Detroit Free Press — Detroit-born duo the White Stripes might be ancient history now, but on Friday the defunct group's lyrics were used to help Congress rally and avoid a government shutdown. more info

Culture Bully — New music from producer Adrian Champion, reworking his favorite tracks from the White Stripes with classics from his favorite MCs. more info

The Quietus — Lyrics quoted in weekend debate more info

The Quietus — Live record coming soon more info

NME — Band announce first releases since their split in February more info

Pop Crunch — Did The White Stripes save Washington? Federal employees are dragging themselves out of bed and heading into the office this morning, thanks in part to a few words of encouragement [...] more info

Gigwise — 'Live in Mississippi' in 2007... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Simon Cowell plans to turn Matt Cardle into a rock star. The X Factor winner is working with the head of Columbia record label Mike Smith, who helped mould the careers of The White Stripes and The... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — When the Kills came out, they had the unfortunate luck of have a band name that was only a couple letters off a the more commercially popular Killers.  Killers fans came out in droves to accuse the band of trying to milk off the Killers success.  T... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Panda Bear - Tomboy: full album stream Four years after the awesome Person Pitch, Animal Collective's Noah Lennox unleashes more psychedelic sounds Panda Bear - Tomboy by In House Press Tomboy is the fourth album from Panda Bear, aka Animal Col... more info