(Dead Weather tour dates included) Just a quick note here: The Dead Weather, Jack White’s latest band, has released their debut album, Horehound, and it can be streamed in its entirety through iLike. The band features Jack White on drums (and occasional guitar and vocals), Alison Mosshart of The Kills, Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs and Dean Fertita.
Mosshart’s influence is strong in this band – not just her voice, but her overall style lends a very straight-forward rock feel. “Treat Me Like Your Mother” shows the versatility of the band, where you hear some electronica and even a little rock-hip-hop in there. “Rocking Horse” has a dusty, outlaw feel to it and “3 Birds” has an early 60’s spy movie theme going.
Overall, The Dead Weather are no White Stripes or Raconteurs, but it’s certainly interesting and worth a spin. Jack White is missed on the guitar but I guess we have other options for that. Maybe in his next band he’ll play two guitars. Or maybe the band after that.
Stream The Dead Weather’s Horehound.
Also, check out their YouTube channel for some videos. Tour dates are below.
| 07.13.2009 | 9:30 Club | Washington, DC |
| 07.14.2009 | 9:30 Club | Washington, DC |
| 07.16.2009 | Terminal 5 | New York, NY |
| 07.17.2009 | Terminal 5 | New York, NY |
| 07.18.2009 | House of Blues | Boston, MA |
| 07.19.2009 | Ottawa Blues Festival (Rogers Stage) | Ottawa, Canada |
| 07.21.2009 | Olympia De Montreal | Montreal, Canada |
| 07.22.2009 | Kool Haus, Toronto | Canada |
| 07.24.2009 | The Fillmore | Detroit, MI |
| 07.25.2009 | The LC Pavilion | Columbus, OH |
| 07.27.2009 | First Avenue | Minneapolis, MN |
| 07.28.2009 | Vic Theatre | Chicago, IL |
| 07.29.2009 | Vic Theatre | Chicago, IL |
| 07.30.2009 | War Memorial Auditorium | Nashville, TN |
| 08.17.2009 | Ogden Theatre | Denver, CO |
| 08.18.2009 | The Depot | Salt Lake City, UT |
| 08.20.2009 | Paramount Theatre | Seattle, WA |
| 08.21.2009 | Commodore Ballroom | Vancouver, Canada |
| 08.22.2009 | Commodore Ballroom | Vancouver, Canada |
| 08.23.2009 | Roseland Theater | Portland, OR |
| 08.25.2009 | Wiltern Theatre | Los Angeles, CA |
| 08.27.2009 |
The stars seem to be aligning for a White Stripes reunion. Amid Jack White’s many projects (including The Dead Weather and It Might Get Loud), there may be room for more. Let’s have a look at the clues to the White Stripes mystery.
- There was the brief (and slightly disastrous) reunion for friend Conan O’Brien’s last Late Night show. It was framed as a favor for O’Brien, but it was a new start for the duo.
- In May, Jack White leaked some details about a forthcoming White Stripes concert film, The White Stripes Under Great White Norhtern Lights. It chronicles their Icky Thump tour throughout Canada. This is the tour where Meg started suffering from fatigue, causing the White Stripes to halt everything. Nothing like a concert film to get the buzz going before a new tour.
- Most important of all, also in May, Jack White told MusicRadar that Meg was getting over her anxiety issues. He also said that they started working on a new album before the Conan show and said that, “It won’t be too far off. Maybe next year.” Addressing fans’ fears that the White Stripes had broken up, he said, “Nothing of the sort.”
- Finally, on May 22nd, Meg White married Jackson Smith, in a ceremony in Jack White’s backyard in Nashville, Tennessee. It was a double wedding, with Raconteurs and The Dead Weather bass player marrying Jo McCaughey.
Happy times are here again.
Musical virtuoso Jack White has a new band, The Dead Weather. It features Allison Mosshart from The Kills on vocals, Raconteurs bassist Jack Lawrence, dean Fertita from Queens of the Stone Age and White on drums. The upcoming album, to be released in June, is titled “Horehound” and was played to a select crowd at White’s Third Man Records. Read more
