Today's Travelin' PlayList

• Jack White - Lazaretto: So uniquely Jack. Couldn't have hoped for more
• Arctic Monkeys - AM: Nailed it
• Cayucas - Bigfoot: Debut album and the type of album that will be a soundtrack to summer of 2014

Innovate or Die

Can it be as simple as good people, a dash of time and place and a spoon full of moon cheese? Probably, maybe, sometimes. But taking music, something arguably as old as time itself and finding ways to innovate, let alone multiple times in one presentation, kinda fucking awesome. What Jack has created in "Lazaretto" and has billowing out of Third Man Records pushes dimensions of feelings, mind travel and instinct to wonder.

Reverse Groove 

And it Goes Like this: "Lazaretto" begins on side A by placing the the needle towards the center of the record and the needle dances outward. My vinyl eye has not been trained to accommodate such a quandary.

Speed Much

And it Goes Like this: Jack's fantastic voyage of a second solo album contains all three speeds. The album plays at 33 RPM, with a track playing at 78 RPM and another at 45 RPM.

Holograms

And it Goes Like this: Tristan Duke's opportunity to use vinyl as his physical medium to create the illusion of two spinning angels is nothing but progressive.  A perfect and most beautiful hidden gem.

Dual Grooves

And it Goes Like this: "Just One Drink" gifts us with two intros, both an electric and an acoustic. Depending on where you place the needle the sounds of Jack on electric or acoustic guitar will begin and the two grooves will merge for the remainder of the song.

Under label Grooves

And it Goes Like this: Apparently there wasn't quite enough space for Jack on the vinyl, but there was under the label.  Pressed into the most exquisite label yet are tracks.

The Finish

And it Goes Like this: If appearances are indeed everything one side of the album is classic and glossy, while the other side is matte black.  Of course it is.

Desert Island Albums...

Red Hot Chili Peppers: By the Way

"Comin' on strong
Baudelaire
Seems to me like
All the world gets high
When you take a dare
Let it rise before you
This is my time"