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.

Old Souls

I cannot, cannot, cannot believe I passed on seeing Alabama Shakes. WHAT. A. VOICE. SO throaty and guttural with the perfect amount of rasp - a voice that could scrape my skin and flesh off of my bones. I can already tell Alabama Shakes' debut album Boys & Girls (ATO Records, 2012) is going to be one of my favourite albums of the year.

So, bless my heart
And bless yours too
I don't know where I'm gonna go
Don't what I'm gonna do 
...
So, bless my heart
Bless my mind
I got so much to do
I ain't got much time

Man, haven't we all felt that way before?

I missed No Sinner twice. I missed Alabama Shakes. When am I going to get my blooze-rock live???