The Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 2015 Grammy Awards yesterday, and among the contenders were three Detroit artists. Rocker Jack White scored four nominations, rapper Eminem landed three, and R&B singer Kem earned one nod. Although none of these artists earned a nomination in one of the four…
Two iconic musicians joined forces last fall to chronicle the story of one of America’s most significant record labels, and now they’ve reconvened to finish the job. Jack White’s Third Man Records has partnered with John Fahey’s Revenant Records to release The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-1932), the sequel and…
“It’s not enough that I love you / There’s all these things that I have to prove to you” So sings Jack White in “Would You Fight for My Love?” the third single to be released off the Detroit rocker’s sophomore solo album Lazaretto. He may be singing to an unimpressed lover, but it’s also…
Late last week, Jack White’s Third Man Records announced the release of Bathtub Love Killings, the first full-length album from St. Clair Shores native Olivia Jean, due out on October 14 of this year. Jean, a multi-instrumentalist who got her start making music with the surf rock band Idée Fixe, first caught White’s attention after a secret Dead Weather…
Detroit’s rock superstar Jack White is continuing his Lazaretto tour after suffering a badly-sprained ankle Friday, in California. According to Third Man Records’ Instagram account, White was encouraged to postpone upcoming tour dates by his management team, due to his injury: White refused. Instead, he returned Saturday for his second performance at Bill…
Jack White hasn’t just been pressing records lately; he’s also been setting them. In April, the Detroit-born rocker announced and released the “World’s Fastest Released Record,” a direct-to-acetate live version of the title track from his sophomore solo album, Lazaretto, which was completed in under four hours. Then, when the album proper itself — packaged as an Ultra LP…
Jack White’s label Third Man Records has announced the launch of a new publishing wing, Third Man Books. The imprint’s first title, Language Lessons: Volume I, is a box set comprising a 321-page collection of poetry, prose, and art, as well as a double-LP compilation. It will be commercially available August 5. Language Lessons comes in a hardcover…
Jack White has taken a brief detour from his constant solo album Lazaretto focus to promote the upcoming release of The Dead Weather’s 2015 album with a new track, titled “Buzzkill(er).” The upcoming Dead Weather album has been teased with two previous single releases, “Open Up (That’s Enough)” and “Rough Detective,” but White is giving fans a…
Between his “feud” with The Black Keys and recent comments about ex-wife and former White Stripes bandmate Meg White, it seems that Jack White’s media attention has attempted to overshadow his highly-anticipated album release. That feeling of destruction is mirrored in the video for “Lazaretto” the title track for the Detroit rocker’s upcoming…
After what seems like two months of constant Jack White-related announcements, the Detroit-native rocker has made his latest album Lazaretto (due June 10) available as a full stream via iTunes. White has slammed the music media world with countless antics, including the album’s feature-filled “Ultra LP,” recording Lazaretto‘s title track with record speed…