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The Dead Weather Announce New US Tour Dates

Making good on their group promise to work every day for a year (and probably more considering the personalities in question here), The Dead Weather have just announced a slew of US tour dates beginning April 15th in San Francisco, just before they are scheduled to hit Coachella on the 17th.

2 Feb 2010 | More
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Jay-Z, Muse and Gorillaz to Headline Coachella

Muse, Gorillaz and All Points West hero Jay-Z have been confirmed to headline the 2010 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, set to take place April 16-18 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA, where the can’t-miss festival debuted in 1999.

19 Jan 2010 | More
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Sentimentalist Magazine’s Top Live Gigs of 2009

It’s very simple: we see many, these stuck out. Our top picks in no order are below, other than Leonard Cohen owning and deserving the very first slot.

30 Dec 2009 | More
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The Dead Weather, Death Cab for Cutie, Matt and Kim Set for mtvU Woodie Awards

mtvU has just confirmed several of the acts that are set to perform at the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards, taking place at New York’s Roseland Ballroom on November 18th.

29 Oct 2009 | More
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The Dead Weather Release Live EP Through iTunes

The Dead Weather announced today the immediate release of Live From Third Man West via iTunes. Recorded at the Third Man Records and Novelities pop-up shop when the band was on tour in Los Angeles in August…

27 Oct 2009 | More
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White Stripes to Release “Let’s Shake Hands” Outtakes, Raconteurs Live LP via Vault

Third Man Records announced today that the White Stripes will exclusively release outtakes from the “Let’s Shake Hands” recording sessions in March 1998 to Platinum members of the Vault subscription service. This is the first time in the White Stripes celebrated career that they have released outtakes from any studio session.

14 Oct 2009 | 1 comment | More
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The Kills Go Back to Work

Not that there has been a dearth of Alison Mosshart coverage thanks to a certain Horehound she’s been chewing on as of late, but for all you Kills fans out there hoping for a sign that a creature stirs – news broke Tuesday via a blog post on the band’s official website that Mosshart and Jamie Hince have indeed reconvened to lay the framework for their next, and fourth, album.

12 Sep 2009 | More
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The Dead Weather and Screaming Females at Terminal 5, NYC 7/16/09

I decided long ago when I became a Kills fan that I’d probably be happy to watch Alison Mosshart do damn near anything…as a performer. One thing I never predicted however was the sight of her eye sexing Jack White face-to-face near the close of the Dead Weather’s ridiculously incendiary performance of “Will There Be Enough Water?” on Thursday night at Manhattan’s Terminal 5 venue.

18 Jul 2009 | 2 comments | More
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The Dead Weather – “Horehound”

Let’s cut to the chase — this Horehound is one hell of a bitches brew. A primal, long snake moan of a Tennessee tornado warning. Indeed, those Jack Daniels-soaked Nashville back-porch nights must be somethin’ with these folks.

13 Jul 2009 | 3 comments | More
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Third Man Records To Set Up Shop in NYC for Two Days

When Jack White rolls into the big city next week with the Dead Weather to headline Terminal 5, so too will a pop-up shop for his Nashville-based imprint, Third Man Records. On July 16 and 17th, a mini-store will open at 131 Chrystie Street (between Broome and Delancey) in downtown Manhattan…

8 Jul 2009 | More