The White Stripes
A minimalist rock duo from southwest Detroit, the White Stripes formed on Bastille Day in 1997, aiming to create simple, vigorous rock & roll music with little more than Meg White's percussion and Jack White's guitar-and-vocal attack. Meg's drumming was deliberate and straightforward, while Jack's formidable guitar skills paid homage to garage rock, blues, and punk. A former drummer for the Detroit-based country outfit Goober & the Peas, he also displayed an affinity for American folk music, and the White Stripes took strength in the vari...[more]
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The White Stripes are back with the most bombastic album they've ever produced. While revealing the band's roots in American folk music, Icky Thump is an explosive, revolutionary assault that brings together garage rock, every blues style of the past 100 years, nouveau, and flamenco. This is truly a modern rock and roll masterpiece.
CD $17.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Icky Thump is an explosive, revolutionary assault that brings together garage rock, blues, nouveau flamenco, hard country, speed metal, a slide guitar epic, surf music, spoken word, and even bagpipes to create a modern rock 'n' roll masterpiece. Offered here are three versions of the "Conquest" seven-inch single. This version is the black vinyl version containing "Conquest" (album version) and on the B-side, "It's My Fault For Being Famous" with Beck on background vocals and piano.
7" $7.99
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LIMITED EDITION IMPORT!!! the White Stripes latest album on RED VINYL!!! Kickass garage rock direct from the motor city. This, the much anticipated third album by Detroit's critically acclaimed brother and sister duo (... or not?), THE WHITE STRIPES was recorded in early February this year at the legendary Easley Studio in Memphis, Tennessee and if THE WHITE STRIPES were the Velvet Underground this would be their Loaded. It's becoming apparent that THE WHITE STRIPES ARE the great white hope and t [ read more ]
LP $25.99
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VINYL FORMAT. RED VINYL. UK IMPORT. Features new single 'My Doorbell' backed with exclusive b side recorded live at the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil 'Same Boy You've Always Known'.
7" $8.99
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VINYL FORMAT. UK IMPORT. Garage-metal from the only band that seems to matter any more. With 14 tracks recorded all on vintage '50s equipment at Toe Rag studios, Elephant is a metaphor for the mixture of power and innocence that Jack and Meg project. The album includes a Bacharach cover, a duet with Holly Golightly, and Meg's first try on lead vocals! The best band in the world? You decide.
2xLP $34.99
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Import features "The Hardest Button to Button" and video, plus "St. Ides of March."
CDep $10.99
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On "Candy Coloured Blues," we go behind the music to get the inside track on the making of this unique band. Packed with interviews, this in-depth documentary film takes you where the cameras never previously preyed to uncover a truly remarkable story. Hailed as the saviors of rock n' roll, the White Stripes blasted out of Detroit and turned the music world on its head. But are they simply a brother and sister doing what they love, or is there more to them and their cutting edge sound [ read more ]
DVD $7.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Featuring live versions of "The Denial Twist" and "As Ugly As I Seem." Both tracks recorded in session on August 15, 2005 at The Village Recorder and broadcast live in Los Angeles on KCRW.
7" $8.99
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Import! Features "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself," "Who's to Say...," and "I'm Finding it Harder to Be a Gentlemen (live on John Peel show)."
CDep $10.99
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VINYL FORMAT. UK IMPORT. Jack sings with a sometimes soaring, sometimes abrasive abandon that shows he really means the lyrics he's singing. Combine that with his fierce, dirty, reverb-soaked guitar playing and Meg's powerfully minimal start/stop drumming, and you've got a rock band that is primal, melodic, punk and sophisticated all at once.
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VINYL FORMAT. UK IMPORT. De Stijl, the Dutch word for "the style," is the sophomore LP from the Southwest Detroit brother and sister duo THE WHITE STRIPES. This album is based more on piano, open-A tuning and primal drum beats. It is also augmented by electric violin, acoustic bass and presents the listener with more melodic pieces.
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VINYL FORMAT. The second single from album Icky Thump. A downright country rock meld featuring a Hammond church organ and blended with some hard country guitar picking, "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)" is another vintage moment from a very special band. This 7" comes with B-side "A Martyr For My Love For You (Acoustic Version)."
7" $8.99
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