Brooklyn Vegan — Allison Mosshart w/ The Kills last week (more by Ebru Yildiz) Jack White and Allison Mosshart's band The Dead Weather have been in the process of releasing singles leading up to their TBA new album which is supposed to come... more info

Stereogum — The Dead Weather are releasing two new songs next week, “Buzzkill(er)” and “It’s Just Too Bad.” The former is streaming today after being teased on SoundCloud back in July. Lest you think these tunes would be released exclusively in a digit... more info

Stereogum — Oftentimes, ambitious artists, as they get older, become more likely to play things safer. With Neil Young, if anything, the opposite is true. Young’s new album is Storytone, and it’s an aesthetic 180 from A Letter Home, the collection of old-tim... more info

Stereogum — Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney has earned something of a reputation for talking shit on his bands’ various peers, from Jack White to Justin Bieber. This time, though, you can understand where he’s coming from. Talking to the Seattle Times rece... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Yesterday we found out that the world lost another great musician. Ikey Owens was out on tour with Jack White in Mexico when he died, and it was Jack White's camp who announced the sad news. Today they followed... more info

The Independent — Jack White has cancelled the rest of his Mexico tour following the sudden death of his keyboard player. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Keyboardist Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, who worked as an L.A. session man, member of the Mars Volta, founder of the Free Moral Agents and touring member of Jack White's band, has died while on tour in Mexico. more info

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TMZ — The keyboardist for Jack's White's tour band was found dead in his hotel room in Mexico ... and reports say police found drugs and alcohol in the room.Isaiah "Ikey" Owens was found dead Tuesday morning ... he had just played a gig with White the… ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Isaiah "Ikey" Owens w/ Jack White's band at GovBall 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, a member Jack White's band who was also in The Mars Volta (2001-2009), the Long Beach Dub All Stars, led his own band... more info