The Dead Weather: Gang of 4
First the White Stripes. Then the Raconteurs. Now the Dead Weather. Here's what's behind Jack White's driving ambition.
By Charles Aaron 05.22.09 3:55 PM
Stuttering slightly, leaning up and back, running a hand through his thick, inky spray of goth-teen hair, Jack White finds himself in an extremely unfamiliar situation -- at a loss for words.
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No Doubt: Back in the Saddle
As they embark on their first tour in five years, Gwen Stefani and Co. face the biggest challenge of their career: uncertainty.
By David Marchese 04.22.09 9:32 AM
"We need this sooo badly," says Gwen Stefani in the perpetually questioning accent of a native Cali girl. "We've been in a drought for, like, years." She's talking about the rain currently pelting the greater Los Angeles area. Presumably.
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What Makes U2 Run?
Love 'em or hate 'em, U2 have fashioned a charmed career unrivaled by any other rock band. After all these years -- and all that money -- why do they refuse to stand still?
By Steve Kandell 03.25.09 5:53 PM
The distinguished gentlemen of U2 are in a Dublin studio having their photograph taken for what must, to them, feel like the 342,675th time. But they go about the task gracefully, as they well know that this is part of their job, and in 2009, no job is to be taken for granted, even if it's that of biggest band in the world. Especially if it's that of biggest band in the world.
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Stayin' Alive
Three years after they nearly imploded, Yeah Yeah Yeahs brave self-doubt, isolation, and possible decapitation at the hands of Mexican druglords to reinvent themselves and create a dance-rock gem.
By Craig Marks 02.25.09 7:19 PM
On a wintry evening in late November, Karen O celebrated her 30th birthday by throwing herself a party in the city she had fled. Raised in the New Jersey suburbs, Karen spent her formative years in New York City, crafting her identity through cherished postadolescent rituals: going to college, dancing at clubs, drinking in bars, and starting bands with people she'd meet at clubs and bars.
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Lily Allen: The Girl Can't Help It
WATCH VIDEO: She's the oversharing pop urchin with a fine sophomore album and a newly sober outlook. But will the party ever really be over?
By Michael Odell 01.20.09 11:59 AM
"Do you want some lunch?"
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Album of the Year: TV on the Radio
It was the best of times and the worst of times for these anxious, angry, skeptical, visionary young men. Here's how the apocalyptic Dear Science helped turn TV on the Radio into one of the world's greatest bands.
By Brian Raftery 12.15.08 4:23 PM
"Do the butt dance. Do the butt dance!"
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