The White Stripes: Icky Thump

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Eric R. Danton wrote in his Hartford Courant blog Sound Check: "Finally. A mere 10 years into the band's career, the White Stripes made it to Connecticut for the first time Wednesday night and blew through Wallingford with the ferocity of the big bad wolf demolishing the first little pig’s straw hut. It was worth the wait. On a stylized red stage set matching the duo’s color fixation, Jack White and his ex-wife Meg unleashed a garage-rock maelstrom of guttural guitars and visceral drumming that lifted the near-capacity crowd to its feet in the Chevrolet Theatre and kept the audience chanting for one more song after the last note had faded. Singer and guitarist Jack White briefly acknowledged that the band had never played Connecticut before. 'It’s up to you to tell us why or why not tonight!' he declared. … The duo, late of Detroit, is steeped in the blues, and Jack let fly with shrieking slide guitar lines on 'Little Bird' while Meg pounded her drums with primitive abandon. They took the blues in a heavier direction on 'Icky Thump,' the title track from their latest album" ("Review: The White Stripes in Wallingford," 7/26/07).