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White Stripes’ New Album Features Weird Noises, Gene Disinterested in Kiss Reunion and More

3/26/07, 2:51 pm EST

White Stripes

  • Jack White talked to our Brian Hiatt about the new White Stripes album, Icky Thump, out this June. The disc, recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville, “does not sound like any of the other record — it’s very heavy,” White tells us. Other points of departure: White has replaced his trademark bass with splashes of slide-guitar, Hammond organ and even some “mariachi trumpets” on one track. In addition to the usual moonshine mixture of country, blues and rock, White says he dabbled in “surf-slash-speed-metal” on the album’s most outre song, “Little Cream Soda.” Full tracklist after the jump.
  • In shocking rock news, someone from U2 has decided to perform a charitable act! No seriously, this is kinda cool: The Edge is donating his favorite guitar ever — the 1975 Gibson Les Paul the rocker has been playing for ages — to an auction benefiting Music Rising. “I wanted to give something really significant that would really mean a lot for me to give,” the guitarist reportedly said. “It deserved something that I would miss.”
  • Gene Simmons has apparently made it very clear that he’s really not interested in participating in a reunion of Kiss’ original lineup. “I personally don’t want to,” he reportedly said. “I love Ace and Peter, always have, and because of my tough love thing I’ve never been shy about saying they’ve been drug addicts and alcoholics, and they’ve destroyed themselves.” Ouch.
  • Prepare for an onslaught of TV show soundtrack-type releases. Alexandra Patsavas, the music supervisor behind The O.C. and Grey’s Anatomy (ie, she’s the person single handedly responsible for shaping the musical taste of millions of Americans) has announced she will form her own record label, Chop Shop Records, under Warner’s umbrella.

Icky Thump tracklist

Icky Thump”
“You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)”
“300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues”
“Conquest”
“Bone Broke”
“Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn”
“St. Andrew (This Battle Is in the Air)”
“Little Cream Soda”
“Rag and Bone”
“I’m Slowly Turning Into You”
“A Martyr For My Love For You”
“Catch Hell Blues”
“Effect and Cause”


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lik roper | 3/26/2007, 3:01 pm EST

so, gene simmons thinks he’s a big shot now that he’s got a TV show, so he’s not gonna let my junior high school heroes KISS shine once again, huh?…my inner child is suffering!…

Neds Fresh Sister | 3/26/2007, 3:07 pm EST

What about Paul Stanley?

pspjr | 3/26/2007, 3:20 pm EST

I believe that despite his solo album and tour, Paul Stanley is still curently a member of Kiss.

Decent Music | 3/26/2007, 3:20 pm EST

Kiss isn’t that sweet anyway

nathan | 3/26/2007, 3:21 pm EST

I trust Jack and Meg, the album will be very good as per usual. I just hope their upcoming tour hits my town.

baba o riley | 3/26/2007, 3:23 pm EST

i saw the original lineup back in 2000. good show, actually.

…but, uh, don’t tell anyone.

ken vail jr | 3/26/2007, 3:28 pm EST

i somewhat think kiss should call it a day…i loved them so much in their heyday, but having other guys wearing the makeup and not having any new music coming out makes it seem like a bit of a joke. gene is right about those guys though-they are drug addicts who didn’t know what a good thing they had. paul stanley still has it though-i saw a dvd from his solo tour and that boy can still sing his ass off!

Drugs Delaney | 3/26/2007, 3:34 pm EST

I’m a die-hard Stripes fan (and RS fan), but you guys really need to get off their tip. Let’s be honest, you know you’ll be giving the album 5 stars no matter what.

abandonedstation | 3/26/2007, 3:35 pm EST

i would trust jack white with delivering a baby blindfolded while playing a searing cover of Beefheart’s ‘China Pig’. Go buy, ‘Get Behind Me, Satan’, it’s better than ‘Elephant’ (and I thought Elephant kicked ass).

Gene Simmons is a walking example of why you should write rock music under the influence of drugs and alcohol (Zappa is the exception that proves the rule). If you abstain, you’re as bad as Kiss (one hit wonders in makeup!) and will end doing a D-grade version of the Osbornes reality show, forever shaming your family for a bit of cash.

Scooby Doo | 3/26/2007, 3:45 pm EST

Hey, the same people (love ‘em) were sayin the same thing about Get Behind me Satan; and look how that turned out.

JeremyTheJollyJew | 3/26/2007, 4:00 pm EST

I’ve come to the realization that Jack White will never ever write a remotely bad song. So I’m gonna go ahead and give Icky Thump album of the year.

White Stripes are sh!t. | 3/26/2007, 4:08 pm EST

Next?

TheLawyer | 3/26/2007, 4:12 pm EST

Jack White = rock and roll savior, end of story.

Icky | 3/26/2007, 4:15 pm EST

Jack white is the best thing to come along since kurt cobain!

T-Nasty | 3/26/2007, 4:43 pm EST

Icky Thump. They could call it “Anal Juice Jamba” and I’d still buy it. I can’t wait till this leaks online so I can DL it. Then I’ll buy the album to support the artist!

Stanley Waters | 3/26/2007, 4:45 pm EST

I’m glad to hear that Meg will be singing on a few tracks even though it’s accompanied by Jack. She is the best.

S.O. | 3/26/2007, 4:56 pm EST

Finally a new W.S. album is coming soon. Anything Jack White does, it’s pretty bad ass. I’m sure if the whole album was say…..nearly reggae (not that it would be), it would still sound good. “Elephant” is my favorite album since 2000, “White Blood Cells” is close by as well, and “Get Behind Me Satan” was good too after a few listens. The day when “Icky Thump” is released, I’m going to get it the morning it comes out & that only happens once a year.

jungleland | 3/26/2007, 5:08 pm EST

White Stripes can do no wrong (ok, don’t like The Nurse from the last disc) and I’m sure this CD will be fantastic, as each disc has been better than the one before it.

Kiss should officially retire. They gave us many years of great rock and roll.

banana hammock | 3/26/2007, 5:12 pm EST

i really want to see meg white’s boobies.

baconballs | 3/26/2007, 5:23 pm EST

Robots have no boobies, imbecile!

Marky | 3/26/2007, 5:29 pm EST

Stop it baconballs! We’re not allowed to use vulgar, offensive language in here. Only cool, edgy, hip, out of the mainstream people allowed please. Oh, my nads smell funny.

I hate Mike Anthony | 3/26/2007, 5:41 pm EST

I don’t know who the White Stripes are, ‘but I’d love to here some of that ‘Anal Juice Jamba’

Marky | 3/26/2007, 5:50 pm EST

Hi, why do you hate Mike Anthony? I think he played a good part in the breakfast club. I don’t know if he’s around anymore or not though. Oh, my small finger smells like head cheese.

Fyodor Dostoevsky | 3/26/2007, 5:51 pm EST

A band’s gotta fall off sometime, right? Well, not necessarily, REM didn’t fall off for nearly two decades.

Anyway, I am highly anticipating the WS’s new album even if I think it might have a chance of sucking.

Detroit Rock City | 3/26/2007, 5:55 pm EST

The White Stripes are the best band in rock n roll hands down.

Aaron | 3/26/2007, 6:13 pm EST

Jack White has yet to steer me wrong with the possible exception of “The Nurse” and “Aluminum” but that’s just personal preference.

The even numbered white stripes CD’s have been my favorite so far and this is shaping up to be just as good. I can’t wait.

Casey | 3/26/2007, 6:23 pm EST

No matter what the White Stripes do its going to Rock. One of the best bands ever.

cathy p. | 3/26/2007, 6:40 pm EST

if gene simmons wasn’t in Kiss, he would have never had sex…hands down, the ugliest man in rock…that being said, Kiss in their time did rock.

cathy p. | 3/26/2007, 6:42 pm EST

RS would give the WS 5 stars if they released a CD of Jack and Meg singing the praises of Difulcan

fjdjazzsnob | 3/26/2007, 6:58 pm EST

The White Stripes ?? Am I dead and hearing the white Stripes from my grave ? I have been into and in rock music since the early 60s, I have known bands that rock and bands who have something to say that’s new. The White Stripes fit neither catorgory. If this is the future of rock or even the present state of, please, let sleeping rockers lie.

fjdjazzsnob | 3/26/2007, 7:03 pm EST

Gene Simmions, a sex addict talking down to drug addicts, hummmm, to bad Gene didn’t meet Ms. AIDS during his fornacation frenzys maybe a dose of death would have given him some compassion for his bandmates.

t. gross | 3/26/2007, 7:08 pm EST

Gene should be behind a deli counter selling corned beef.

JACK WHITE IS A F A G! | 3/26/2007, 7:54 pm EST

fact

JJ | 3/26/2007, 7:55 pm EST

All you kiss fans out there buy a Zeppelin cd and hope you never have to see or hear kiss again.

some other guy | 3/26/2007, 8:42 pm EST

White Stripes > Kiss

DeadHorse | 3/26/2007, 8:43 pm EST

“Elephant” was perfection. “Get Behind me Satan” was just a notch below perfection, but it seemed Jack intentionally made it that way; Which in my book makes “Satan” my favorite Stripes album

spaceboy | 3/26/2007, 8:49 pm EST

wherever the white stripes go, i’ll willingly follow…i even liked “The Nurse”.Best band of this decade

h_e_n_r_y | 3/26/2007, 9:33 pm EST

seriously, yo, i never thought i’d like “Get behind me satan” but somehow i like it now. The White Stripes just rock, no matter what instruments they use. that’s talent, bitches!

RockGod | 3/26/2007, 10:10 pm EST

The White Stripes suck! They are severely overated! The Strokes, Coldplay, even Guns N Roses are better examples of how rock should be! But thew White Stripes are so overated! How is that guy considered a great guitar player? Seven Nation Army is practically the same cord over and over! Bottom Line: Severely overated, these guys Bow down to Axl.

doofus | 3/26/2007, 10:48 pm EST

get behind a cow, jack…

BillyK.A.O.S. | 3/26/2007, 11:53 pm EST

I heard that ken vail jr and baba o reilly were smelling each others kiss collections when they blogged right next to each other…
They are both friends with drug addicts.

RikiTikiTavi | 3/26/2007, 11:54 pm EST

i am using drugs right now….with Ace.

PeterCase | 3/26/2007, 11:56 pm EST

gene simmons is a pig.

Riley Lasko | 3/27/2007, 12:18 am EST

I want someone to give an example of a better creator of musicical awesomeness and beauty than Jack White(in these days of course).

There is of course one person who is, so don’t say John Frusciante.

BushCrimeFamily | 3/27/2007, 4:11 am EST

How many more must die for Bu$h greed?

Nice | 3/27/2007, 8:13 am EST

I just watched 300 the movie. Gerard Butler is my favorite actor and the White Stripes are my favorite band. They will use bagpipes Scottish folk themes in the new album? They have a song 300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues? Hmm…some coincidence. I really must have good taste.

Jacob | 3/27/2007, 9:01 am EST

do yourselves a favor and find a copy of “Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park.” You will laugh your ass off!!!

Marty P. | 3/27/2007, 11:00 am EST

Van Halen were good, but KISS rule !!

Dan | 3/27/2007, 11:13 am EST

Gene Simmons is the most relevant musician on the planet, to a 12 year old.

Str8 Ej | 3/27/2007, 11:18 am EST

“The Jump”

konservative killer | 3/27/2007, 1:05 pm EST

Bush and Cheney should rule the world. Rosie O. and Joy Behar should be their personal concubines!!

Betty | 3/27/2007, 2:37 pm EST

Sha

Please Reunite Kiss! | 3/24/2009, 3:42 pm EST

Gene Simmons has said he reserves the right to change his mind at any time – if the money’s right.
“Even God passes the hat around after the sermon.” Come on Gene, one last time!

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