The Modern Age

An eagle-eyed reader emailed in with a link to this story from the Kansas City Star blog “Back to Rockville“:
Imagine you’re a girl, and you love the Raconteurs. You go see them at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, and your having a grand time, when all of a sudden you faint.
The crowd pushes your […]

I’ve heard these guys are good…

Mick Jagger, Jack White, and Keith Richards are on the cover to promote the new Martin Scorsese Rolling Stones film, Shine a Light, in which they all appear, natch.
Behind-the-scenes footage.

Note: On the Raconteurs’ official site it says the NY Terminal 5 show goes on sale on 4/5, but according to the Bowery site they go on sale on 4/4 at noon. Good luck guys!
According to NME:
Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom (April 20) *
Seattle, WA Neumo’s (21) *
Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom (22) *
San Francisco, CA Bimbo’s […]

…is melting my MIND. The herky-jerky stop-and-go motion is a little difficult to watch. Now I know what it’s like to have epilepsy.

Officially in stores starting today, folks! The Raconteurs’ second album, Consolers of the Lonely. Post your first listen opinions right here. And if you have any photos of the record in your local shop, post those too!
For local peeps: Other Music opens at 12 noon and is selling the album for 16.99. Best Buy locations […]

Looks like the much bally-hooed effort of the Raconteurs to make their music available in various formats simultaneously has been foiled by the crew over at Apple’s iTunes. Folks over at The Little Room message board are reporting that they are now able to legally download the ENTIRE Consolers of the Lonely album via the […]

From the official mailing list:
The Raconteurs are pleased to announce the following North American tour dates. You want tickets before they go on sale to the public this weekend? Tomorrow, March 20th, at 10 am local time, you can visit the following links to buy your tickets before everyone else. Please note they […]

Thanks to faithful reader Wendy for dropping this new Raconteurs photo in my inbox:

Woah, does this short, black, spikey ‘do remind you of anyone else?
Come and knock on my door…

Have your say: Jack White’s new haircut: UPGRADE/DOWNGRADE?
I vote….

Holy sheboigies! According to the LA Times, the second Raconteurs album, Consolers of the Lonely, will be out NEXT WEEK, on March 25th.

Why is this the first time you are hearing about this album? Oh, that’s because Jack White just dropped it off at the record label LAST WEEK. According to Radiohead’s Atease message board […]

According to the diary of Pele Hive (aka- “Loud Shouty Foreign Guy” from The Hives), last week he recorded with Jack White and the Raconteur boys for their new album:
April 21: Had breakfast with Jack White. Recorded footsteps for the new Raconteurs album. Those are some great guys.
Thanks to longtime reader idioten for the […]