Guardian Music — (Bronze Rat)Before the White Stripes, before the Black Keys, there was the Blues Explosion – a roiling New York three-piece who played the music of wizened Delta men with the zeal of urban punks, repackaging it for hipsters. You might argue that th... more info

Guardian Music — Sorry bass-players, Crystal Castles and Black Keys have given the music business some money-saving food for thoughtListen to our two-piece Spotify playlistWhen the White Stripes conquered Britain in 2001, in a campaign that took all of a week, the no... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker Jack White dreads festival season insisting he would rather play solo concerts than watch crowds drinking and lazing in the sun The former White Stripes star has spent the summer 12 travelling the globe to perform at a handful of outd... more info

Popdose — I think picking five albums is an impossible task for anyone – particularly a musician. I could easily fill up my top five lists with only Beatles and White Stripes albums. However, I wanted to show some variety, so I left those two bands off of my... more info

ContactMusic — Kasabian want to write a track with Jack White The Re-Wired rockers - who headlined the Reading and Leeds Festivals at the weekend - single out the former White Stripes man as one of the only people they can see themselve... more info

Guardian Music — Rapper Giggs's acquittal on gun charges raises questions of how young people and society deal with gang cultureIt was a dark, freezing February night this year when police officers stopped a black Ford Focus on the Forest Hill Road, near Peckham, sou... more info

KEXP Seattle — All right snarky commenters and music critics, let’s get this out of the way: The Grizzled Mighty sound a lot like The White Stripes. They even look like The White Stripes, if The White Stripes looked like they just returned from spending several y... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The former White Stripes leader takes his first solo album through Memphis for soul and Nashville for honky tonk. Many of the album's songs are about an individual's struggle to express himself against the force of society. A blunderbuss is an early ... more info

ContactMusic — Singer Tracey Thorn has teamed up with former Everything But The Girl bandmate and Scritti Politti star Green Gartside to record her first Christmas album Tinsel and Lights will feature covers of non-traditional festive tunes by the White Stripes Suf... more info

Guardian Music — Mix Black Keys and White Stripes and what you don't get is grey sludge. You get kids who sound alive with feral punk energyReading on mobile? Listen hereHometown: Glendale, California.The lineup: Mikaiah Lei (vocals, guitar), Anaiah Lei (drums, vocal... more info