After attending the Dead Weather’s brilliant show at the Fillmore in San Francisco Friday night, rock withdrawal ran high all weekend. Until late last night, that is, when Jack White, Alison Mosshart, and the boys performed almost the exact same set at Coachella, which was streamed live on the web.
I had a feeling someone would rip the live stream, as it is beautifully shot/recorded, and sure enough, the series of YouTubes is hosting a plethora of clips. Though I won’t say that you’re getting the full impact of the DW’s live low-end frequency assault here, this is a great way to check out some new tunes, covers, and rearranged songs from their debut, Horehound, save for driving out to a crowded desert.
Looks like most of our recent sleuthing/speculation proved to be true: The Dead Weather officially announced the release date, tracklist, and more in The Vault just moments ago…
Sea of Cowards will be released worldwide on May 10/11, preceded by the debut single, “Die By the Drop” (which leaked and was subsequently removed earlier this week), on April 6. That date will also mark the official premiere of the new Floria Sigismondi-directed video.
As we presumed, the video has some visual similarities to Sigismondi’s previous collaboration with Jack White: the White Stripes’ “Blue Orchid” video in which he met his wife, Karen Elson. As for the song, I have to agree with what Third Man Records co-conspirator Ben Blackwell told our buddy from Rock it Out! Blog at SXSW last week: Sea of Cowards is sounding very similar to their first record, picking up where Horehound left off, if you will.
Either way, we’ve only heard two songs so far, but here’s to the end of Dead Weather follow-up speculation! For now…
A few links of note before regularly [un]scheduled programming beings…
As we mentioned when the trailer hit the web, Spike Jonze’s new 30-minute robot love story, I’m Here, features music by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner, Flea, and a gorgeous song by the Moonrats’ Aska Matsumiya called “There Are Many of Us.” Now Jonze and company are offering limited free screenings of the full film online (via /Film) every couple hours.
Jack White did a fashion photo shoot and interview with AnOther magazine, and they’ve posted a nice preview online in which he connects Larry David’s character on Curb Your Enthusiasm to the blues and more.
It looks like Jack White and company’s plans have changed a bit with regard to their forthcoming second LP. Though White told Triple J radio early last month that the Dead Weather’s new album “should be out in April,” following the first single “Blue Blood Blues,” the actual release date, as per Entertainment.ie (via Antiquiet) appears to be May 7 in Ireland (likely the 11th in the U.S.).
As we suspected in our post about their upcoming Floria Sigismondi-directed music video, the band’s choice for the first single has also changed. According to an Amazon listing, the first single will, in fact, be “Die By The Drop,” accompanied by b-side “Old Mary.” You can listen to a 30-second clip of both songs, which are due out next week (Mar. 23), here.
**Update: Reps for the band told Rolling Stone that Amazon’s release date for the single is incorrect. Meanwhile, we do have confirmation from TMR as to the official physical release date coming soon. Stay tuned…
And finally (for now), the presumed album title, Sea of Cowards, and teaser artwork were just posted by the band.
On one hand, this isn’t too surprising, as both Jay-Z and Jack White have publicly declared their hopes to collaborate someday, but on the other hand, holy crap! It actually happened! In an interview in the new issue of GQ (UK), the Dead Weather/Raconteurs/White Stripes rocker dropped the incredible news…
“I just did a record with Jay-Z,” said White. “We did a song together a few weeks ago. It was incredible. I played him something that I’ve been kicking around for a while and he immediately came out with words for it. It’s unbelievable-sounding.”
Though White hasn’t made any previous forays into hip-hop (does this count?), Jay-Z is no stranger to rock collaborations, having previously teamed up with Linkin Park, John Mayer, and U2 to name a few.
Jack White has been dabbling in music video directing a bit lately, but at least one forthcoming single from Third Man Records has been shot by an old pro. Floria Sigismondi, director of a slew of famous music videos (including the White Stripes’ “Blue Orchid,” where then-mustachioed Jack White met his future wife, Karen Elson), as well as the new Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning-starring rock biopic The Runaways, has shot a video for the Dead Weather’s new song “Die By The Drop,” Video Static reports.
Admittedly, I was expecting that the first video from White, Alison Mosshart, Dean Fertita, and “Little” Jack Lawrence would be for the song “Blue Blood Blues,” which White recently claimed would be the first single off their next LP (due out in April).
Last time the Dead Weather dropped by the Bay Area for a performance at the monstrous Outside Lands festival in SF’s Golden Gate Park, we didn’t think the outdoor venue was a very good fit for our favorite sun-deprived rockers, but, thankfully, they’re coming back to town.
As you may have heard, Jack White, Alison Mosshart and company are not only prepping their next record for an April release, but they’ve plotted out a string of U.S. tour dates for T.S. Eliot’s “cruellest month” as well, including a few much better-fitting venues (in our case: the Fillmore). Not to mention their opening act for the spring jaunt should also make a great fit: the Ettes, a Nashville-by-way-of-Los Angeles based trio that looks and sounds like they were plucked from Jack White’s Third Man Records roster (if they aren’t secretly on it already).
It may be relatively quiet on the Third Man front for now (save for that teaser trailer, of course), but fear not, whenever Jack White and company hole up at their Nashville headquarters for a couple weeks, records will be made and new tunes will be on the way. In fact, White has filmed 6 music videos in the past week alone! At least that’s what he just told Australian radio station Triple J in a telephone interview from his Nashville home, among other exciting details…
“[The Dead Weather are] finishing recording the last couple of songs and then I’m going to start mixing in the next two weeks, so yeah it should be out in April,” White said, adding later that he is singing the lead vocal on the band’s first single, “Blue Blood Blues,” from the upcoming follow-up to last year’s Horehound.
So what does the new record sound like so far? “[T]he album is bluesier and heavier than we ever thought we could be,” White revealed.
But that’s not all, people. White also dropped a bit of news that is sure to excite all those lucky enough to be attending next month’s SXSW Fest in Austin, TX: a “Third Man Records and Novelties” pop-up shop will be coming to town for the music/film festival, following successful one-offs in New York City, London, and Los Angeles.
It’s a great little interview, and I left some interesting deets out, so be sure to have a listen here for more updates from the man in red, white, black, and (nowadays) yellow.
After attending the Dead Weather’s brilliant show at the Fillmore in San Francisco Friday night, rock withdrawal ran high all weekend. Until late last night, that is, when Jack White, Alison Mosshart, and the boys performed almost the exact same set at Coachella, which was streamed live on the web.
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