When MTV's college-obsessed little sister station mtvU announced the nominations for this year's Woodie Awards, we had some fun trying to make sense of the logic underlying the way in which they had grouped together bands and pit them against... CONTINUE READING PHOTOS, VIDEO FROM THE 2009 MTVU WOODIE AWARDS»
Posted on November 19, 2009 in (12 comments)
Tags: Alexa Chung | Alison Mosshart | Amber Tamblyn | Asher Roth | Ben Gibbard | Chris Walla | Clips | Cyndi Lauper | David Cross | Death Cab For Cutie | Diplo | Fall Out Boy | Jack White | Leighton Meester | Mary-Louise Parker | Matt And Kim | mtvU Woodie Awards | Passion Pit | Pete Wentz | Rick Ross | The Dead Weather | Zooey Deschanel
It's not as insane as it sounds. As the folks at Third Man explain: "A Glorious Dawn" is a moving arrangement of Carl Sagan's sagacious words culled from his magnificent Cosmos series. The piece initially gained recognition when composer John... CONTINUE READING JACK WHITE'S THIRD MAN PREPS CARL SAGAN/STEPHEN HAWKING 7"»
Posted on November 4, 2009 in (14 comments)
Tags: Carl Sagan | Glasser | Jack White | Stephen Hawking
The Dead Weather can be a mixed bag between their principals' ineffable charisma and their lesser songs' paint-by-numbers posturing -- but the project's certainly carved a niche in turning out some of the year's most memorable videos. Jack and Alison... CONTINUE READING NEW DEAD WEATHER VIDEO - "I CUT LIKE A BUFFALO" »
Posted on October 2, 2009 in (13 comments)
Tags: Alison Mosshart | Jack White | Phoenix | The Dead Weather | The Raconteurs
Jack White and Justin Timberlake: Do you know what you look like when you grab the microphone out of someone's hand and do a lame Kanye West impersonation? You look like an embarrassing uncle at a wedding. You look like... CONTINUE READING AN OPEN LETTER TO CELEBRITIES WHO WILL NOT STOP DOING KANYE JOKES»
Posted on September 21, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Jack White | Justin Timberlake | Kanye West
Last year, San Fran's inaugural Outside Lands festival featured Radiohead, but also power outage issues. This year: No Radiohead, but abundant electricity. Trade-offs! While Thom was twisting words at the Reading and Leeds fests in the motherland, Golden Gate park... CONTINUE READING OUTSIDE LANDS 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on September 1, 2009 in , , (0 comments)
Tags: Alison Mosshart | Atmosphere | Band Of Horses | Bettye LaVette | Black Eyed Peas | Built To Spill | Calexico | Dave Matthews Band | Fergie | Heartless Bastards | Jack Black | Jack White | John Vanderslice | M.I.A. | Maserati | Mastodon | Matt And Kim | Os Mutantes | Outside Lands | Pearl Jam | Q-Tip | Tenacious D | The Dead Weather | The Dodos | The Duke Spirit | Thievery Corporation | Tom Jones | Vau-De-Vire-Society | Ween
Judee Sill died of a drug overdose in 1979 at the age of 35 after releasing two classic collections, Judee Sill and Heart Food. Frida Hyvönen's gorgeous take on the California folkie's '71 track "Jesus Was A Crossmaker" debuted in... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP CII: HEAR NEW FRIDA HYVöNEN, WIN JACK WHITE'S BLOODY VIDEO OUTFIT & THIRD MAN GOODIES»
Posted on August 19, 2009 in , (1 comments)
Tags: Dead Weather | Frida Hyvönen | Jack White | of Montreal | The White Stripes
As reported, this Tuesday was a busy release day for Jack White and his Third Man Records: the label put out singles by Dan Sartain ("Bohemian Groove") and Transit ("C'mon And Ride") -- both produced by the Third Man main... CONTINUE READING NEW JACK WHITE - "FLY FARM BLUES"»
Posted on August 13, 2009 (18 comments)
Tags: Jack White | Phoenix
Coming via Third Man Records 8/11 is a trio of White-related 7"s. Solo cut "Fly Farm Blues" is from It Might Get Loud. The others are produced by Jack: "Bohemian Grove" by Dan Sartain and "C'Mon And Ride" by Transit,... CONTINUE READING JACK WHITE RECORDS SOLO SINGLE, PRODUCES NASHVILLE MTA»
Posted on August 5, 2009 (2 comments)
Tags: Dan Sartain | Frightened Rabbit | It Might Get Loud | Jack White | Transit
So far on his Internet Leaks EP, Al's played around with T.I. and the Doors before actually getting weirdly serious, but for now he's back to the good times pop cultural mishmashing shtick, bringing a Jack and Meg-styled thump to... CONTINUE READING "WEIRD AL" PARODIES THE WHITE STRIPES»
Posted on August 4, 2009 in (4 comments)
Tags: Deer Tick | Jack White | Meg White | The White Stripes | Weird Al Yankovic
Jack and Alison's "Treat Me Like Your Mother" seemed to have seen its most radical redressing when the mercurial pair shot the shit out of each other in a desert, but then somehow Diplo got commissioned to fuck with the... CONTINUE READING DIPLO REMIXES THE DEAD WEATHER»
Posted on July 21, 2009 in (16 comments)
Tags: Alison Mosshart | Diplo | Jack White | Kings Of Convenience | The Dead Weather | The Raconteurs | The White Stripes
We closely followed Jack and Meg's rogue gigs during their tour of all of Canada's provinces, Icky Thump support shows which including the infamous one-note concert. (The setlist from that night read: 1. "F.") Director Emmett Malloy captured the entire... CONTINUE READING WHITE STRIPES TOUR DOC UNDER GREAT WHITE NORTHERN LIGHTS TO PREMIERE AT TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL»
Posted on July 21, 2009 (1 comments)
Tags: Jack White | Kings Of Convenience | Meg White | The White Stripes
Eminem's gruesome "3 A.M." premiered on Cinemax a few weeks back, so that's why the Dead Weather asked the channel to show its new video before Wanted on Saturday night. Because Jack White and Eminem are best bros from Detroit.... CONTINUE READING NEW DEAD WEATHER VIDEO - "TREAT ME LIKE YOUR MOTHER"»
Posted on July 12, 2009 in (40 comments)
Tags: Alison Mosshart | Florence And The Machine | Jack White | Mercury Prize | The Dead Weather
In a flurry of post-Cinemax/Late Show Horehound activity, we have crystal-clear pro-style black and white video of the band doing the dubbed-out "Cut Like A Buffalo" along with footage of them visiting United Record Pressing in Nashville to the strains... CONTINUE READING DEAD WEATHER PERFORM A SONG, VISIT A PRESSING PLANT, DISS THE DIGITAL AGE»
Posted on July 7, 2009 in (14 comments)
Tags: Alison Mosshart | Jack White | The Dead Weather | The Kills | The Raconteurs | The White Stripes
The Raconteurs are presumably still in the midst of a pretty successful run, and between Brendan Benson's upcoming solo LP and this here project they're using this down time to sate their (extra)extracurricular passions. But nobody doubts the true color... The Tonight Show'">CONTINUE READING THE DEAD WEATHER BRING "HANG YOU FROM THE HEAVENS" TO THE TONIGHT SHOW»
Posted on June 19, 2009 in (43 comments)
Tags: Alison Mosshart | Conan O'Brien | Jack White | The Dead Weather | The Kills | The Raconteurs | The White Stripes
Because he's not busy enough with Dead Weather and hosting double weddings in his backyard, Music Connection reports the Raconteuring White Stripe plans to start work on a solo album by the end of the year. Start sleuthing at The... CONTINUE READING JACK WHITE PLANNING SOLO LP»
Posted on June 9, 2009 (39 comments)
Tags: Dead Weather | Jack White | Raconteurs | The White Stripes
A couple months ago Jack White launched Third Man Records' Nashville offices via his newest supergroup, The Dead Weather. As we mentioned then, and as you know by now, the band's made up of the Kills' Alison Mosshart, Raconteur Jack... CONTINUE READING THE DEAD WEATHER'S HOREHOUND ALBUM ART, TOUR DATES»
Posted on May 12, 2009 in , (8 comments)
Tags: Alison Mosshart | Green Man Festival | Jack White | Queens Of The Stone Age | The Dead Weather | The Kills | The Raconteurs | The White Stripes | Weezer
You know Jack White's mission to join every band in America? Still going strong. The Dead Weatherman is putting his new Third Man Studio to use by producing and playing on a forthcoming 7" from The Dex Romweber Duo. "The... CONTINUE READING JACK WHITE RECORDS NEW WHITE STRIPES, DEX ROMWEBER TRACKS»
Posted on May 7, 2009 (16 comments)
Tags: Green Man Festival | Jack White | Jarvis Cocker | Meg White | The Dead Weather | The Dex Romweber Duo | The White Stripes | Yeasayer
You couldn't be surprised when the Dead Weather's roadies came out in uniform dress code (suits and bowler hats) last night: This was a Jack White show after all. Although according to those who secured access to last night's NYC... CONTINUE READING THE DEAD WEATHER @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 4/14/09»
Posted on April 15, 2009 in , , (13 comments)
Tags: Alison Mosshart | Animal Collective | Crystal Stilts | Jack White | Motel Motel | Queens Of The Stone Age | The Dead Weather | The Kills | The Raconteurs | The White Stripes
Office parties can be lame, but not when Jack White's your boss. Earlier tonight Conan's friend launched Third Man Records' new Nashville offices by debuting a supergroup called The Dead Weather. The Kills' Alison Mosshart is its frontwoman, Jack White... CONTINUE READING JACK WHITE UNVEILS DEAD WEATHER SUPERGROUP»
Posted on March 11, 2009 (40 comments)
Tags: Alison Mosshart | Gary Numan | Jack White | Queens Of The Stone Age | Tegan And Sara | The Dead Weather | The Kills | The Raconteurs | The xx
Conan's leaving 30 Rock for Carson's old desk at The Tonight Show on March 2nd, and as P4K reports, the last band to play the Late Night studio on his watch will be long-time O'Brien-chums Jack and Meg White. It's... CONTINUE READING LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN'S LAST MUSIC GUEST: THE WHITE STRIPES»
Posted on February 11, 2009 (7 comments)
Tags: Black Dice | Conan O'Brien | Jack White | Meg White | Norm MacDonald | The White Stripes
If you have money and/or connections, Washington DC is the place to be today. There are so many people gathered for the presidential inauguration, CNN is shooting from a satellite in space! But sadly some celebrities are stuck in Park... CONTINUE READING BEN & ZOOEY HIT SUNDANCE»
Posted on January 20, 2009 in (29 comments)
Tags: Ben Gibbard | Death Cab For Cutie | Jack White | John Krasinski | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | M.I.A. | Ray Manzarek | Robby Krieger | She And Him | Sundance | The Doors | The White Stripes | Zooey Deschanel
Jack White was playing patty-cake with the Kills yesterday. Today he and his fellow Raconteurs head out into the woods and play the traveling hobo bards from the album cover of Consolers Of The Lonely. It's all in honor of... CONTINUE READING NEW RACONTEURS VIDEO - "OLD ENOUGH"»
Posted on November 11, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Elbow | Jack White | The Raconteurs | Vampire Weekend
This new Kills video includes not only six kinds of glue, Slash's hat, gun play, ping pong, and a variety of chattering teeth, but also Jack White -- dancing and playing a very excited game of patty-cake (see screen grab).... CONTINUE READING NEW KILLS VIDEO - "TAPE SONG"»
Posted on November 10, 2008 in (0 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | Jack White | Raconteurs | The Decemberists | The Kills
The Bond between Jack and Alicia is strong. And by that I mean it has massive pecs and its name is Daniel Craig, because if we are talking musical bonds then no it is not strong. The musical bond sounds... CONTINUE READING NEW JACK WHITE & ALICIA KEYS VIDEO - "ANOTHER WAY TO DIE"»
Posted on September 30, 2008 in (63 comments)
Tags: Alicia Keys | Jack White | The White Stripes
