(The White Stripes)
The White Stripes are back with a vengeance judging by the wild title track to their new album Icky Thump (release date June 19). The song is a fierce slice of heavy blues laced with manic keyboard solos that goes straight to the gut. The lyric finds Jack relating a strange tale of robbery from South of the Border and delivering the zinger: "Well, Americans, nothin' better to do?/ Why don't you kick yourself, you're an immigrant, too."
This article appears in May 30 – Jun 5, 2007.