In the song "Hitsville" by The Clash there is a line about songs that "Blow a hole in the radio when it hasn't sounded good all week" Well The White Stripes certainly blew a hole in the radio with songs like these. With only a guitar and a set of drums the Stripes created such a wonderful sound which was full and lean and blues and pop and just rocked. And they were one of those bands that everyone was talking about before you even heard any of their music. They played little venues in Melbourne for free and then left behind this incredible reputation that had everyone excited. And then suddenly you had the Strokes and The Hives and rock and roll was all over the radio again.
I haven't bought much vinyl in the last twenty years but today I made a short list of artists that I should have vinyl copies of their work. Stuff that would sound good on the record player. The Libertines, the Strokes and White Stripes were the first albums I wrote down.
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