Run the Jewels (Ashley Gaer | Detroit Music Magazine)
Detroit native Jack White is best known for his hand in the revival of garage rock and punk blues, among other retro styles, but lately he’s been dipping his toes into the world of hip-hop. Last week his label Third Man Records tweeted the opener for the artist’s January 30 show at Madison Square Garden in New York City — the acclaimed duo of El-P and Killer Mike, better known as Run the Jewels. As for now, this is the only date the pair is playing on White’s tour.
when you get asked to open for jack white at MSG you say yes. its in the bible.
— el-p (@therealelp) January 8, 2015
That’s not the only rap-related connection White’s made recently. Third Man Records also announced that Seattle hip-hop crew Shabazz Palaces will record a live direct-to-acetate album at their studios in Nashville on January 17. According to Third Man’s website:
Very few records from last year got us as excited about the current state and hopeful for the future state of music as Shabazz Palaces’ Lese Majesty. Easily the most oft-spun record on the Third Man office turntable in the second half of 2014, it was imperative that we bless the beginning of 2015 with a live direct-to-acetate recording from these psychedelic warriors from the Pacific Northwest. Shabazz Palaces’ obstinately original oeuvre emanates from a fully formed higher conscious, they plant their flag in the outermost realms of the hip hop global soundscape where vibrations throb into beat-heavy explorations, chrome covered constellations of higher reveries each offering it’s own sonic boom. We couldn’t be more excited to host Shabazz Palaces in our Blue Room transcribing their astral suites direct-to-acetate for a live audience, on Saturday January 17th we all blast off together.
Shabazz Palaces have also shared a new animated video for their Lese Majesty track “Forerunner Foray,” which you can watch below. After the jump, you’ll find the tour dates for Jack White’s expanded tour.
01/24 – Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall *
01/25 – Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall *
01/27 – Starkville, MS @ Humphrey Coliseum *
01/28 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena +
01/30 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden ^
01/31 – Columbus, OH @ The Schottenstein Center *
02/02 – Norma, OK @ McCasland Field House *
02/03 – Albuquerque, NM @ Popejoy Hall *
02/04 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas *
03/12-14 – Bogota, CO @ Festival Estero Picnic
03/14-15 – Santiago, CL @ Lollapalooza Chile
03/19 – Asuncion, PY @ Asuncionico
03/20 – Asuncion, PY @ Asuncionico
03/21-22 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Lollapalooza Argentina
03/28-29 – Sao Paulo, BR @ Lollapalooza Brazil
04/11 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/18 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
* = w/ Chicano Batman
+ = w/ Loretta Lynn and William Tyler
^ = w/ Run the Jewels