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How the White Stripes and the Hives built on the legacy of garage rock
Two U.K. televisual musical moments from the turn of the century, both involving stripped-down young rock ‘n’ roll bands: First up, the White Stripes on long-standing U.K. pop showcase Top Of The Pops, in February 2002. “Fell In Love With A Girl” began its chart-shaking international climb, and Jack and Meg White entered English living […]
20 side projects you should already be listening to by now
Side projects have the special ability to give artists the chance to express themselves in whatever manner they choose without snobby genre lords or the (sometimes self-imposed) shackles of their previous works confining their sonic decisions. Sometimes these new bands go in an intentionally more mainstream direction, while other times the word “commercial” is never […]
Woodstock 50 loses third venue appeal a month before festival kickoff
The 2019 summer of peace and music continues to go the way of bell-bottoms and tie-dye, as the Woodstock 50 celebration loses another bid for a venue. The festival was denied again by its desired destination, and their partnered production company has also thrown in the towel. Read more: Top 10 pop tracks every punk won’t […]
Jack White clarifies heroin usage joke, calls out “trash music” sites
Jack White has issued a statement to clarify some comments he recently made joking about using heroin. White’s band The Raconteurs just put out their first album in 11 years. White recently gave an interview with The Irish Times to talk about why it took so long and make the joke. Read more: twenty one […]
Jack Black, Jack White crossing paths finally results in epic selfie
In the most meta moment of all time, Jack White and Jack Black, arguably, two of the most famous Jacks, have finally crossed paths. It isn’t the first time they met. They both were are the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards and once Black introduced The White Stripes during a show. Read more: The 1975 share […]
Riot Fest announces 15th anniversary lineup for 2019
The wait is finally over, Riot Fest fans. The first wave of the 15th anniversary lineup for 2019 is officially here. Yesterday, the festival reminded fans that the lineup was on its way in true Riot Fest fashion. Read more: Ice Nine Kills combat Disney ban with Orlando “revenge” show “Tomorrow at 10am, you can stop complaining […]
Jack White receives honorary doctorate for philanthropic work
Jack White has given a lot to the world, founding the White Stripes, the Raconteurs, the Dead Weather and his record label Third Man Records. Now, the world is giving something back to him as he receives an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. White received the degree from Wayne State University for his philanthropic work […]
Jack White - Lazaretto
Jack White Lazaretto Jack White is not the bantam rooster prince of the deconstructed blues. Hasn’t been for a while. These days, White is a distillation of Tom Waits’ Luddite-approved technology and a middle-aged science teacher who enjoys freaking out his bored students, all wrapped up in the body of a 21st century, hard-rockin’ dandy well-versed […]
Jack White saves historic Detroit venue from foreclosure
Jack White has been outed by the Detroit Free Press as the anonymous donor who paid $142,000 in back taxes in order to save the city's historic Masonic Temple from foreclosure. Opened in 1926, The Masonic, which takes up an entire city block, has hosted legendary musical acts such as The Rolling Stones, The Who, MC5, and […]
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Jack White Blunderbuss Since the White Stripes stopped taking thorny, deconstructed blues to the bank (thereby cashing all of Jon Spencer, Jeffrey Evans and Matt Verta-Ray’s checks), Jack White has dipped his muse into various idioms like he was doing laundry by the side of the river and letting it dry on the rocks. Whether […]
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