Jack White

Ten Signs Your Band Won't Make It at SXSW

Being a successful musician really has to be a slice of heaven. And of course the chicks are great. It's why from the beginning of time, men (and women) have taken up instruments in the chance they will be played in front of many, many others, some of whom could possibly want to have sex with them. ... More >>

Sweat Records' Sweatstock 2013 Lineup, Raising Money via Indiegogo

Record Store Day 2013 Ambassador Jack White said it best: "We need to re-educate ourselves about human interaction and the difference between downloading a track on a computer and talking to other people in person and getting turned onto music that you can hold in your hands and share with others." ... More >>

Jack White, Black Keys to Join Tenacious D in Miami? Jack Black Says: "It's Possible"

We'd brushed it off as witty banter when Tenacious D's Jack Black (JB) yelled at band mate Kyle Gass (Kage) for "heavy breathing into the phone" during our interview last week. "Sorry, I wasn't aware that I was," Gass admitted, sounding rather embarrassed and deflated before Black could answer a qu ... More >>

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at the Fillmore February 16

Ten Reasons the Grammys Actually Didn't Suck

We're experiencing a lot of weird feelings right now. We're not exactly sure how to cope with these emotions. But they say the first step to getting over your problem is admitting you have one. So deep breath ... Here we go. We actually enjoyed the 55th annual Grammy Awards. OMG, please don't ju ... More >>

Grace Potter on Women in Music: "We're in This Weird Separate Category, Doesn't Make Sense"

It's 5 a.m., and an impromptu, collective chant to the tune of the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" fills the streets of Baltimore. The city's beloved Ravens were crowned Super Bowl XLVII champions roughly eight hours ago, but the team's diehard fans are still celebrating the victory with the squ ... More >>

Grammy Awards 2013 Nominees: From Frank Ocean to Black Keys and Rick Ross

Grammy-tastic! Last night, amid goofy, sexually tense intergenerational banter between co-hosts LL Cool J and Taylor Swift, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States announced the nominees for its 54th Grammy Awards, airing Sunday, February 10, on CBS. Genre-bending ... More >>

MTV Video Music Awards 2012's Big Winners and Even Bigger Losers

If, last night, you shouted, "Screw crappy pop!" and chose Barack, then you've probably got no effing idea who won and lost at the MTV Video Music Awards. Luckily, we here at Crossfade own a DVR. So while watching Obama goin' hard at the Democratic National Convention, we were also keeping track of ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2012: Four Reasons EDM Is the New Summer Music Festival Staple

See also "Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012" -- plus "Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Wigs, TEED," "Day Two: Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Twin Shadow, and Others," and "Day Three: Jack White, Sigur Ros, Florence The Machine, and Others." With every year that passes, it feels li ... More >>

Top 25 Kooky Lollapalooza 2012 Moments in Animated GIF!

See also "Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012" -- plus "Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Wigs, TEED," "Day Two: Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Twin Shadow, and Others," and "Day Three: Jack White, Sigur Ros, Florence The Machine, and Others." Ready for some GIFs? To quote Ozzy Osb ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2012, Day Three: Jack White, Sigur Ros, Florence The Machine, and Others

See also "Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012" -- plus "Lollapalooza 2012, Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Whigs, TEED" and "Lollapalooza 2012, Day Two: Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Twin Shadow, and Others." What have we learned following Lollapalooza 2012? Not only do reunions ... More >>

MTV Announces Video Music Awards Nominees, Snub Rick Ross

Like the History Channel, MTV is lying about itself. Despite their respective names, programming is anything but historical or musical. For example, Teen Mom and Snooki and JWoww are reality-ish shows, and they're light-years away from MTV's traditional business model built around a 24-hour music ... More >>

Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead

"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>

Jack White Finally Admits He's a Juggalo; Releases ICP's "Lick Me in the Arse"

Jack White clowning 'round with ICP's Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope.​Sure, we here at Crossfade were fully aware that White Stripes, Raconteurs, and Dead Weather mastermind Jack White (born John Anthony Gillis) was a proud son of the Motor City. But we never expected that he'd come crawling out of ... More >>

Florida's Dying Founder Rich Evans Talks Jacuzzi Boys, Cop City, and Total Punk

Florida's Dying head honcho Rich Evans.​Rich Evans started his record label, Florida's Dying, in his ex-girlfriend's apartment "because he was bored." And since 2005, the project has kept him entertained, becoming a pillar (alongside labels like Hozac and Woodsist) of the 2000s garage rock explosi ... More >>

Five Great Buys for Tomorrow's Record Store Day at Sweat Records

​We've talked non-stop about Sweatstock 2011 and all the bands playing tomorrow. But let's not forget, the reason Sweat Records is throwing this whole shindig is in celebration of Record Store Day -- and the store's anniversary.What's Record Store Day? In 2007, it started as a way to get people to ... More >>

Jacuzzi Boys: Still Big, Perform on WFMU

Evan Davies' FacebookThe Jacuzzi Boys have definitely made it big. You know why we know this? Not because they have a live album out on Jack White's Third Man Records. And not because they just got back from a monthlong American tour. But because they've got a performance featured on WFMU. Ga ... More >>

Diplo Takes on Reggae, Chris Brown, KPop and Hard Miami at Grand Central Tonight

Diplo's about to set it on fire!​Ahhhhhh, Diplo. Miami loves nothing more than a good ol' Florida boy who can DJ big bass and has a tattoo of a manatee holding a machine gun on his chest. Mr. Wes Pentz was here only a couple of weeks ago with his hybrid dancehall outfit, Major Lazer, at the Ma ... More >>

SXSW 2011: Wanda Jackson, Dead Milkmen, Jeff the Brotherhood, and Ty Segall

Wanda Jackson got the crowd twisting and shaking. ​All week, everyone was talking, "Michael Cera's here, Michael Cera's there. Where's Michael Cera?" On the morning of the final day of South by Southwest, we headed to a little Mexican restaurant called Mi Madre's. After ordering breakfast tacos, t ... More >>

Hardly Art's Ruben Mendez Talks About Jacuzzi Boys' New Label

​After releasing a live album on Jack White's Third Man Records in January and then generating boatloads of blog buzz as one of nine bands aboard the inaugural Bruise Cruise Festival, Jacuzzi Boys welcomed March by signing to Seattle-based indie label Hardy Art yesterday. Needless to say, ... More >>

Jacuzzi Boys' New Record Live at Third Man Is Fun and Catchy

Photo by Bekah Cope​Anyone who's seen the Jacuzzi Boys play knows their live shows are pure fun. Anyone who's heard a Jacuzzi Boys record knows their songs are supercatchy. We recently announced that Jack White's Third Man Records would be releasing a live LP of them. And when that record showed ... More >>

Jack White's Third Man Records Releases Jacuzzi Boys Live Album

​Here at the New Times, we root hard for our local teams; especially when they win big on the road. Ever since our Big Three got together, we knew Miami would conquer the nation - we ain't talking about James, Wade and Bosh, we're talking about the Jacuzzi Boys. When we met up with the Jacuzzi B ... More >>

Jack White Reveals Possibly the Coolest Vinyl Video Promo We've Ever Seen

​In quite possibly the coolest vinyl promo we've ever seen on video, Third Man Records has just revealed their latest releases -- and they're good. They're releasing glow-in-the-dark Halloween 45s, black and blue live series LPs, tri-color 45s, and a peach-scented Karen Elson LP. As if all of that ... More >>

Three New Pitbull-Featuring MP3s: "Gimme a Bottle" and Two More

photo via Fox Fuse​Before Lil Wayne went away, as they say, he was the omnipresent rapper. Lil Wayne was on everything, to the point that when our sister paper the OC Weekly ran this (what seemed obviously) satirical story saying he would collaborate on a High School Musical soundtrack, peopl ... More >>

Concert Review: Stonefox Reunites at Poor House Saturday, May 1

Photo by Ian Witlen​StonefoxWith Alexander, Green Mantles and Astari NiteThe Poor House, Fort LauderdaleSaturday, May 1, 2010What follows is an actual online chat, more or less, between New Times Broward-Palm Beach Music Editor Reed Fischer, and regular contributor and Mood Vane Editrix Courtney H ... More >>

The New White Stripes Rock Doc Screens Tonight at Sweat

​Fans of all that is red, white, and black don't have to wait for their White Stripes rock-doc to arrive in the mail. In honor of the limited-edition box set release, Under Great White Northern Lights, Sweat Records is holding an official screening of the film tonight, Tuesday, March 16, at 8 p.m. ... More >>

Top Ten Thursdays: The Top Ten Guitarists Right Now

Buddy Guy plays the Arsht Center.​Blues badass Buddy Guy -- along with Big Easy piano man Dr. John -- performs Friday at the Knight Concert Hall at the Arsht Center. A huge influence on Eric Clapton and countless others, Guy continues to elate audience members with his guitar heroics at the g ... More >>

Palm Beach's Surfer Blood Featured on RollingStone.com Hype Monitor

Photo by Rebecca Smeyne Surfer Blood​Every day, RollingStone.com publishes news on the music industry as part of its Rock and Roll Daily blog. Each day averages about 25 stories. And yesterday, between "Led Zepplin II Turns 40" and "Lenny Kravitz: I Want to Work With Jack White," the site's ... More >>

Top Ten Thursdays: The Top Ten Wonderfully Weird Dylan Performances

Bob Dylan, popular music's ultimate shape-shifter, will release the strangest album of his five-decade career next Tuesday, October 13. Christmas in the Heart, as the title suggests, is a collection of 15 holiday classics. Commenters at RollingStone.com and numerous other sites are -- or at least we ... More >>

Dex Romweber Duo Plays Propaganda Friday

​The bluesy, punkabilly Dex Romweber Duo is a must-see for any roots rocker. Fronted by Dexter Romweber, the brother/sister pair (or at least Dex, who played in the iconic underground group Flat Duo Jets) has been cited as a major influence by numerous artists such as Cat Power, Neko Case, The Bla ... More >>

Summer Movie Salvation

The Terminator is back. Plus 39 other movies we can't wait to see this season.

Please, No Terrible Twos!

My Morning Jacket Might Be the Best Live Band Ever

Check these guys out at The Fillmore.

The Stones and Scorsese

Shine a Light is a meditation on aging.

Some Country for Old Men

Seniors Scorsese and the Stones together again.

Tuesday Morning Music Fix: Portishead, Jack White, the Black Kids and lot's of free tracks.

2007 Music Year in Review

It's all in the stars.

The Rub

It's the Motherfucking Remix Vol. 2.2 (Turntable Lab)

Whirlwind Heat

Refuse, Rebuff, Reject, Repel, Repulse

The White Stripes

Get Behind Me Satan (V2/BMG)

Loretta Lynn

Van Lear Rose Interscope

Americana Pie

Grab a slice of 2004's best roots music while it's still hot.

Mark Ronson

Here Comes the Fuzz (Elektra)

JFK Assassination Theorists