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The Kills: Blood Pressures

January 11th, 2011 | No Comments

FOLLOW-UP TO MIDNIGHT BOOM OUT APRIL 5

The Kills

UK duo The Kills,
Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart, are back with a new studio album, Blood
Pressures, out on Domino Records on April 5, 2011, their highly anticipated follow-up to their critically
acclaimed third album, Midnight Boom. Blood Pressures not only marks the eagerly-awaited return
of The Kills but is one of the most anticipated releases of 2011. A US tour announcement is expected very soon.

Tracklisting

1. Future Starts Slow
2. Satellite
3. Heart Is A Beating Drum
4. Nail In My Coffin
5. Wild Charms
6. DNA

7. Baby Says
8. Last Goodbye

9. Damned If She Do

10. You Don’t Own The Road

11. Pots and Pans

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The Dead Weather New Album:Sea of Cowards Out 05/11

March 27th, 2010 | No Comments

THE DEAD WEATHER ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM
SEA OF COWARDS TO BE RELEASED ON THIRD MAN/WARNER BROS. RECORDS ON MAY 11,
2010

The Dead Weather

The Dead
Weather are back. The Nashville-based four-piece have announced plans for the release of their sophomore
album Sea Of Cowards. The band exploded onto the music scene early last year with a stunning
debut that combined the furious talents of members Alison Mosshart (vocals/ guitar), Jack White
(vocals/drums), Jack Lawrence (bass/drums) and Dean Fertita (guitar/organ). Horehound was an exhilarating and electrifying introduction to the band, a gritty blues-driven dirge rock
masterpiece that stormed onto the Billboard Top 200 at #6 upon its release in July of 2009. Now, less than a year later, the follow-up is ready to be unleashed.

The Dead Weather first declared their existence in March of last year with a blistering kick-off performance at the
brand new Third Man Records HQ in downtown Nashville. Within weeks they were selling out shows
around the country and debut single “Hang You From The Heavens” was making a glorious racket at radio. The
following 12 months were a whirlwind of breathtaking performances, magazine covers and TV appearances but,
staying true to his reputation as one of music’s most energetic and prolific talents, Jack White didn’t even wait for
the Horehound world tour to end before he led the band back into the Third Man studios to produce
Sea Of
Cowards.

The new album is a robust and vigorous second act, filled with primal, bone quaking rock rhythms and the same
stellar urban blues and throbbing sleaze as its predecessor; but this time The Dead Weather push their sound even
further, brilliantly building upon their raw chemistry to create the most vital sounding album you’ll hear all year.

Sea Of Cowards will be released on Third Man /Warner Bros. Records on May 11, 2010. The first single “Die By The Drop,” is an agitated brain worm of a duet between Mosshart and White and will be available digitally March 30. Pre-orders for the 7″ of the single can be made on March 30 via Third Man Records – backed by the track “Old
Mary,” it will be released on April 6. Also available on April 6 will be the Floria Sigismondi-directed video for “Die By The Drop,” which is premiering in North America on iTunes.

The band have a floor shaking run of dates scheduled for April and May, including a stop at this year’s Coachella Festival.

Track list for Sea Of Cowards:

Blue Blood Blues

Hustle And Cuss

The Difference Between Us

I’m Mad

Die By The Drop

I Can’t Hear You

Gasoline

No Horse

Looking At The Invisible Man

Jawbreaker

Old Mary

Some previous praise for The Dead Weather:

“…an excellent album of sex sweat, bourbon breath, gun smoke and guitar sleaze…these are all top-notch
songs…what a lovely way to burn.” -Rolling Stone

“There’s no joke here Â— just mountains of chest-rattling primal rock designed to reassert the elemental power of
the four-piece rock group. Mission accomplished.” -Los Angeles Times

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The Dead Weather: Spring Dates

February 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

THE DEAD WEATHER ANNOUNCE SPRING U.S. TOUR DATES

The Dead Weather

The Dead Weather has announced a 13-city Spring jaunt that includes appearances at Coachella and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Tickets are available now for subscribers to The Vault, Third Man Records’ groundbreaking online subscription service, and available to the general public starting Friday, February 5.

The dirge rock four-piece, consisting of celebrated musicians Dean Fertita (Queens of The Stone Age), “Little” Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs, The Greenhornes), Alison Mosshart (The Kills) and Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs), have traveled the world over since their debut Horehound was released in the summer of 2009 – leaving in their wake storms of fans enthralled by the bluesy rock quartet’s gritty rhythm and incessant energy.

This newest series of dates follows the band’s first-ever Australian tour.

The Dead Weather Tour Dates

03/17/10 Wed Logan Campbell Center Aukland, NZ

03/19/10 Fri The Forum Theatre Melbourne, AU

03/20/10 Sat The Forum Theatre Melbourne, AU

03/23/10 Tue Tivoli Theatre Brisbane, AU

03/26/10 Fri Enmore Theatre Sydney, AU

03/29/10 Mon Metro City Perth, AU

03/31/10 Wed Zepp Tokyo Tokyo, JP

04/15/10 Thu The Fillmore San Francisco, CA

04/17/10 Sat Coachella Music Festival (Empire Polo Grounds) Indio, CA

04/18/10 Sun Pearl Concert Theater Las Vegas, NV

04/20/10 Tue Sunshine Theater Albuquerque, NM

04/22/10 Thu Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa, OK

04/23/10 Fri Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone Bonner Springs, KS

04/24/10 Sat The Pageant St. Louis, MO

04/26/10 Mon House of Blues Orlando, FL

04/27/10 Tue WorkPlay Birmingham, AL

04/28/10 Wed Minglewood Hall Memphis, TN

04/30/10 Fri Stubb’s BBQ Austin, TX

05/01/10 Sat House of Blues Houston, TX

05/02/10 Sun New Orleans Fairgrounds New Orleans, LA

Moss gets expensive watch as belated bâ€™day gift

January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

British supermodel Kate Moss’ musician beau Jamie Hince gave her an expensive watch worth more than $64,000 as a belated birthday present.
Hince presented Moss an 18 carat rose gold piece of jewellery at a party that he threw for her Wednesday, four days after her birthday, at London’s Shoreditch House, reports contactmusic.com.
Moss, who celebrated her [...]

Outside Lands Music Festival
Day 3 Photos & Top 3

August 31st, 2009 | No Comments

Words by: Kayceman | Images by: Dave Vann

Outside Lands Music Festival :: Day 3 :: 08.30.09 :: Golden Gate Park :: San Francisco, CA

As temperatures dropped severely throughout the weekend, by the final day of Outside Lands it was chilly, foggy and windy. Those who call The Bay home were barely fazed with layers of clothing coming out of backpacks, but there were clearly some out-of-towners caught in t-shirts and shorts. With the Beastie Boys having to cancel their headlining slot, Tenacious D filled in somewhat admirably with a funny, shtick-heavy set that also included some rather impressive shredding from Kyle Gass, Jack Black and the impressive support cast of unknown rockers. In lieu of a proper, big name headliner, the rest of the bands on Sunday upped the ante with powerful sets across the board. The Top 3 that follows could have come in any order with no one band clearly sticking out and each rising to the occasion.

Kayceman’s Top 3 From Sunday

1. Alison Mosshart/The Dead Weather – I went to see Jack White and fell in love with Alison. Listen to The Kills and you know this chick can rock, but put her with Jackie White on a big stage and let the sticky sex drip all over you. Somehow balancing on the speaker monitors, Mosshart was a writhing beast, grinding and twisting as she channeled the primal rock gods in a mid-tempo Zeppelin manner. Jack proved plenty talented on the drums but really wowed the crowd when he took center stage on guitar to sing into one mic with Mosshart. This was stadium sized rock, all big, fuzzy and unforgiving. It’s a good thing the sun stayed away; this was The Dead Weather for sure.

2. Ween – Never a hard core fan, this set made me wonder what I’ve been missing. From popular hits like “Bananas and Blow” and “Roses Are Free” to bust outs like “Touch My Tooter” and “The Final Alarm” to a very drugged-out “Zoloft” and a wickedly dark, psychedelic “Buckingham Green,” this set had it all. But even more than Deaner‘s (Mickey Melchiondo) inspired guitar work that proved about as impressive as any guitarist all weekend (save for Omar Rodriguez Lopez), it was the tight arrangements and near perfect execution of the songs that really drove it home. When these freaks are on, clearly it is on! I won’t miss my next chance to get effed by Ween.

3. Band of Horses – Considering how heartwarming and feel good BoH was, it’s a testament to Ween and The Dead Weather that this set is down at the number three slot. Songs like “Is There A Ghost,” “Marry Song” and “Our Swords” poured off the stage, Ben Bridwell‘s reverb-laced voice washing over the packed meadow like a warm breeze. “General Specific” was a foot-stomping good time and Gram Parson’s “A Song For You” was simply gorgeous. But it was the emotionally-saturated combo of “The Funeral” and “Ode to LRC” that received the biggest crowd response, Bridwell’s exposed delivery drawing a few tears to the surface. Another striking set from a band that has truly found their country-rock indie-Americana sound.

Big Light
Big Light
Robert Randolph
The Avett Brothers
Heartless Bastards
Heartless Bastards
DJ Morale
DJ Morale
Yard Dogs Road Show
M.I.A.
M.I.A.
M.I.A.
The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather
Modest Mouse
Modest Mouse

Ween
Ween
Ween
Band of Horses
Band of Horses
Tenacious D
Tenacious D
Tenacious D
Tenacious D

Check back soon for our extensive coverage of Outside Lands…

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The Dead Weather:Horehound

July 21st, 2009 | No Comments

By: Brian Gearing

The last word from Jack White was that the next album from the White Stripes was still in the works, and that was before The Dead Weather came along. For those who hold Meg’s place on the drum stool as sacrosanct, Jack’s newest project is either pure heresy or the next best thing. Rather than filling Sister White’s place with another luminary to round out his new supergroup, Jack picks up the sticks himself and pounds the skins with a ferocity and proficiency that might send little sis to her room to soak her pillow. Horehound (released July 14 on WEA/Reprise) rocks more raw power than anything he’s done since Elephant and his sexy swagger is back after his turn with The Raconteurs‘ pop-geek boys club.

Maybe it’s something to do with having a woman around. Along with Queens of the Stone Age‘s Dean Fertita and The Raconteurs’ Jack Lawrence, The Kills‘ Alison Mosshart joins White, and he’s gentlemanly enough to share the mic, though their voices are so similar one wonders about the health of his ego. Psychobabble aside, the two compliment each other so well it’s hard to imagine why they would have chosen “Hang You from the Heavens” as the first single. It’s a decent enough introduction, but rather than pound you into submission like the rest of the record, it jerks you around like a rag doll, and though Mosshart’s voice stands on its own, it stands taller on White’s shoulders.

The two come together on “I Cut Like a Buffalo,” which sways around like a dominatrix stripper on 4-pound, 5-inch platforms, and the hip hop stomp of “Treat Me Like Your Mother” knocks the garage door off its chain. Though The Dead Weather’s two main vocalists draw the spotlight at center stage, the other half provides the voltage. Guitarist and keyboardist Fertita hangs around the basement with bassist Lawrence and White’s right foot and only lets the guitars out to screech through a few wailing garage solos.

Aside from “Rocking Horse” and “Bone House,” which fill in the space between, most of the album alternates between the aforementioned heavy blues tracks (including a genius reworking of the obscure Dylan song “New Pony”) and the slow, haunting, deep cut Zeppelinism of opener “60 Feet Tall” and the instrumental “3 Birds.” Not every track is a home run, but Horehound notches another one in the win column for Jack White. And if The Dead Weather can pick the second single better than the first, their debut is likely to win over a few classic rock listeners who shied from The Raconteurs’ pop edge or the White Stripes’ garage slop. That Jack White can continue to produce superior work in such a variety of settings is a testament to his talent and evidence that whatever direction he may choose it will always be forward. Sorry, Meg.

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Kate Moss wants to join boyfriendâ€™â€™s band

July 20th, 2009 | No Comments

If sources are to be believed, supermodel Kate Moss will is keen to join her beau Jamie Hince’’s band The Kills and is set to audition for him later this week.
Jamie is currently looking for a new singer to perform with after 30-year-old rocker Alison Mosshart left the duo to focus on her other [...]

Cyndi Lauper: Top 10 New York Summer Concerts

July 13th, 2009 | No Comments

Cyndi Lauper comments on musicians and concerts in New York.