The Dead Weather @ Home Sweet Home under the Third Man Records pop-up store (w/ Matt Pinfield on the register) - pics
photos by Ryan Muir
People (including one very small child) waited in line over 12 hours outside “Third Man Records” aka the Envoy Gallery at 131 Chrystie Street on the LES in NYC for a chance to get in to see Jack White’s new band The Dead Weather play a free show at noon today (7/16). Ends up, the band didn’t play in the pop-up store, but right downstairs in the bar called Home Sweet Home (which not long ago hosted that Sonic Youth ‘Eternal’ party).
Inside the yellow store people can buy Dead Weather merchandise (including their album Horehound that was released this week) from the one and only Matt Pinfield and his WRXP co-host Leslie Fram. Downstairs, the band which features The Kills’ Alison Mosshart on vocals played for about 30 minutes with one encore to the 175-or-so people that jammed into the hot and sweaty basement. Jack played drums and sang on one song, and in usual Jack White style, everyone associated with the band, even the roadies, were well dressed. Ryan said the band sounded great, and he couldn’t think of a better place to catch the band than a dive bar like Home Sweet Home…
…which isn’t saying much for the much, much larger venue the band is playing tonight (7/16) and tomorrow (7/17). The Screaming Females open both NYC shows at Terminal 5. More pictures from the Third Man Records in-store, below…
