Alex Johnson
On Jack White’s various pursuits, including his new album, Lazaretto
When the White Stripes conquered the world with Elephant in 2003, their approach was still relatively simple: Frantic, deceptively-big…When the White Stripes conquered the world with Elephant in 2003, their approach was still relatively simple: Frantic, deceptively-big blues run through a punk filter. This MO had carried them up from an underground where no one was quite self-serious enough to take their talents beyond flashes of local/European fame. “Hotel Yorba,” “You’re Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl),” and “Fell In Love With A Girl,” had edged them into the spotlight, but “Seven Nation Army” made them canonical.Alex Johnson4 min read