Slash, best known for his lead-guitar work in Guns N’ Roses, is putting out a new album which includes a ton of collaborations. He’s asked musicians such Flea, Dave Grohl, and Alice Cooper – all whom have said yes to teaming up.
However, Jack White, best known for his work in The White Stripes and now The Dead Weather, didn’t comply to Slash’s requests so easily.
The Dead Weather have been so kind as to release a new, live five-song EP, titled Live From Third Man West.
Released via iTunes, the live EP is named after Jack White’s recording studio in L.A. where the music was recorded; the EP features tracks from the group’s debut, Horehound. All told, the album includes four live videos and five songs, including a cover of the heavy metal band Pentagram’s “Forever My Queen.”
The Dead Weather are a foursome of rockers who don’t waste anytime. Earlier this year, they released their debut album Horehound, and now their getting ready for album number two. Lead singer, Alison Mosshart, dropped by BBC Radio 1, and confirmed that the band is already half-way done and prepped to release their sophomore album before the year’s end. Two albums in one year? Yes. Crazy? Absolutely.
Much like “Duck, duck, goose,” it also goes the same way for speculations and confirmations: “Rumor, rumor, fact.” We Internet geeks just eat this stuff up, so we want to throw another one at you.
As a side note to the unveiling of Stagecoach’s full line-up featuring country artists such as Keith Urban, Sugarland, and The Avett Brothers, Billboard has also confirmed our hunch by stating that Coachella 2010 will take place on the familiar grounds of Indio, California on April 16 – 18. This makes sense since the indie toting festival has repeatedly taken place one week before the country festival.
Jack White has recently directed the latest music video for The Dead Weather’s new single “I Cut Like a Buffalo.” The video mixes vivid colors and black and white footage throughout the piece and was shot in Nashville at the headquarters of The White Stripes frontman’s label, Third Man.
Regardless of how busy Jack White gets with the Dead Weather tour, a possible solo album and appearing with Jimmy Page and the Edge in the guitar documentary It Might Get Loud – there’s always time for Keith Richards!
Richards tells Rolling Stone that he and White have recently worked together: “I enjoy working with Jack. We’ve done a couple of tracks.” Asked by Rolling Stone if White might possibly man the controls as producer of the next Stones album, Richards replied, “I couldn’t fuel that rumor any more than to say Jack and I are in touch.”
So you’re saying there’s a chance?
If he weren’t already busy enough with Raconteurs, Dead Weather and The White Stripes, Jack White is set to release a new solo single, “Fly Farm Blues.”
The song will be released August 11 via White’s own Third Man Records as a special vinyl 7-inch single and via iTunes.
White wrote the new song for film director Davis Guggenheim while filming the music documentary It Might Get Loud with Jimmy Page and The Edge, which opens this month.
Jack White might have some strong feelings about how the Internet and the music business are intertwined, for better or for worse, but he’s still not about to ignore a good cyber project when he sees one. White and his Third Man Records label have launched The Vault – a digital, online music subscription service featuring exclusive content from The White Stripes, Raconteurs and The Dead Weather.
Beyond a basic, free service, a $7/month subscription includes first shot at concert tickets; exclusive streaming video content from Third Man artists; access to chat rooms, pay-per-view live gigs and exclusive Blog content. For $20/month you get all of the above, plus a vinyl album, single and a t-shirt every three months – which won’t be available anywhere else.
Fans can also register their Twitter accounts on The Vault to be notified when new content is available.
Jack White’s newest band, The Dead Weather, released its debut album Horehound today, and you can listen to the entire album for free right now on iLike.com. The album was supposed to be available for only 24 hours yesterday (June 12), but the songs are still there, so enjoy!
Besides Jack White, The Dead Weather is Alison Mosshart of The Kills, guitarist Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age and bassist Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs and The Greenhornes. Watch the music video for the album’s fifth track, Treat Me Like Your Mother:
