The Modern Age

Jack White sat down for a mainly soft-ball interview with the Los Angeles Times. It’s mainly about how the White Stripes are still going strong, and how they have not stopped creating, although they have temporarily stopped touring. They recently recorded and collaborated songs with their friend Beck, setting up in his living room and […]

From the official mailing list:
Hello,
The White Stripes have been nominated for 4 Grammys in the categories of BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM; BEST ROCK SONG;BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP; and BEST LIMITED PACKAGING at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. The nominations are for the band’s 6th album Icky Thump and its title track. The […]

On my list of things that I don’t ever want to do, right below “plummet to my death” and right above “get a rectal exam” you will see “piss off Jack White.” So it’s with great confusion that I read this fake blog entry by “Jack White” found on NewsGroper.
I can’t even go into the […]

What a cute video. I love how Meg is yawning during one of the first shots:

Youtube link from Sodwee.

Hey guys, as I’m sure you know, there has been a bit of White Stripes news going down while I was on vacation. It seems as though I’m not the only one who has caught Spanish Fever, as the White Stripes will release a matador-inspired video for their song “Conquest.”
Here are some teaser shots of […]

According to NME.com:
The White Stripes’ frontman Jack White is currently working on a project to complete a series of unfinished Hank Williams songs.
Bob Dylan is co-ordinating efforts to get several artists to write and record music to accompany some of final lyrics written by the legend.
Jack reportedly worked on an unfinished Williams song called “You […]

Although the White Stripes are not touring, you can still revel in Stripey love. Check out this interview on MTVu. Jack and Meg talk about how the Raconteurs helped the Stripes music, and of course–hating the internets and the digital world and how they fight against the instantaneous gratification by focusing on “long-lasting satistfaction.” Oooohhh […]

Umm… can anyone explain this peculiar message that just went out on the White Stripes Official Mailing List?
Subject: ?
“The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.” - Man Ray X XV MMVII
The code-cracking has already started: X XV MMVII = 10/15/2007… So if anything, we will all find out on Monday.
UPDATE: You […]

You’ve heard about the landmark first time live performance of “Meet Me In the Morning” that Jack did with Bob Dylan at the 9/19 show in Nashville. But now you can actually hear it! Check out the MP3 of the song posted over at I Am Fuel, You Are Friends. If that site gets too […]

Eagle-eyed readers pointed me to this news story from Pitchfork about the total FAKENESS of the “Meg White Sex Tape”. In a statement from the White Stripes’ publicist:
“Some people have a very twisted sense of humor and this prank is in particularly bad taste. The tape circulating on the internet as featuring Meg White is […]