The White Stripes have more or less been off the radar since they released 2007’s Icky Thump and since canceling a series of live shows due to Meg White 's anxiety, which may or may not have had something to with the fact that she DIDN’T have sex on video. Jack White , in the meantime, has put out a second Raconteurs album and two Dead Weather albums. Simply stated: Jack put out and Meg didn’t. But, seeing as though they did gather some attention this year with the Under Great White Northern Lights documentary, the renewal of pepperminty attention was cause enough to off load these super expensive “Merchandise Collections,” which are admittedly ambitious and kind of cool. Enabling the spender to play this set, the White Stripes Merchandise Collection comes equipped with a portable record player, which is quite possibly where the bulk of the $499 retail is spent. The entire set is vinyl, which makes sense considering the Stripes’ allegiance to lo-fidelity and vintage ...

The Dead Weather Sea Of Cowards Third Man Records Released: 5.11.10 No Ripcord review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Now that Jack White has broken out from his red and white pepperminty persona a little more, it’s interesting to see how dark and earthy he’s become. With “Die By The Drop,” new single from his OTHER side-project The Dead Weather , White combines his trademark "White" boy alterna-blues rock with Bat For Lashes occult-ish haunt, which is only helped by The Kills singer, Alison Mosshart . The song’s good, and I’m enticed enough to check out their upcoming second album, Sea Of Cowards . From the press release: April 15 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore 16 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore 17 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 18 Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl Concert Theater 20 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater 22 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom 23 Bonner Springs, KS - Sandstone 24 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant 26 Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues 27 Birmingham, AL - WorkPlay Soundstage 28 Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall 30 Austin, TX - Stubb...

The White Stripes Icky Thump Warner Bros. Released 6.19.07 Rating: 8 out of 10 I’ll admit I was surprised earlier this year when I discovered that there was a new White Stripes album on the way. After Get Behind Me Satan more or less capitalized on Elephant ’s fairly successful attempts at trying to expand Jack White ’s sing/song worth, (he added a low end), but hadn’t really surpassed its predecessor, one could only assume that Jack had ran out of places to go. Early reception of the album may as well have stated that it was the greatest thing to emerge from a studio since…well, fuck I wasn’t alive that long ago. But, as people ACTUALLY listened, they could tell that Jack was struggling a bit. Meg White hadn’t grown out of that snare/crash/snare/crash K-hole that she’s been stuck in since this group gained any notoriety, and despite expanding a little on the instrument front, the album really didn’t go anywhere. It wasn’t bad, but it was nowhere the masterpiece the sal...