Jack White

Pop Matters Best 2012 on Jack White

#14 It’s accepted that albums released under an artist’s own name are more confessional and revealing, often so much so that the artist loses his or her mythical stature...full article here

Pretty Much Amazing Best 2012 on Jack White

#13 Jack White has said The White Stripes were just a cover band that played his songs. Still there always seemed to be a gloss of collaboration between him and Meg. On Blunderbuss, however, White takes center stage, as maestro and prima donna, sharing control with no one and the spotlight only sparingly...full article here

Slant Best of 2013 on Jack White

#10 On first blush, Jack White's first solo album doesn't present much of a departure for the singer/guitarist/franchise: tight three-chord hooks and plenty of guitar-thrash workouts embedded in songs of convincing moral indictment and a general awe of womankind...full article here

SPIN on Jack White

#35 Sure, Zeppelin-era Robert Plant has always been the best vocal antecedent for Jack White's cutting sneer...full article here

Spinner Best of 2012 on Jack White

#16 For a man who's always done things in his own way, it sure took Jack White a long time to make a Jack White record...full article here

American Songwriter's Top 50 Albums Of 2012 on Jack White

#21 For his first official solo album after stints as a band member of the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and Dead Weather, multi-instrumentalist White jumps from blues to retro glammy pop, jazzy interludes and quirky ballads with the abandon of someone who isn’t worried whether his fans will follow him. Much of it is piano based and doesn’t sound like anything from his other associations, but borrows a little from all of them...full article here

TheOwlMag on Jack White

Jack White Blunderbuss [Third Man Records]

If you’ve been holding your breath hoping that Blunderbuss would seamlessly carry forward the raw hard hitting garage grit a la (insert name of any White Stripes album here), you can exhale my friends. Because there are exactly three songs on Jack White‘s twelve track solo album that resemble the sounds of his musical past. If our words just burst your bubble of optimism, don’t be discouraged. After the breakup of the White Stripes, Jack White perseveres forward with Blunderbuss charting his new creative course with an even more appealing sonic direction.

Upon first listen, there is a palpable sense of ease from the moment the steel slide guitar on the title track hits the air sending a warm tingling sensation throughout your body. The grassroots instrumentation throughout Blunderbuss adds to White’s much softer solo aesthetic that hearkens back to simpler days — you’ll be waiting to hear the sound of a pair of spoons or thimble covered fingers against a wash board. Given that the majority of the album leans toward White’s new direction, the handful of songs that White Stripes fans will adore feel a little out of place making the continuity of Blunderbuss feel a tad bit disjointed. Take the stark contrast between the lazy Sunday morning “On and On and On” with the subsequent track “Sixteen Saltines” with its grinding opening chords and White’s high pitched one-breath run on lyrical delivery jolting you out of that happy feeling of contentment. While the songs comprising Blunderbuss could have been more cohesive in tone, that dollop of Jack White circa early 2000s is enough to satisfy long-time fans while exposing them to the new world he created with nothing but his mind and his own two hands.

NME Recommended Albums on Jack White

Jack White - 'Blunderbuss' scored 8 / 10 When he was asked if he kept a notebook to record all of his great ideas, Einstein answered with a shrug that he’d only ever had one. That the idea in question was the theory of relativity, the cornerstone of our understanding of the universe, is beside the point: true inspiration strikes the individual as seldom as a bolt of blue ice from the undercarriage of a passing aircraft....more at nme.com

Buzz Bands LA on Jack White

April departs with a busy Monday: ► Remember when guitar bands had platinum records? Eve 6 does. The L.A. pop-punk trio was selling records in droves before they were old enough to drink, but in 2004 after a platinum album (19982s "Eve 63), a gold record (20002s "Horrorscope") and a disappointing third album (20032s "It's All in Your Head"), they went away. Now Max Collins, John Siebels and Tony Fagenson are back with "Speak in Code" (out last week), and their radio-friendly hooks seem sharp as ever. The girls-going-wild single "Victoria" may not be more here

Buzz Bands LA on Jack White

Wednesday's offerings: ► Jack White returns to L.A. for the first of a two-night stand at the Wiltern behind his solo album "Blunderbuss." ► New Zealand icons the Clean , now into the fourth decade, visit the Echo, with the Black Watch and Regal Degal opening. ► U.K. harmonizing fol-rockers Dry The River headline the Bootleg Bar, supported by Marvelous Toy, Noah and the MegaFauna. That's Dry the River's video for "New Ceremony," above. ► Musician, comedian and master improviser Reggie Watts entertains at the Fonda more here

Buzz Bands LA on Jack White

Saying goodbye to the month of May: ► The "Church Sessions" at the First Unitarian Church (2938 W. 8th Street) kick off with a slate of Diego Garcia , Ryat, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Aaron Embry. [ See Tuesday's post .] ► Jack White does a second night at the Wiltern. ► Active Child (pictured) winds up a month-long, 28-day U.S. tour behind 20112s "You Are All I See" with a hometown show at the Troubadour featuring Lord Huron and Annie Stela . ► more here

Buzz Bands LA on Jack White

Here's your super Saturday: ► Jack White does a second night at the Shrine Auditorium in support of his album "Blunderbuss." ► Austin's psychedelic rockers White Denim headline the Troubadour with L.A. band Seasons as support. ► '80s pop legends Duran Duran continue touring and stop by the the Pacific Amphitheatre. ► Red Hot Chili Peppers plays a rescheduled date at the Staples Center in support of "I'm With You Outtakes." ► The one and only Neil Diamond headlines more here

Quit Mumbling on Jack White

Alright Jack, are you done having your fun now? No more duets with ICP, or Alicia Keys, or other odd merchandising opportunities with Third Man? It's all out of your system? Good. Can we get back down to business now? Thank you. That's right, breath easy everyone, Jack White is back. For his newest endeavor, Jack is going it alone, something I think we are all a bit relieved to see. The result is an acoustic blues folk tune called "Love Interruption". Filled out by a dusty acoustic guitar and accented with pristine keys, Jack leads the listener more here

Quit Mumbling on Jack White

Alright Jack, are you done having your fun now? No more duets with ICP, or Alicia Keys, or other odd merchandising opportunities with Third Man? It's all out of your system? Good. Can we get back down to business now? Thank you. That's right, breath easy everyone, Jack White is back. For his newest endeavor, Jack is going it alone, something I think we are all a bit relieved to see. The result is an acoustic blues folk tune called "Love Interruption". Filled out by a dusty acoustic guitar and accented with pristine keys, Jack leads the listener more at elbo.ws