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Jack White - "Lazaretto"

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HAH! Jack really came through on this new one. At first, I was a little on the fence about this whole solo thing, but he's really starting to convince me on this latest single of his, "Lazaretto."

Yeah, I understand that his voice, guitar tone, songwriting style hasn't exactly done a 180 since the demise of the White Stripes--which you could argue he had an incredible amount of control over, making it a solo project in a sense--but I think Jack comes through with a decent track and some flashy accompaniment from organ, horns, and some glitchy synths as well. Since going #1 with Blunderbuss, he's obviously making more instrumental strides and sending that ambition through the roof.

And that fiddle solo? Don't even hate.

If you didn't already know, Mr. White has a new album titled Lazaretto dropping on June 10th.

Jack White- "Sixteen Saltines"

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Jack White recently announced that he has a new solo LP on the way, which will be his first full-length release with any project since the announcement of the White Stripes' breakup. Titled Blunderbuss, the album is looking at an April 24 release via White's own Third Man Records. "Sixteen Saltines," the second taste we've been given of the album, has been paired up with a somewhat unsettling new video.

The clip splices together shots of children and teenagers acting out various forms of surreal and often kid-unfriendly behavior, which ranges from getting heavily tattooed to vandalizing what looks like an abandoned building. White himself doesn't have a prominent role until near the end, when he is shown bound by rope in the back seat of a car, on top of which a teenager prepares to set it on fire. Watch the AG Rojas-directed video above.