Jack White forms yet another side band project
May 3, 2009
Jack White Forms YetAnother Side Project Band
Kristi Kates 5/4/09
Detroiter-turned-Nashville resident Jack White (White Stripes, Raconteurs) has formed yet another band. Dubbed The Dead Weather, this particular White-helmed group includes Raconteurs bassist Jack Lawrence, Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Dean Fertita, and Kills singer Alison Mosshart. Theyve been a busy new band, too; theyve already recorded a full-length album, Horehound, which is now due out on June 9 on Whites own Third Man Records label. Want a sneak preview? Stop by iTunes to check out two of the songs, available now...
Beatle George Harrisons son Dhani Harrison may have done everything he could to avoid becoming a musician - including going to Brown University, competing in the Olympic Games (as a rower), and working as a designer - but the music kept calling, and now his debut release with his band thenewno2 is set for release on March 31. The junior Harrison, who has collaborated with his fathers other band, The Traveling Wilburys, as well as with Rooney and Jakob Dylan, worked with creative pal Oli Hecks on his debut disc. Harrison is also looking forward to the The Beatles: Rock Band interactive game thats due out on September 9; Harrison has been involved with the development of the game and says it will have some great features...
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkels surprise reunion show in February at NYCs Beacon Theater has played out into more than just the one show for the skillful and legendary musical duo; now theyre set to reunite for a rare concert tour that will kick off in Australia. Stateside or international dates have yet to be announced for Simon and Garfunkel, but chances are if tix sales go well, there will be more dates added to the string of performances already scheduled...
And could it be? MTV is reportedly adding more music videos to its schedule, in an effort to return to its roots as music television (yes, believe it or not, thats what the M stands for.) Theres a catch, though; apparantly, the network thinks that actual music fans only want to see music vids between 3:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. Monday through Thursday, as those are the hours/days theyre limiting actual music videos to. Critics of MTV call the network irrelevant, given that they play more reality programming than music; so perhaps this move, plus the return of the popular Unplugged series, will give the ailing station a boost...
MODERN ROCK LINK OF THE WEEK:
The first set of acts have been confirmed for the 2009 Bumbershoot Fest set to take place in Seattle over Labor Day weekend (Sept. 5th-7th) at Seattles City Center; among this years performers are De La Soul, Modest Mouse, World Party, Raphael Saadiq, and Mark Lanegan; get all the details and tix info at www.bumbershoot.org...
MINI BUZZ:
French pop-rockers Phoenix, fresh from an appearance on Saturday Night Live, are set to release their latest album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, on May 26...
A new documentary film on Bon Jovi, as directed by Phil Griffin, made its debut at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival last week, and will also be re-screened on May 2; the movie goes behind the scenes of Bon Jovis 25-year trek through the music industry...
The first single, Know Your Enemy, from Green Days new upcoming album 21st Century Breakdown, is available now via digital download; a music video will also hit TV this week...
Tinted Windows, the Taylor Hanson/James Iha/B.E. Carlos/Adam Schlesinger super group, have been pondering a slate of tour dates, although with only one album, they may just have to fill the rest of the set with covers...
Domino Records will reissue The Kills 2003 debut album, Keep on Your Mean Side, this week, complete with several bonus tracks and a few covers as well...
Jack White is reportedly mixing around 40 White Stripes songs for a proposed White Stripes movie that rumor says may be in theaters late this year...
And in music stores and digital outlets this week are these new releases... ON CD: The aforementioned Tinted Windows debut disc Tinted Windows... Iron and Wines Around the Well... American Idols Elliott Yamins Fight for Love... St. Vincents Actor... Iggy Pops Preliminaries... and Crisis in Hollywoods Safe and Sound... ON DVD: The Specials - Best of Sight and Sound Edition ... and Love: The Forever Changes Concert... and thats the buzz for this weeks Modern Rock.
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