I think it's a good sign to see artists on major labels give away unrestricted mp3s as part of the upcoming promotion for a new album. So, I see that The Dead Weather is on the cover of the latest issue of Spin Magazine. Not really seeing too much else written elsewhere, other than the occasional blog. No airplay on local modern rock stations yet and very little from satellite and internet programming. Maybe the world is not ready for another Jack White project, (maybe we are not ready for Jack to surrender guitar duties and settle in as a band's drummer, yet). Or maybe Jack is not getting the respect he deserves (the guy probably has more country music awards than those from the rock world). Even with a member of Queens of the Stone Age and a indie rock startlet who has rubbed shoulders with the likes of Brian Molko and Kate Moss, The Dead Weather hasn't really grabbed the mass attention one would think. I missed the quietly released single-for-sale back in March ("Hang You From The Heavens"), but grabbed the freebie "Treat Me Like Your Mother". If you ever wondered what would happen if Jack and Alicia Keys would of taken their movie soundtrack duet one step further and met more halfway, The Dead Weather may be a prototype of that daydream. Oh, and I am pretty sure that The Dead Weather already have done more promo photo shots than they have written actual songs.

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