Under the Great White Northern Lights (2010) This concert CD/DVD does a great job of highlighting both sides of The White Stripes' carefully controlled public persona. Interviews in which Jack White plays… The White Stripes Rock
The White Stripes, Under the Great White Northern Lights | PRICKLY THORN, BUT SWEETLY WORN The White Stripes
PRICKLY THORN, BUT SWEETLY WORN The White Stripes
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Details Release Date: Mar 16, 2010; Lead Performance: The White Stripes; Genre: Rock

This concert CD/DVD does a great job 
of highlighting both sides of The White Stripes' carefully controlled public persona. Interviews in which Jack White plays the misunderstood artist are intercut with go-for-broke performances, and a wrenching final image humanizes the pair's relationship. If Under the Great White Northern Lights is their last hurrah, it's one hell of a goodbye. A

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Originally posted Mar 10, 2010 Published in issue #1094 Mar 19, 2010 Order article reprints