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  'Great Gatsby' Invites Frank Ocean, Jack White, Florence, and Filter to the Party

  December 20, 2012 – Among the numerous stylistic standouts and anachronistic oddities that gave Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996) its distinct charm, the soundtrack played paramount. His forthcoming F. …
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  Watch Jack White Materialize on 'Portlandia'

  December 17, 2012 – The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds is one of those albums that makes people go a little crazy. Hell, it helped inspire the Beatles to record Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, right? …
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  Jack White Palpitates Through Feverish 'I'm Shakin'' on 'Conan'

  December 11, 2012 – Jack White has an exquisite case of the jitters. The former White Stripes frontman brought Little Willie John cover "I'm Shakin'," the latest single from solo debut Blunderbuss (SPIN's #35 album of the year) to Conan last night. His all-female band the Peacocks backed him on the frenetically quavering blues scorcher, leaving the black-suit-wearing White free mostly just to howl, save a wonderfully addled guitar solo. …
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  SPIN's Director of the Year Tom Scharpling on 2012's Buzziest Music Videos

  December 6, 2012 –  When Tom Scharpling isn't hosting the much-loved, free-form The Best Show on WFMU or interviewing the likes of Fucked Up's Damian Abraham for his Low Times podcast, he's directing charmingly low-key, ingeniously high-concept music videos. …
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  We're Going to Be Friends: Jack White Disputes Alleged Lady Gaga Beef

  December 5, 2012 – If it seems too good to be true, it probably is, even when it involves Jack White and Lady Gaga. Earlier today, various publications pointed to an out-of-context quote from the U.K. website for Esquire magazine, in which White appeared to be slamming Gaga as artificial. …
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  Red Stripe: Jack White Launches 'Third Man Novelties Lounge,' Ends Communism

  November 20, 2012 – The Cold War is over, and liberal capitalism won. In a cheeky video mimicking former President Ronald Reagan's speech calling for the Berlin Wall to be destroyed, Jack White's Third Man Records has announced the opening of an extension to his Nashville, Tennessee, record store. …
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  Jack White Raps on Delta Squall 'Blues on Two Trees' Snippet

  October 30, 2012 – It was only a matter of time before the iconoclastic rocker who earlier this year released a single via hot air balloon went and started rapping. Jack White has unveiled a 30-second snippet of "Blues on Two Trees," the B-side to his upcoming single "I'm Shakin'" (via Consequence of Sound), and yup, over the dirty-blues gutter howl, that's the former White Stripe rapping in a blessedly unshowy cadence. About, um, commitment. …
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  Jack White Rakes Through 'Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground' Live at Third Man

  October 26, 2012 – It's that "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" time of year again. As you shake the decomposing organic evidence of fall from your shoes, sit down and take a listen to Jack White's shit-kicking version of the vintage White Stripes rocker during his first ever official solo show, on March 8 of this year. …
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  Watch Guns N' Roses, Jack White, and More Play Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit

  October 22, 2012 – Neil Young showcased his famous friends once again at the 26th annual Bridge School Benefit this weekend, with Guns N' Roses, Jack White, Eddie Vedder, and more turning in acoustic sets for the two-day event in the San Francisco Bay Area. …
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  Jack White Battles Jack White in 'I'm Shakin'' Video

  October 10, 2012 – In Jack White's new video for Blunderbuss blues-quake "I'm Shakin'," director Dori Oskowitz pits Jack White against Jack White, each suited rock icon fronting one of the man's two touring bands. This Little Willie John cover seems all the more propulsive with that much personnel on deck (and watching Autolux's Carla Azar slam skins is a distinct pleasure). …
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