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The Raconteurs Shake, Rattle and Roll at Tour Opener in Vancouver

Though Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom is a relatively intimate venue, that didn’t stop the Raconteurs — Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler — from whipping songs from their two excellent albums into an arena-sized avalanche of jagged noise and hip-shaking grooves. Click here for a closer look at last night’s show, including Jack White’s awesome suit. [Photo: Kris Krug for RollingStone.com]

Published: 2008-04-21 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows

Jack White Talks About Surprise Raconteurs Record

Shortly after the Raconteurs’ Consolers of the Lonely stormed into stores after only a week’s notice, Jack White talked to Rolling Stone’s Brian Hiatt about the new idiom for the record business where the old rules no longer apply. To read the complete report, click here.

Published: 2008-04-02 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, The Industry

Rolling Stone Review: The Raconteurs’ “Consolers of the Lonely”

Jack White and Brendon Benson shocked everyone on Tuesday when they released the second album from their band the Raconteurs after announcing its existence just one week ago. The Rolling Stone review will appear in next week’s issue, but Rock Daily has the full text now. Click here for the review of Consolers of the Lonely, which Melissa Maerz says “comes together like a blissfully stoned conversation between White and Benson about their favorite bands: Led Zeppelin, the Who, Badfinger.”

Published: 2008-03-28 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Album Review

Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz on Soaking Up Culture and Making Crowds Dance

Gogol Bordello have become staples of the summer festival scene, and their sets are typically weekend-stealers. Their Friday afternoon performance at Lollapalooza was no exception, as Eugene Hutz brought his group’s brand of madcap gypsy punk to a rabid crowd at Chicago’s Grant Park. Click above to find out how Hutz manages to whip himself into a frenzy for shows and how the group constructs its multi-cultural pastiche songs. • Complete Lollapalooza Coverage • Gallery: Lollapalooza 2008: Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West and More • Gallery: Backstage at Lollapalooza With Perry Farrell, Slash, Gnarls Barkley and the Raconteurs • More Lollapalooza Coverage: Rock ‘N’ Roll Diary [Video: Pete Maiden]

Published: 2008-08-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Videos, Lollapalooza

The Raconteurs Play the Role of Big Rock Stars, Break Guitar Strings

The Raconteurs came to play on Lollapalooza’s Friday evening with the ’70s on their mind. Even the video-screen footage was colored black and white, a retro effect that carried through a show that was part jamboree, part arena blowout. Someone had to play the role of the big rock star, and Jack White obliged, hoisting guitars in the air and finger-tapping Van Halen-style solos. At the microphone, White yelped words with all the pesky fervor of a Chihuahua yipping at a bystander’s heels and tore at his guitar strings until they snapped. Such organized chaos extended to rearrangements of “Steady As She Goes” and “The Switch and the Spur,” which broke away from their conservative studio molds. [Photo: Josh Rothstein for Rolling Stone] More Lollapalooza Coverage: Rock ‘N’ Roll Diary

Published: 2008-08-02 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Festivals, Lollapalooza

News Ticker: Nine Inch Nails, Austin City Limits, Rob Zombie

Trent Reznor has revealed the newest touring lineup of Nine Inch Nails. Former NIN guitarist Robin Finck (who most recently was a member of Guns N’ Roses) will rejoin Reznor after an eight-year absence (and send Axl Rose searching the want ads). While the official Austin City Limits lineup won’t be announced April 15th, a mashup on the festival’s site insinuated that the Raconteurs, N.E.R.D., Gnarls Barkley and more would attend the Austin, TX festival. Fuego Entertainment have agreed to not release a bootlegged 1962 concert of the Beatles performing in Hamburg, Germany, until the lawsuit filed against the company is resolved. Rob Zombie posted an update on his official website regarding his new album. “Work on the new album is moving along great. We have about 10 songs so far. No release date as of yet,” the Halloween director said. [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-04-07 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

News Ticker: Neil Young, Jack White, Tokio Hotel, Riot Fest West

Photo: Nozu/FilmMagic Neil Young and Joan Baez will both be performing free during the Toronto Film Festival, IndieWire reports. Young will appear after the September 14th North American premiere of The Neil Young Trunk Show. On the 16th, Baez will perform at a showing of American Masters - Joan Baez. Jack White’s Third Man Records will launch a “pop-up record store” in Los Angeles August 26th through 28th. The shop at at 448 S. Main Street will sell White Stripes, Raconteurs and Dead Weather g

Published: 2009-08-21 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Morning News Roundup

WITH NEW 'FRIEND,' BENSON FENDIN' FOR SELF

BRENDAN BENSON "My Old, Familiar Friend" *** * Brendan Benson might be best known as Jack White's sidekick and Raconteurs collaborator, but when this singer/songwriter flies solo -- as he does on "My Old, Familiar Friend" -- he trades blues jams...

Published: 2009-08-18 Provider: New York Post Keywords: music news, new music, music charts, new music releases, record labels, latest music, music reviews

Beck Plotting Quick Release of New Album?

Is Beck on the verge of pulling a Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and Raconteurs? According to MTV News, the singer is set to release his new, Danger Mouse-produced album in a matter of weeks. While his publicist and label would not confirm the report, sources close to the Beck camp insist that the album could be out as soon as four to six weeks. [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-05-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, In the Studio

New Ticker: Alicia Keys, Smashing Pumpkins, Bono

Alicia Keys won four NAACP Image Awards at last night’s ceremony, including Outstanding Female Artist. Chris Brown was named Outstanding Male Artist. A Smashing Pumpkins track will make its debut on a CD of bands comprised of Guitar Center employees. “SuperChrist,” a leftover from 2007’s Zeitgeist, will have a video debut February 27th on MySpace. An art auction spearheaded by Bono has raised $42 million for the fight against aids. The sale raised more than six times the expected amount. The Raconteurs have announced they are finishing up their second album via their MySpace blog. No further details were revealed.

Published: 2008-02-15 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Morning News Roundup

Report: Beastie Boys, Jane’s Addiction, Depeche Mode, Kings of Leon Set for Lollapalooza

Photo: The Beastie Boys, Jane’s Addiction, Depeche Mode and Kings of Leon are among the bands that will reportedly headline this year’s Lollapalooza Festival, taking place August 7-9th at Chicago’s Grant Park. Multiple sources confirmed to the Chicago Tribune’s Turn It Up blog that Jane’s, Depeche and the Beasties would perform at the event, while Billboard added the Kings of Leon to the list. The entire lineup will be officially announced in April. Reps for C3 Productions told Rock Daily last week that the rumored headliners were not confirmed just yet, but that’s not exactly a denial either. As per Lollapalooza tradition, two more marquee acts will likely join the four already announced. If the rumors are right, the festival has once again tapped into its late-’80s/early-’90s roots by signing three headliners that were all around when the festival first began in 1991. The reunited Jane’s Addiction’s involvement in Lollapalooza seemed all but a guarantee, considering Perry Farrell’s role in establishing the festival and the band’s suspicious lack of Chicago dates when their joint tour with the Nine Inch Nails rolls into the Windy City. Similarly, in those Depeche Mode tour dates we revealed last week, there was a convenient week-long gap between stops in New York and Seattle in early August. And the Beasties have already been confirmed for Bonnaroo, so they’re evidently traveling the festival circuit. Last year’s Lollapalooza featured Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Wilco, the Raconteurs and Kanye West. So how does this year compare so far? Leave your criticism — and suggestions for who should round out the lineup — in our comments. Related Stories: • Trent Reznor Reveals Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction Tour Dates • Perry Farrell Talks Favorite Lollapalooza Memories, Plus Backstage Photos • Rock Daily’s Lollapalooza 2008 Coverage

Published: 2009-03-09 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Festivals, Lollapalooza

The Raconteurs, Bob Dylan Highlight New American Music Union in Pittsburgh

Even before he took the stage to close out the inaugural New American Music Union festival, Bob Dylan cast an exceptionally large shadow over the proceedings. The fest, organized by American Eagle and presented around the corner from their corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh, featured an eclectic lineup whose musical DNA could all be traced back to the most American of genres: the blues. It was in the Roots’ hard-times funk and the Black Keys’ garage noise on Saturday night and in the barroom soul of Spoon, the space-hop of Gnarls Barkley and the muscular arena thump of the Raconteurs on Sunday. Dylan provided the first-person account of the early blues — a generation-bridging link to the past. Saturday’s highlights included Spoon’s set, where Britt Daniel crooned and spat over his band’s horn-soaked grooves on “You Got Yr Cherry Bomb,” “Don’t Make Me a Target” and the always-excellent “I Turn My Camera On.” The Raconteurs’ extended jams on “Rich Kid Blues,” “Blue Veins” and “Top Yourself” were big enough to fill stadiums, and Jack White bellowed and strutted like a truly killer frontman. Dylan focused mostly on more recent material but dropped in stripped-down variations of some of his classics like “Tangled Up in Blue” and the festival-closing “Like a Rolling Stone.” Rarely picking up a guitar (he mostly played keys) and constantly making jokes to himself, Dylan proved that he’s the best kind of old bluesman: a knowing outlaw with a never-ending bag of tricks. [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-08-11 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Festivals

Coachella Day One Wrap-Up: Jack Johnson, The Raconteurs, The Verve

As the afternoon of Coachella Day One wore on, the sounds of electric guitars getting jacked into high gear called everyone’s attention back to the main stage, where the Raconteurs were settling in. “I haven’t seen the sun in weeks,” goes the first line of “The Saboteurs” (though nobody in the heat-baked crowd could truly make that claim), and Jack White, decked out in all black, moseyed over to Brendan Benson as the two guitarists faced off and worked at their instruments. “How are you doing, you desert people?” White later asked before launching into the country-blues groove of “Top Yourself” from the band’s new LP Consolers of the Lonely. While the bedraggled Benson was an able frontman, the crowd was arrested by the natural leader White, whose guitar playing took center stage on “Blue Veins.” The track began with a lengthy, squealing solo that demanded he pause and catch his breath. White ended the song scratching a pad that made his axe stutter as the song built into a giant jam. The set demonstrated how White has taken the band to a new level, stretching out songs and turning up the volume. White and Benson cranked up the distortion even on pop hit “Steady As She Goes,” giving a desperate edge to White’s refrain, “Are you steady now? Are you steady now?” Click here for photos from Day One of Coachella The sun fully set during the Raconteurs set, leaving the Verve to soundtrack the magical part of the Coachella day when the temperatures drop, stars dot the sky and the Port-a-Potties start to ripen. The band didn’t disappoint, breaking out epic Britpop anthems that set shimmers of sound across the desert night. Singer Richard Ashcroft looked the part of the perfect frontman, tapping his chest or pointing skyward, crooning with his eyes closed in bare feet and sounding every bit as sharp as he did ten years ago when the band broke in the States. When Ashcroft strapped on an acoustic guitar and strummed the opening chords of the aching “The Drugs Don’t Work,” a

Published: 2008-04-26 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Coachella

Jack Johnson: Coachella’s Night One Headliner on His Upcoming Tour and Laughing at His Own Mellow

How intense is the anticipation for Prince’s Saturday night headlining set at Coachella this year? Even Day One headliner Jack Johnson risked being scolded by security and sneaked around to hear the Purple One soundcheck Thursday night. “It was rad,” grinned Johnson backstage a scant hour before his own set Friday night. “They did a Radiohead cover at soundcheck, ‘Creep.’” Though it may seem like Johnson would be more at home at Bonnaroo (where he’ll also be playing next month), the laid-back singer-guitarist, who’s performed at Coachella twice before, says he’s a big fan of the desert fest’s mostly rock-oriented lineups. “The last time we played I was right between Sonic Youth and the White Stripes. I felt sandwiched, like we were the ginger between sushi or something,” he said after raving about the Raconteurs set. “I’m definitely honored to be up on stage with all these bands,” he added with characteristic humbleness. “They ask you way in advance will you headline, then they start adding bands it’s like, oh wow, should I really be a headliner?” Johnson isn’t just headlining Coachella and Bonnaroo this year — he’ll also be anchoring New Jersey’s All Points West and San Francisco’s Outside Lands. “We weren’t sure if we were going to do a full tour, so we said yes to a lot of festivals,” he explained. “We thought that would be the only thing we did, and then we slowly added other shows. But yeah, we’re doing a lot of festivals. It’s fun, because I don’t get to see that much live music — I’ve got a four and a two year old — so it’s nice to be able to come to these and catch up, see Vampire Weekend and all these bands I’ve wanted to see.” (One thing he’s bummed he won’t be able to catch is Roger Waters’ Sunday night set — Jo

Published: 2008-04-26 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Coachella

Tegan and Sara’s Coachella Blog: Prince, The Raconteurs and “The Dog Whisperer”

Tegan and Sara will be filing dispatches from Coachella. Here is their opening entry. Click here for more from Rolling Stone at Coachella. Tegan: We watched The Dog Whisperer this morning when we got up, that helped us ease into Coachella. Sara: It’s like a safe place to watch Cesar Millan talk to the dogs. I own two seasons of The Dog Whisperer on DVD, and I don’t even like dogs, I’m a cat person. T: It really trained us. Then we got up and we got on a cart, a really nice girl came and gave us a ride to our dressing room, and it’s covered in stars and butterflies and rainbows and hearts. It’s super girly, it’s hilarious. S: The people who do the trailers say they have a sweet spot for us every time we play, so they put extra effort into it. T: For each artist, they get artists to paint funny paintings. The one we got this year is two bunnies and their umbilical cords are all tangled up. Which is kind of funny because yesterday we got a fan video for the song “Floorplan” on our new record, and in it there’s a little girl character that’s supposed to be Sara and she’s wearing bunny slippers and they’re all evil at the end, so when we walked in today and it was the bunnies I was like, oh my God! Then we ate, so we took another ride in the cart. S: And that was scary for me, because Tegan and I did not go to camp, our mother was a single parent and camp was totally out of the question. We found out later because she went to Catholic boarding school, she doesn’t like communal living without parents, so she enforced a no-communal living rule when we were growing up, so we have never done camp really. Now we’re at Coachella and we’re in the catering tent and all the bands are there and I’m sweating profusely, I’m very uncomfortable, I’m afraid everyone hates us. I see people looking at me, I think maybe we know each other. I avoid eye contact. The next time we play Coachella I hope we are the size of Prince … T: We are the size of P

Published: 2008-04-25 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Coachella

Coachella 2008 Preview, Plus the 2008 Festival Guide

Tomorrow marks the launch of the 2008 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the annual three-day sojourn into the desert for some of the biggest names in rock. This year’s eclectic lineup features highly-anticipated performances from the Raconteurs, Prince, Roger Waters, Jack Johnson, Portishead, My Morning Jacket and dozens of others. Hit the jump for each day’s can’t-miss sets, and check out Rolling Stone’s ongiong coverage of Coachella 2008, featuring reviews, interviews and guest bloggers live from the desert, and for the rest of the info on all of this summer’s biggest and best festivals from around the country, check out the 2008 RollingStone.com Festival Guide. • The 2008 RollingStone.com Festival Guide • 2008 Coachella Festival Coverage Friday • Jack Johnson: The laid-back surf rocker has a knack for creating collective euphoria at festivals. • The Breeders: Songs from Mountain Battles should sound stunning in the open air. • Santogold: The buzzworthy MC’s eclectic mix of sounds will keep crowds moving. • The Raconteurs: Jack White’s big, groovy side project is just hitting its live stride. Saturday • Prince: It’s a rare chance to see the Purple One in a festival setting. • Portishead: It’ll be a while before the group tours properly, and their low-key tunes will add some melancholy to the desert evening. • Stephen Malkmus: Malkmus has become something of a guitar hero as of late. • M.I.A.: Every day needs a little dancing and danger to shake things up. Sunday • My Morning Jacket: The best live band in the business will unleash Evil Urges in the desert heat. • Roger Waters: The Pink Floyd legend will aid anybody interested in chemical alteration at the festival. • Duffy: This could be the singer’s great coming out party, a la Amy Winehouse in ‘06. • Justice: Finish off the festival by sweating out the

Published: 2008-04-24 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Festivals, Coachella