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Last night, Jack White performed on the German TV show "Die Harald Schmidt Show", as Consequence of Sound points out.

He played "Sixteen Saltines" with his all-female band and "Freedom at 21" with his all-male one. Both are from his forthcoming solo album, Blunderbuss, out April 24 via Third Man/Columbia.

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A week before its official release, Jack White's debut solo album Blunderbuss is available for streaming on iTunes in full. To celebrate the release, White's April 27 show at Webster Hall in New York will get the livestream treatment (and the stream will be directed by actor Gary Oldman). In the meanwhile, prepare yourself by listening to the entire record here.

Jack White's debut solo album Blunderbuss is out April 24 via Third Man/Columbia. To celebrate, his April 27 show at New York's Webster Hall will be streamed live at 9 p.m. Eastern time on YouTube as part of the "American Express Unstaged" series. (The same series that brought us the Arcade Fire/Terry Gilliam, the Roots/John Legend/Spike Lee, Duran Duran/David Lynch, and My Morning Jacket/Todd Haynes team-ups.) Jack White's live stream will be directed by actor Gary Oldman.

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Listen to 35 new tracks from around the world, as chosen by the Guardian and other bloggers in the Music Alliance Pact

Click the play button to listen to individual songs, right click on the song title to download an MP3, or grab a zip file of the whole 35-track compilation through Ge.tt here.

ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
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AUSTRIA: Walzerkoenig
A Thousand Fuegos - No Up No Down

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Red Hot Chili Peppers, Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party will also play in Chicago this August

Lollapalooza will take over Chicago's Grant Park Aug. 3-5, and the Chicago Sun-Times has just announced the full lineup. It includes previously rumored artists Jack White, the Weeknd, Justice, and Die Antwoord, plus the reunited Black Sabbath, the Afghan Whigs, Frank Ocean, At the Drive-In, the Walkmen, M83, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Black Keys, Sigur Ros, the Shins, Santigold, Passion Pit, Twin Shadow, Franz Ferdinand, Toro Y Moi, Bloc Party, the Tallest Man on Earth, Neon Indian, Dum Dum Girls, Washed Out, SBTRKT, Wale, the Big Pink, Florence and the Machine, Chairlift, Sharon Van Etten, tUnE-yArDs, the War on Drugs, Bowerbirds, Little Dragon, Bear in Heaven, Alabama Shakes, Star Slinger, JEFF the Brotherhood, Metric, Amadou & Mariam, and many more. (Azealia Banks also hinted earlier that she'll be at the festival, though that hasn't been confirmed. UPDATE: She's not.) Head here for the full lineup.

The promo clip for the second single from 'Blunderbuss' sees White tied up in the back seat of a car

Jack White has released a very strange video for "Sixteen Saltines" off his upcoming solo record Blunderbuss. White barely appears in the clip, which takes place in a world populated by children and teenagers. Stay tuned for the cliffanger ending. 

Update: The video is directed by AG Rojas.

Photo by Jo McCaughey

And you thought that 3RPM compilation was going to be hard to hear: On April 1, Third Man Records released 1000 helium balloons into the air with a flexi-disc of "Freedom at 21" from Jack White's forthcoming solo LP Blunderbuss attached to each one. (The aircraft spotters among you will recall that Prince Rama did a similar thing last July.)

Singer's label Third Man Records heralds 'new distribution method'

Good things come in threes. Jack White's Third Man Records recently celebrated its third anniversary. At their anniversary party, they gave away-- get this-- the world's first 3 RPM record. No, not 33 RPM. THREE RPM. That means it's intended to spin on a record player at three revolutions per minute, which is pretty much impossible. The record contains every "Blue Series" single the label has ever released.

It looks like the people behind Lollapalooza are dropping hints about the festival's lineup via Chicago's public transportation system. Wine & Pop points to advertisements at train stations containing lyrics by Jack White, the Weeknd, Justice, and Die Antwoord, accompanied by the word "#Lolla," suggesting the four artists are included in the festival's roster. It takes place in Chicago's Grant Park from Aug. 3-5, and the official lineup will be announced on April 11.