• Who Should Be Stephen Colbert's Bandleader?

    We can all stop speculating: today it was officially announced that Stephen Colbert will be taking over for David Letterman when he retires from The Late Show next year. Now we can begin speculating about something else: who will be Colbert’s bandleader? Based on all of the great musical guests he’s had on The Colbert Report, he’d probably make an excellent choice. Here are five musicians who would be interesting bandleaders on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
  • Seven Hilarious Movie Cameos by Musicians: David Bowie, The Wu-Tang Clan, and more

    A well-placed cameo appearance in a film can be a lot of fun, but there’s nothing really surprising about seeing an actor appear as themselves, since you’ve already seen them in movies a hundred times. The most interesting cameos are by musicians, since they’re usually unexpected, and sometimes these cameos become highlights of the film. Here are seven films with hilarious cameo appearances from musicians.
  • Jack White to produce The World's Fastest Released Record on Record Store Day

    On April 1, Jack White announced the details of his second solo LP, Lazaretto, due out via Third Man Records on June 10 and shared the instrumental track "High Ball Stepper." Now he's come up with a creative way to drop the album's first single and title track. Following other creative release strategies such as tying singles to helium balloons and inventing the triple decker vinyl record, this time around he will produce the World's Fastest Released Record, studio-to-store.
  • Jack White announces new solo album, 'Lazaretto,' premieres 'first taste' of album, 'High Ball Stepper' [LISTEN]

    Jack White has announced his latest solo album, the follow up to 2012's Grammy-nominated Blunderbuss. Entitled Lazaretto, the effort is due out June 9 in the UK and June 10 in the US via his label Third Man Records. Along with the announcement, White released a "first taste" of the album called "High Ball Stepper," a gritty instrumental track preceding the first single and title track "Lazaretto," which is due out later this month.
  • Neil Young's new album was recorded in Jack White's Voice-o-Graph booth

    Earlier this week, Neil Young confirmed that the rumors of Jack White being featured on his album were true. Now, in an interview with SPIN, he speaks about the recording process, specifically that the album was recorded in White's infamous 1940s-era Voice-o-Graph recording booth.
  • Are Neil Young and Jack White working on a covers album?

    As previously reported, Jack White has revealed that he is "producing two albums this month, and finishing them," clarifying that "one of them is mine." After evidence was confirmed from a source associated with the project, the other album might be a covers album with Neil Young.