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The White Stripes are an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consists of songwriter Jack White (vocals, piano/keyboards, and guitar) and Meg White (drums, vocals). After releasing several singles and three albums within the Detroit independent music underground, The White Stripes rose to prominence in 2002, as part of the garage rock revival scene. Their successful albums White Blood Cells and Elephant drew them attention from a large variety of media outlets in the United States and the United Kingdom. |
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News in english
about The White Stripes
(September / 2009)
Band Of Skulls - (Psycollective/Shangri-La) (Hour.ca)
Date: 03 Sep 2009
The first five songs here are all good and inform the whole album. Light of the Morning and Death by Diamonds and Pearls are a duo of dirty, bluesy rock songs about sex that attack in different ways (sensual, nasty), while I Know What I Am features vocal interplay that puts The White Stripes to shame.
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Review: "It Might Get Loud" Date: 04 Sep 2009
Denver Post -
"It Might Get Loud" is a documentary about boys and their toys — about men and the guitars that have helped catapult them to superstardom. The strength of the Davis Guggenheim-directed film is the miniature portraits of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, U2's the Edge and the White Stripes' Jack White.
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Review | It Might Get Loud (PG) *** (Miami Herald)
Date: 11 Sep 2009
The first thing we see in Davis Guggenheim's documentary It Might Get Loud is The White Stripes' Jack White building a makeshift electric guitar from a couple of pieces of old wood and an empty Coke bottle. The musical capabilities of the contraption are highly dubious. But when he's done, White plugs his makeshift instrument into an amplifier and plays it, as if to imply that anybody could do ...
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ShortList Date: 11 Sep 2009
Press of Atlantic City -
"It Might Get Loud" - Three generations of guitar icons - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), above, The Edge (U2) and Jack White (The White Stripes) - discuss their craft while meeting together for the first time. Rated PG.
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The White Stripes movie not coming to the Atlantic Film Fest Date: 15 Sep 2009
The Coast -
Maybe next time Halifax. I just received this from the Atlantic Film Festival: To those who added The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights to their B-Side schedule, I am sorry to report that due to circumstances beyond our control we have had to cancel the screening. If you have already purchased a ticket to this event it can be refunded or exchanged at our 29th Atlantic Film Festival ...
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GREAT WHITE NORTH A NATURAL FIT FOR THE WHITE STRIPES Date: 19 Sep 2009
The Globe and Mail -
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The White Stripes let down their guard Date: 19 Sep 2009
Toronto Star -
The White Stripes have always paid acute attention to presentation and performance, but as regular human beings Jack and Meg White are typically pretty guarded.
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Movie Review: Rock doc ‘It Might Get Loud’ expressive Date: 20 Sep 2009
WOAI San Antonio -
Guitarists Jack White of the White Stripes, Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, and The Edge of U2 get tossed into a comfortable environment where they can swap stories, talk rock...
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