'It Might Get Loud' (Sony Pictures Classics)
Axmen get amped about their instruments in smart rock doc.
By Troy Patterson 08.11.09 6:14 PM
David Guggenheim's delightfully unsnobby symposium of a documentary convenes three masters who share one love: electric guitar. Page is a walking monument to Led Zeppelin’s heavy virtuosity. While the classic rocker is a rock classicist devoted to technique, White bangs on as a dirty minimalist who imagines roots rock as a primal struggle.
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SPIN.com's Best of the Week
Jay-Z debuted his new single, and the Killers' premiered an epic video. PLUS: U2, Blink-182, Rihanna, and more!
By Spin Staff 06.13.09 11:13 AM
This week, Jay-Z unleashed a new song, "D.O.A.," from his upcoming release, Blueprint 3 -- while the Killers premiered the epic video for Day and Age cut "A Dustland Fairytale." U2's Bono and the Edge talked about their involvement in the
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Jack White Plans Solo Album
Plus: Thom Yorke makes solo plans of his own. Click here for details!
By Melissa Goldstein 06.09.09 7:11 AM
Considering Jack White's ever-expanding roster of bands -- the White Stripes, the Raconteurs, and the Dead Weather -- it's completely understandable that he'd crave some alone time.
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Jack White: Not Your Dad's Rock Star
SPIN's David Marchese explains five ways the overachieving musician is different from Bono, Chris Martin, all those other superstar frontmen.
By David Marchese 06.03.09 12:18 PM
Always unpredictable and never less than interesting, Jack White has cut a unique swath through modern rock. Here’s how:
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The Dead Weather: Gang of 4
First the White Stripes. Then the Raconteurs. Now the Dead Weather. Here's what's behind Jack White's driving ambition.
By Charles Aaron 05.22.09 3:55 PM
Stuttering slightly, leaning up and back, running a hand through his thick, inky spray of goth-teen hair, Jack White finds himself in an extremely unfamiliar situation -- at a loss for words.
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Jack White Joins Nashville Mayor's Board
The rocker will help keep the "music" in Music City. Click here for details!
By William Goodman 05.13.09 9:14 AM
Jack White: White Stripes and Raconteurs frontman, Dead Weather drummer, Third Man Records chief, sought-after rockabilly collaborator… political advisor!?!?
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