I was prepared for The Dead Weather show last Tuesday the 27th at Workplay to be entertaining. I was prepared for some Jack White guitar fireworks and a tight set artfully delivered. What I was comple

Nobody expected The Dead Weather to survive. It was a one-off, a side project meant to commemorate the sudden rescue of Jack White and his failing voice by Alison Mosshart of The Kills during a tour b

One of my favorite games is the Band Name Game. If you’ve ever attempted to name a band or if you’re a semi-obsessive listener, you’ve at least had a band name moment. The kind where suddenly an arbit

Spring! Spring has finally come to Birmingham, though we’ve been forced to suffer through a drearier winter than usual in order to get here. At last we may take off our shoes and run barefoot into th