I haven't heard any of the music and--while I like some of his music--I wouldn't call myself a fan.  This is more about the new vinyl that he's releasing.  A bunch of it sounds gimmicky and not all of it is new.  The dual-groove thing was used on Monty Python's Matching Tie And Handkerchief back in 1973.
 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/09/vinylfetish_hipsters_might_just_have_a_point/
 

I don't dislike Jack White - actually I do like many songs of his. But I don't care for gimmicks, especially in this day and age where it's become so self-conscious and musicians too often completely miss the point by trying to recreate spontaneity.
 
Whether you hide the tracks of provide a link to download them, whether you access the different versions of the song by placing the stylus or by selecting the digital audio file... The content is what matters, and packaging won't make it anymore relevant. 
 
It's funny to see them guys copying the sounds, copying the style, borrowing the technology - as if none of them realized that what made music so unique back then is that it was happening and not so caught up in the past...
 
I can't imagine The Beatles releasing Sgt Pepper on a wax cylinder or Pink Floyd going back to gramophones for The Dark Side of the Moon...
 
 

hey, white is going to be on austin city limits saturday night, if you are interested

Jack's a very interesting artist and represents some of the best ideals of music making IMHO. That said most of his stuff is a rehash of a sophomoric 60s and 70s pastiche.

Hey!  You guys know Jack?  So why are you posting in the Coffee House???! 

Did I say Jack?? I meant squat.

Hi,
 
I think he is interesting but not my kind of guitarist.
 
Do see the movie "It's going to get louder" where you get to see him with The Edge and Jimmy Page. It's not bad, just someone on his own trip redoing the very early black music stuff. Not exactly original for my tastes, but OK.
 
I'm getting tired of the LP bs thing, and pretty soon someone will say that a harpsichord made in 1616 that Shakespeare pissed on, sounds better than anything we have!

Moshkiae
 pretty soon someone will say that a harpsichord made in 1616 that Shakespeare pissed on, sounds better than anything we have!

Hi,
 
Shakespeare died in 1616, so it may have been the last thing he ever did.

jamesg1213

Moshkiae
 pretty soon someone will say that a harpsichord made in 1616 that Shakespeare pissed on, sounds better than anything we have!

Hi,
 
Shakespeare died in 1616, so it may have been the last thing he ever did.

Hahahaha ... I thought about saying 1615, but thought it would be funnier if he was dead so the musicos would not be able to hurt him! And Dudley Moore would not be able to satirize it!
 

Old55
The dual-groove thing was used on Monty Python's Matching Tie And Handkerchief back in 1973.
... 
 

I wonder how much that LP is worth these days!