The White Stripes were Occam’s razor manifested as rock. Underneath the misdirection and mythology, it was just two people, wearing three colors, obsessed with one musical concept: the beauty of simplicity. People like categorizing things, we like putting stuff into tidy little boxes — it explains the tyranny of the subgenre — and the Detroit [...]
Stereogum — The White Stripes were Occam’s razor manifested as rock. Underneath the misdirection and mythology, it was just two people, wearing three colors, obsessed with one musi... more info