[SKOA Presents] Some Kind of Mixtape: April 2012

Honestly, where is this year going!? It feels like last month we were doing our end of the year write ups and making plans to party on New Years Eve, but here we are nearly halfway into the year already. That means it's definitely time to start making all of your festival plans and start picking songs to listen to on the way to the beach. This month's tunes that have been hand selected by us for Some Kind of Mixtape: April 2012 are sure to point you in the right direction. As always, we've left you some tidbits about each song via our "liner notes" below and be sure to have a listen below via our 8tracks player. Our other mixtapes from earlier in the year are all over on 8tracks as well.

We luvah you facez,

Kibbe, Shey, Adrian & Rocko

Some Kind of Mixtape - April 2012 from skoablog on 8tracks.

 

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[Watch] Jack White's 'Unstaged' Webcast

On Friday night, Jack White performed at New York's Webster Hall where the entirety of the concert was available to stream live online as part of American Express' Unstaged series. For those who were unable to watch it live, the entirety of the nearly two hour set has made its way online. The set saw White, with the help of both his female and male bands, perform 21 songs spanning the entirety of his career, as well as briefly covering Frank Ocean's part in Jay-Z and Kanye West's "No Church in the Wild" (skip to 1:12:45). Check it out above, and peep the setlist after the jump.

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[Watch] Jack White - "Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy" x "Ball and a Biscuit" Live on Later... with Jools Holland

Last night the second part of the Later... with Jools Holland was broadcast on BBC and for our viewing pleasure we got to see more performances from Jack White, Alabama Shakes and Norah Jones. First up for you to enjoy is a man that needs no introduction. We already saw him perform "Sixteen Saltines" and "Freedom at 21" earlier in the week and last night adding to those Jack performed "Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy" and The White Stripes track "Ball and a Biscuit". I only just noticed this week but Jack's customised his pedal board once more to coincide with the aesthetic of the band he's in, making all of his pedals a wonderful blue colour. Damn it's sexy.

Check out his Blunderbuss track at the top with his White Stripes rendition along with an interview and some impromptu piano playing with Jools after the jump. We'll have the Norah and Alabama Shakes video up shortly too.

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[Watch] Jack White Visits The Colbert Report

Last year Jack White spent a week on The Colbert Report as Stephen was eager to learn Jack's secrets at Third Man Records and release his own track, which he subsequently did. Last night the two met again, this time it was to promote Jack's new solo record Blunderbuss. The night featured a backstage interview between Jack and Colbert along with a performance of "Freedom at 21" which features White's male backing band. You know the drill, one video is up at the top and the other is after the jump.

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[Watch] Jack White - "Sixteen Saltines" x "Freedom at 21" Live on Later... with Jools Holland

When something has been missing from your life for a while you can have a tendency to over indulge once it returns to your life. I do not think this is possible with Jack White. After releasing his brilliant solo debut Blunderbuss this week he took to the stage of Later... with Jools Holland with his new blue aesthetic in tow for two rousing renditions of tracks. First up was "Sixteen Saltines" (viewable at the top), the infectious single before later in the show a spine tingling performance of "Freedom at 21" (available after the jump) went down. Damn it's good to have Jack back. 

On a side note it looks like we'll be having a lot more from him as he's been announced to score Disney's  Lone Ranger film which stars Johnny Depp. More information over on Variety. 

Blunderbuss is out now.

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[News] Alabama Shakes Announce Headlining Summer Tour Dates

Alabama Shakes' 2012 is getting better and better, with their debut LP Boys & Girls reaching No. 20 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Independent Label chart, an upcoming sold out tour with Jack White planned, and now they've announced yet another headlining tour. Following their sold out tour with Jack White and appearances at both Sasquatch! and Bonnaroo, Alabama Shakes will perform a free show on June 24th in New York's Central Park alongside Diamond Rugs and Robert Ellis as part of the city's SummerStage concert series. From there, the band will hit the road again at the end of July and carry through until August 16th. For their full tour schedule, take a look after the jump.

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[Watch] Jack White - "Sixteen Saltines" (Official Video)

Jack White is a busy man and now he's set to release his highly anticipated debut solo record, Blunderbuss, he's absolutely everywhere. Today he's let loose the official video for his track "Sixteen Saltines" which features a cliff-hanger ending and it's a crazy ass world in which it takes place in populated by children. I'll let you enjoy it now (via Pitchfork). Happy Thursday.

Blunderbuss is set for release on April 24th and you can pre-order the album over here.

[Watch] Jack White Releases "Freedom At 21" Via Helium Balloon ONLY

In an attempt to come up with more non-traditional channels of distribution for the music at Third Man Records, Jack White and his snazzily-dressed staff launched a limited edition first ever flexi-disc single for "Freedom At 21" into the air yesterday (no foolin') via large helium balloons. Not sure how far the helium balloons will travel but I am doubtful that I will get ahold of one all the way in Brooklyn. Sigh.

The good news is so far none are on eBay (as of the time of this post), so that means either they're still traveling to their final destinations or are in the hands of actual fans. You can head over to http://thirdmanrecords.com/balloon to track where the balloons land. It looks like a few have already landed! I'm so jealous.

The countdown till we all get our hands on Blunderbuss is less than a month now as April 24th is just around the corner. Make sure you pre-order the album if you haven't already.