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Let’s take some music lessons from Jack White

August 12, 2018August 11, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dead Weather, Drums, Guitar, Jack White

Jack White knows his way around a variety of musical instruments. Here (via Walter) is a look at two dozen

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Music News 

Random Music News for Thursday, April 13, 2017

April 13, 2017April 12, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alt-J, Babylon Zoo, Beatles, Ben-Hur, Cocaine, Dead Weather, Headphones, Leonard Cohen, Pakistan, Rave, Sgt. Pepper, Trip-hop, Where Are They Now

The words “Houston, we have a problem” were uttered on this day in 1970. Now, the music news for April

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 763: The History of Indie Rock, Part 4

October 14, 2016October 17, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Arcade Fire, Dead Weather, Oasis, Offspring, Radiohead, Stone Roses, Strokes

The conclusion of our four-parter on the history of indie rock will look at everything that’s happened in the 90s

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Recommended Music 

This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 11 February 2016

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Charlift, Dead Weather, Donovan Woods, Girl Meets Bear, Idan Raichel, Jezabels, Lou Dollion, Matthew Good, Playlist, Starline, Wet Secrets, Zolas

Now that we’re deep into February, the new releases are coming faster and faster. Here are my weekly picks of

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 23 October 2015

October 23, 2015October 23, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Benjamin Hermann, Big Grams, Dead Weather, Mercury Rev, Playlist, Pure Phase Ensemble 4, STAL, The Nouve, The Virgance, Timmy’s Organism, Video, YACHT

This week’s playlist of recommendations comes from my temporary west coast command centre. Thanks to everyone at Mediazoic for the

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 21 August 2015

August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments BØRNS, Burning Spear, Courtney Barnett, Dead Weather, Fratellis, Monks of Mellonwah, SOAK, Struts, Ultimate Painting, Wolfheart, Young Empires

Lots of new stuff came across my desk again this week. Here’s some hand-picked new stuff that I hope you

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Random Music News for Thursday, August 13, 2015

August 13, 2015August 12, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Band & Me, Cancon, China, David Byrne, Dead Weather, Drake, Jack White, McCarthy Music, Motorhead, Piano, Thom Yorke

On this day in 1942, Disney released Bambi to theatres. Kids have been traumatized ever since. Moving on to music

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Tease of Some New Dead Weather

July 8, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dead Weather, Jack White

Apparently Jack White doesn’t have enough to do these days.  This will be part of a special 7-inch release. Sorry

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Jack White: Underpaid?

December 17, 2013 Alan Cross 1 Comment Dead Weather, Divorce, Jack White, Karen Elson, Raconteurs, White Stripes

According to documents filed in his bitter long drawn-out divorce from Karen Elson (which is now final), Jack rakes in

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Listen to a New Song from The Dead Weather

December 16, 2013 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dead Weather, Jack White

Yes, there’s a new single but don’t get too excited.  The new Dead Weather album won’t be ready until 2015.

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