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Look Me Over Closely

by Jason Wallace

NME with Stripes Vinyl

Attention, collectors!

This week’s NME contains a special edition gatefold red vinyl 7″ with “Rag and Bone,” a single from Icky Thump, on the A-side! If you can’t pick one up personally for some inexplicable reason, you can order one here.

Viva la vinyl!

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Posted in Stop The Presses! on June 5th, 2007

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He’s Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman

by Jason Wallace

Looks like Electra, a DJ for Chicago’s alternative rock station Q101, decided to play Icky Thump in its entirety several days before its release. Guess who called the station directly to vent, from Spain no less? Leading man Jack White, busy performing on the Stripes’ European tour. Needless to say, Jack was pretty angry and choice words were exchanged, words like “naive” and “coward.”

Here’s the full story courtesy of MTV.com.

I won’t furnish an opinion about whether DJ Electra’s intentions were pure enough or whether Jack overreacted or any of it. Icky Thump is still coming out on June 19 and that’s all that matters.

I will say that there’s only one song the crestfallen DJ could play to express her feelings:

All alone and walking / Nobody’s talking / Why can’t you be nicer to me?

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Posted in Stop The Presses! on June 4th, 2007

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I Can’t Wait!

by Jason Wallace

I understand your pain!

Icky Thump, the new Stripes album, will soon arrive on June 15, but that’s 12 painful days away. What on earth will you do with all those hours in between!?

Here are a few suggestions to help you cope with the agonizing wait:

1) Listen to every previous Stripes album in its entirety: the distinctly Detroit sound of their self-titled debut, the Dutch art-inspired De Stijl, the Lego-powered rock of White Blood Cells, the mammoth and memorable Elephant and the piano-driven Get Behind Me Satan.

2) Visit Broken Bricks and learn to play all of Jack’s savage riffs!

3) Enjoy a few music videos directed by Michel Gondry, the Malloys and others!

4) Check out these wonderful pieces of fan-art: 1, 2, 3, 4!

Posted in General on June 3rd, 2007

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This site is about the group White Stripes. White Stripes is an American rock music duo from Detroit, Michigan, consisting of Jack White (principal songwriter, vocals, guitar, piano) and Meg White (drums, percussion, vocals). The group rose to prominence as part of the garage rock revival with their successful albums White Blood Cells and Elephant. The White Stripes are known for their raw, low-fidelity sound and simplicity of composition and arrangement, mostly inspired by punk rock, hard rock, American blues, folk rock, and country music. July 14, 2007, marked their tenth anniversary as a band, with a show held at the Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, selling out in twelve minutes.

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