Kool Thing

Jack White is playing his current tour's only Canadian show in Vancouver at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on May 27. His show will come just four days after Best Coast and two days after Bon Iver. With a possible but increasingly unlikely Brian Jonestown Massacre show earlier that month, May can't come soon enough.

The koolest part of Jack's current tour is that soul-steeped Southern rockers Alabama Shakes will be opening a handful of his shows. Unfortunately, Vancouver didn't make the list, but the fact that Jack is a fan of the Shakes alone is really, really fucking awesome. As I've said before, their debut album Boys & Girls is shaping up to be one of my favourites albums of the year.