White Stripes in General

With Meg White's heavy drum beats and Jack's amazing guitar skills, this duo could be the best band in America. The Detroit pair have shocked millions with the announcment of the travesty of them not being brother and sister and infact being the worlds most famous divorcee couple. But this didn't change their amazing run in music and infact made them a better and more popular band. With Jack's infamous fight with The Von Bondies' frontman Jason Treiblster and his broken finger you can realy appreciate their courage. This courage was shown when they headlined the 2004 Reading/Leeds festival which was an outstanding performance. With such hits as "the hardest button ...  Read the complete review

Ah the White Stripes, what darlings they are. Ugly-beautiful, far too white and far too Dylan obsessed. They seem like true weirdoes in a world of people who fit in. Maybe that’s why I like them; they’re a bit odd, like me. Or it could be their spanking poppy blues tunes. I fell in love (first bad pun of op alert) with the White Stripes when my friend gave me a copy of album no 2, De Stijl, on import, and every song from Hello Operator to Your Pretty Good Looking (for a girl) stuck right in the old noggin and wouldn’t budge. Glasgow Barrowlands, on the 10th of April 2003, was the third time I’d been fortunate enough to witness ...  Read the complete review

The White Stripes - Manchester MDH - 14.11.01 This years Best New Band...or is it the Strokes, Starsailor or So Solid Crew. How fickle those London Media types are? Having said that unless you have been hibernating for the past six months there's absolutely no excuse for not knowing about Jack and Meg White...the sister brother married lovers from Detroit. After a tabloid frenzy much of tonight audience of here on the basis that they are to see the next Sex Pistols or the next Nirvana and when they are actually faced with the reality of a 2 piece US Garage band the reality dawns - "Oh I didn't know it was just the two of them. I thought they'd have a ...  Read the complete review