White Stripes - De Stijl
by Cara Ross
published: 17 / 12 / 2001

Label:
SFTRI
Format: CD
intro
Another great band from another great garage label: Sympathy for the Record Industry. Sign me up for The White Stripes...a “brother/sister” duo out of Detroit: Jack and Meg White. (”brother/sister” i
Another great band from another great garage label: Sympathy for the Record Industry. Sign me up for The White Stripes...a “brother/sister” duo out of Detroit: Jack and Meg White. (”brother/sister” is in quotations here for a reason. Call me cynical, but I’m not entirely sure I believe that). Jumble! Jumble!, here we have rock and roll blues at its finest a la Roling Stones circa later sixties, Hot Rocks, etc., and beautiful Mississipi blues that Blind Willie McTell would be flattered by. Lots of droning slide guitar to keep you warm this winter, and this record sneaks its way onto my top ten for 2000. Totally killer, and bonus points for art appreciation in the title, which takes its name from a Dutch bowel movement, oops, I mean art movement, that focuses on simple geometry, and as such is a great metaphor for their music as well, which is nice and simple blues-swamp-rock. There’s an historical depth to this album as well which I haven’t heard on anything new in a long time. They take the whole white man does blues thing just far enough to be legitimately traditional, but it’s not overdone. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the real deal, and one of the finer new releases of the year.
Track Listing:-
1 Your Pretty Good Looking2 Hello Operator
3 Little Bird
4 Apple Blossom
5 I'm Bound To Pack It Up
6 Death Letter
7 Sister, Do You Know My Name?
8 Truth Doesn't Make A Noise
9 A Boy's Best Friend
10 Let's Build A Home
11 Jumble, Jumble
12 Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me?
13 Your Southern Can Is Mine
reviews |
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (2003) |
![]() |
Latest dose of back-to-basic rock 'n' roll from the ever popular the White Stripes |
most viewed articles
current edition
Spear Of Destiny - InterviewRobert Forster - Interview
Fiona Hutchings - Interview
When Rivers Meet - Waterfront, Norwich, 29/5/2025
Carl Ewens - David Bowie 1964 to 1982 On Track: Every Album, Every Song
Brian Wilson - Ten Songs That Made Me Love...
Pistol Daisys - Waterfront, Norwich, 29/5/2025
Nils Petter Molvaer - El Molino, Barcelona, 24/4/2025
Skunk Anansie - Old Market, Brighton, 16/5/2025
Credits - ARC, Liverpool, 17/5.2025
most viewed reviews
current edition
Peter Doolan - I Am a Tree Rooted to the Spot and a Snake Moves Around Me,in a CircleGarbage - Let All That We Imagine Be The Light
John McKay - Sixes and #Sevens
Suzanne Vega - Flying With Angels
Little Simz - Lotus
Vinny Peculiar - Things Too Long Left Unsaid
Billy Nomates - Metalhorse
Eddie Chacon - Lay Low
Only Child - Holy Ghosts
Vultures - Liz Kershaw Session 16.06.88
related articles |
Jack White: Photography (2014 |
![]() |
Melanie Smith takes photographs of Jack White at the Leeds Arena on his recent UK tour |
Pennyblackmusic Regular Contributors
Adrian Janes
Amanda J. Window
Andrew Twambley
Anthony Dhanendran
Benjamin Howarth
Cila Warncke
Daniel Cressey
Darren Aston
Dastardly
Dave Goodwin
Denzil Watson
Dominic B. Simpson
Eoghan Lyng
Fiona Hutchings
Harry Sherriff
Helen Tipping
Jamie Rowland
John Clarkson
Julie Cruickshank
Kimberly Bright
Lisa Torem
Maarten Schiethart