The Oxford Student - Official Student Newspaper

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With the aid of some extensive publicity, courtesy of the Detroit bar brawl between Jack White and the Von Bondies' front man Jason Stollsteimer, here is their second LP, the follow up to the Jack White-produced Lack Of Communication. Famously unhappy with the sound of their first record, they enlisted ex-Talking Head Jerry Harrison, and so, as they are now signed to Sire, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers, you would expect Pawn Shoppe Heart to be a more mainstream outing. On the contrary, the production is hardly any different, and there is still the same mix of dirty blues and hard garage rock....