Commerical Appeal, Reatard—born Jimmy Lindsey Jr.—was found dead in his home. The same paper revealed autopsy details today. Shelby County Medical Examiner Dr. Karen E. Chancellor stated that Reatard died from “cocaine toxicity,” and that “alcohol [...]
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Posted in News | Tagged Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst, Definitive Jux, DFA Records, Jack White, Jay Reatard, midlake, The Dead Weather
By Jennifer Marston on January 7, 2010
Seven mere days into the new year, Jack White, not surprisingly, is already announcing new releases, the latest from The Dead Weather. White and the band are currently in the studio recording a second album, the early sessions of which they’ve turned into a new 7″.
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By Jennifer Marston on December 10, 2009
The White Stripe‘s live film, Under Great White Northern Lights, originally premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and documented the duo’s insanely hectic 2007 tour, in which they visited every province and territory in Canada.
Many of us south of that particular border never had a chance to see the reportedly awesome film, but that fact is set to change in March 2010, when it gets a wide release as part of the Under the Great White Northern Lights limited edition box set.
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By Jennifer Marston on November 16, 2009
Holidays and winter months are ahead, which means that tours are winding down many of our favorite artists will get some well-deserved R&R for a couple months.
Jack White is not among them, and as usual, that’s entirely by choice. The White Stripes/Raconteurs/Dead Weather captain–a.k.a. the busiest man in the biz–will fill his forthcoming days off with another project, recording a new LP for 72-year-old icon Wanda Jackson (Via P4K).
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Posted in News | Tagged Jack White, The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs, The White Stripes, Wanda Jackson
