This week indie bands Passion Pit and Cat Power announced release dates for their upcoming records; while veteran rapper Nas announced the release date for his 10th album Life is Good. We’ve also got the details on Jack White‘s new gig at Disney; and a remix by up-and-comer Azealia Banks. Catch up on this week’s news below.
This week Gotye announced that he would be making his debut on Saturday Night Live. Jack White also sat down with NME and spoke to them about what the possibilities are for a White Stripes reunion. Also, pop culture sensation Lana Del Rey performed on American Idol. Check all that and more below…
Almost a month after the surprising break-up of the White Stripes, Jack White has announced that he will never form another band. From here on out White will keep his musical focus on The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather and whatever solo work he develops.
“I won’t join another band again,” White told Q magazine. “Three’s enough for one lifetime. If I can’t say it in any of these bands, then I’ll say it by myself.”
The White Stripes are breaking up.
That’s the long and short if it. According to a post on the band’s official website, Jack White and Meg White are wrapping up their successful collaboration.
“It is for a myriad of reasons, but mostly to preserve what is beautiful and special about the band have it stay that way,” the statement reads.
Read the entire statement from The White Stripes below.
Jack White is catching some heat from fans lately—the White Stripes frontman has been selling limited edition releases from his own Third Man Records label “to the highest bidder on eBay rather than through the Nashville, Tenn. label’s usual outlets,” according to Spinner. Gasp! The horror!
White Stripes fans, rejoice: after having hinted at a possible end to the band’s hiatus back in April, Jack White announced during an interview with Vanity Fair this month that he and Meg White will be begin recording new Whites Stripes material soon, now that Jack’s five million and seven side endeavors, along with various White Stripes projects, are out of the way.
Consequence of Sound reports today that, unsurprisingly—but still somewhat comforting—that Jack White will once again be siding with Team Coco, this time as the premiere musical guest on the first episode of Conan O’Brien’s new TBS late night show, Conan.
Jack White is staying a busy man with the latest activity involving him talking one his bands, The Dead Weather, up through a release from his record label and store, Third Man Records. The band has just announced that they will be releasing “Blue Blood Blues” in three cool formats with the coolest version being a “Triple Decker Record.”
Designed by Mr. Jack White, himself, the extremely limited 300 copies of the 7″ are only available if you buy the 12″. Why? Because you have to crack the 12″ open in order to be able to listen to the new single. As White says, “It’s just one of the many mind games” they like to play at Third Man Records. More info after the jump!
Last month, we gave you a little snippet of how it all went down at the White House as Paul McCartney was honored with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. We saw the joyous event that got President Obama, his wife, Jack White, Dave Grohl, Stevie Wonder and more up on their feet as they all sung along to the classic tune, “Hey Jude.”
Now, we’ve got another clip for you courtesy of PBS (via our buddies over at TwentyFourBit) which captures Jack White‘s performance of “Mother Nature’s Son.” How did his Beatles cover go in front of a Beatle? Watch his rendition after the jump!
