News - White Stripes film screening in cinemas from today til Saturday only!

A quick reminder that the White Stripes film Under Great White Northern Lights is showing on the big screen from TODAY through til Saturday.

This is a limited screening before the film becomes available in a live CD+DVD package next month. More details on the release here.

THE WHITE STRIPES

UNDER GREAT WHITE NORTHERN LIGHTS

screening in cinemas - this week only!

Thu 25th Feb, Fri 26th Feb, Sat 27th Feb

CLICK HERE FOR SCREENING LOCATIONS AND TIMES:

NSW screening info

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Watch the trailer -

Under Great White Northern Lights is released in Australia on March 12 through XL/ Remote Control.

News: The White Stripes film screening in cinemas next week only!

THE WHITE STRIPES

UNDER GREAT WHITE NORTHERN LIGHTS

screening in cinemas - next week only!

Thu 25th Feb, Fri 26th Feb, Sat 27th Feb

CLICK HERE FOR SCREENING LOCATIONS AND TIMES:

NSW screening info

VIC screening info

ACT screening info

SA screening info

WA screening info

Under Great White Northern Lights is Emmett Malloy’s documentary film of The White Stripes 2007 Canadian tour.

The tour saw the enigmatic duo perform in every territory and province of Canada. Not only concert halls in every nook and cranny of the country, but also spontaneous performances on a fishing boat, youth shelter, city bus and their famed one note concert.

The film is a captivating mix of riveting live footage and poignant off-stage moments. No lesser film maker than Jim Jarmusch says that Malloy “has captured and crafted a magical, compelling and perfectly musical document.” Emmett is renowned for making the surf documentary Thicker Than Water which unleashed Jack Johnson on the world. He has also made videos for Foo Fighters, White Stripes, Raconteurs, The Shins, Black Eyed Peas, Ben Harper, Ben Folds, N.E.R.D and Blink 182.

The film will be released on DVD, as part of a CD/ DVD package. The CD is the band's first official live album, with 16 classic White Stripes songs recorded on the 2007 Canadian tour including Seven Nation Army, Let’s Shake Hands, Black Math, Icky Thump and Fell In Love With a Girl.

Under Great White Northern Lights is released in Australia on March 12 through XL/ Remote Control.

News, Videos - White Stripes release live CD/ DVD film package next month

The White Stripes are set to release their first ever official live album.

Under Great White Northern Lights is a CD/DVD package from The White Stripes, documenting their 2007 Canadian tour.

The CD features 16 classic songs, including Seven Nation Army, Let’s Shake Hands, Black Math, Icky Thump and Fell In Love With a Girl.

The DVD is Emmett Malloy’s documentary film of the tour, which is a captivating mix of riveting live footage and poignant off-stage moments. No lesser film maker than Jim Jarmusch says that Malloy “has captured and crafted a magical, compelling and perfectly musical document.” Emmett is renowned for making the surf documentary Thicker Than Water which unleashed Jack Johnson on the world. He has also made videos for Foo Fighters, White Stripes, Raconteurs, The Shins, Black Eyed Peas, Ben Harper, Ben Folds, N.E.R.D and Blink 182.

Here is a trailer of the film:


The album's tracklisting is as follows:
'Let's Shake Hands'
'Black Math'
'Little Ghost'
'Blue Orchid'
'The Union Forever'
'Ball And Biscuit'
'Icky Thump'
'I’m Slowly Turning Into You'
'Jolene'
'300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues'
'We Are Going to Be Friends'
'I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself'
'Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn'
'Fell In Love With A Girl'
'When I Hear My Name'
'Seven Nation Army'

Under Great White Northern Lights is released in Australia on March 12 through XL/ Remote Control.

White Stripes rarity exclusives available via subscription

Third Man Records, Jack White's label, has launched an online subscription service which will give members access to pre-sale tickets, T-Shirts, rare vinyl and rare videos only available to subscribers.

The subscription service is called The Vault and will be available for all Third Man Records projects which are mainly Jack White's various bands ie White Stripes, Raconteurs/ Saboteurs, Dead Weather.

It will be a two tiered system - premium and platinum membership, the latter also getting access to an exclusive Third Man 12" LP, 7" and tshirt every 3 months. For those interested in the platinum membership which comes with extra goodies for a higher fee, if you sign up before July 21 you'll receive a double album of The White Stripes LP Icky Thump featuring an exclusive MONO mix, 180 Gram Vinyl and customized artwork. For more details check here.

To launch The Vault, Jack White wrote a blog entry - read it here.

1998: mutant swinger from Mars landed and Jack White had a bowl cut!

Going around the blogs today is footage of Mutant Swinger From Mars - a scifi spoof filmed in 1998, but screening for the first time at the San Diego Comic Con next month.

Making a cameo in it is a young Jack White looking very different to how he does today. Wouldn't have picked it if someone didn't point it out to me!



More details over at Pitchfork.

More news on White Stripes film

Some more news on that White Stripes film we mentioned a while ago.

The film follows the White Stripes on their 2007 tour of Canada, as they set out to play every territory and province in the country. Not only concert halls in every nook and cranny of the country but spontaneous performances on a fishing boat, youth shelter, city bus and their famed one note concert - many of course captured by fans and uploaded onto Youtube:









The film apparently will be called The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights and will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

More details over at Pitchfork here and here.

White Stripes News

Jack White's been doing a few interviews recently and what with all this talk of his numerous side projects, it's good of Jack to put us at ease and let us know that though The White Stripes have been taking a break, another WS album is not too far away: "It won't be too far off. Maybe next year."

In his recent Music Radar interview, Jack also talks of the cancellation of their last White Stripes tour due to Meg's acute anxiety, which he says "was a very real problem, but one that I'm happy to say is in the past."

The full interview with Music Radar is here.

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Meg To Wed

Well there's the sound of a thousand hearts breaking.

It has been confirmed that Meg White is set to wed Jackson Smith, guitarist for Back in Spades and son of punk legend Patti Smith and the late MC5 guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith. Talk about rock union!

According to the Detroit News it's set to happen May 22 in Nashville.

More goss here, here and here.

White Stripes News - White Stripes film?

Jack White sure as a hella busy year ahead of him.

Following the announcement of Jack's new band Dead Weather, self-titled mag published this interview with Jack White and Allison Mosshart.

As Pitchfork has gleaned, Jack's To Do list for 2009 includes a film, production on 4-5 albums, a photo/ song series at the Third Man Records HQ, touring and album release from Dead Weather and 'other pretty big stuff' for Third Man Records. See more on Pitchfork here.

And what is this about a White Stripes film? Well has Jack told Self-Titled Mag:

"Then also, Third Man Films. The White Stripes are releasing a film this year, and when I go back home in a few days, I’m going to mix all the music for that, which is like 40 songs, so that’s going to take a lot of time."

You can read the original Self-Titled Mag interview here.

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Jack White's got a new band

Jack White has a new band called Dead Weather. Jack plays drums and sings, Alison Mosshart (The Kills) is frontwoman, Jack Lawrence (Raconteurs/ Saboteurs) is on bass and Dean Fertita (Queens Of The Stone Age) is on guitar.

Dead Weather made their debut performance at the launch of Jack' Third Man Records in Nashville last week.

The White Stripes perform on Late Night

The White Stripes made a special appearance on Conan O'Brien's final episode hosting Late Night, playing the track We're Going To Be Friends from their 2001 album White Blood Cells.



Conan has been a long time fan of The White Stripes, with the band performing on his show several times and Conan making an appearance in their video for The Denial Twist.

Jack White teams up with Adele and Alicia Keys

The White Stripes' Jack White has been keeping himself very busy working on collaborations with songstresses from both sides of the Atlantic.

He's teamed up with UK soul singer Adele to cover The Saboteurs' track Many Shades of Black:


And if being in mega bands The White Stripes and The Saboteurs wasn't enought, he has also joined Alicia Keys to record the new Bond theme Another Way To Die:

The White Stripes Conquer MTV Awards

The White Stripes have won an award for "Best Cinematography" for their clip for Conquest at yesterday's MTV music awards. The track is off their album of last year Icky Thump which was nominated for 4 Grammy awards.
You can watch the classic man vs beast clip below:




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