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  Meg White Wasn't the Only Anxious White Stripe

  July 20, 2012 – It's been five years since the White Stripes ended their final tour early, citing drummer Meg White's "acute anxiety." Now, in an admirably candid half-hour video interview with MSN (via NME), Jack White has revealed he felt some inner turmoil of his own during his days with his previous band. …
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  Watch Jack White's Hype Williams-Directed 'Freedom at 21' Video

  July 16, 2012 – Jack White is a 21st-century man. In an uncanny way, his reverence for the analogue past taps into a broader resurgence of interest in records, tapes, and the like, as evidenced by his official solo debut Blunderbuss out-selling all other vinyl albums so far this year, in a period when sales of new vinyl continued to rise. …
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  The White Stripes Release First-Ever 1997 Shows on Vinyl

  July 9, 2012 – In what seems to be an attempt to prove to heartbroken fans that he really is sad about having to end the White Stripes, Jack White and Third Man Records have announced that the next batch of goodies its Vault subscribers will receive includes a 12" recording of the Stripes' first-ever live show. …
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  SoundScan's 2012 Mid-Year Report: 5 Signs of Retromania

  July 9, 2012 – Past continues to be prologue for pop music in 2012. In SPIN's March/April Now Issue, Retromania author Simon Reynolds delved into the various ways artists are copping from the now-constantly-present past as they map out our musical future. Industry data tracker Nielsen SoundScan has unveiled its 2012 mid-year report, and while the headline stats are pretty bland — Music sales are up modestly! Album sales are almost flat! …
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  Jack White Kills Rumors He Recorded With Radiohead

  July 5, 2012 – The rumor that Jack White is working on a special project with Radiohead that was birthed at Bonnaroo this year when Thom Yorke thanked White from the stage for something we'd all see "very soon" has been partially killed off by White. Jack mysteriously confirmed some sort of collaboration by saying "yeah, yeah" and laughing cryptically when Marc Maron brought it up on his WTF podcast in late June. …
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  Jack White Declines to Join Tom Petty and Eddie Vedder's Superjam

  June 25, 2012 – Rockists in Amsterdam must be having a field day (though their wallets surely haven't) over the past few days, as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Pearl Jam's tours are currently dominating the city's major venues. …
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  Voodoo Festival 2012 Adds Jack White, Skrillex, Neil Young

  June 25, 2012 – Believe it or not, Green Day is not the only band playing New Orleans' Voodoo Music Experience in October: the fest organizers have announced the rest of its lineup, which will now include Neil Young and Crazy Horse and the ubiquitous Jack White, as well as Silversun Pickups, Skrillex, and the Avett Brothers — and not, despite his seemingly best efforts, Frank Ocean. Voodoo began in 1999 and has nearly always been held at New Orl …
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  Mr. T to Paul McCartney: Hot Chip Reveal What's In Their Heads

  June 22, 2012 – Hot Chip's talent lies in distilling dance music bliss into compact, bittersweet pop songs. The Londoners' fifth LP, In Our Heads, contains the electro ensemble's most mature and ambitious jams, but maintains the group's trademark levity. Alexis Taylor's kinda-rap during the breakdown of lead single "Night and Day" assures us that Hot Chip is still down to get a little goofy (as does the song's Mr. T reference). …
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  Jack White Mysteriously Confirms Radiohead Meeting

  June 18, 2012 – During Radiohead's set earlier this month at Bonnaroo, Thom Yorke hinted at a potential collaboration with Jack White, thanking the Third Man Records boss for something we'll all see "very soon." In an interview posted this morning on the podcast WTF With Marc Maron, White acknowledged getting together with the British rockers, though he was tantalizingly mum about further details. …
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  Lollapalooza 2012's 5 Most Wrenching Set-Time Conflicts

  June 13, 2012 – Most festivals have two or three stages featuring artists playing at the same time, but this year's Lollapalooza has an overwhelming eight. Since announcing its full lineup in April, Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell's mega fest has had us biting our nails, waiting to see who will be playing against whom. The moment of truth arrived yesterday, when the fest posted its schedule. …
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