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| Sputnikmusic |
 Erase the word ‘supergroup’ from your vocabulary. Its connotation rings out a sense of pretentiousness, and ultimately a lackluster effort made solely for monetary benefits (attn: Chickenfoot). For, occasionally a convention of like-minded musicians occurs that should not be overlooked or written off simply because of this terribly, discrediting label. The Dead Weather is one of those special occasions. Composed of The Kills’ Allison Mosshart on vocals, Queens of the Stone Age’s Dean Fertita on guitar, Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs on bass, and the almighty Jack White on the drums, The Dead Weather seems more an artistic endeavor than an attempt at harvesting cash crops....full text |
| BBC |
| Solidly cemented as the most motivated man in rock, Jack White still seems keen to demonstrate his admirable ability to seemingly do whatever he likes, with whomever he likes. Now, sounding like a bunch of frayed and unwashed circus escapees who have set up their own goat hide tent in the corner of a New Orleans graveyard, The Dead Weather is his latest side project, which came into being during some jam sessions following a Raconteurs tour last year. Sadly for us, White has made perhaps the first real clanger of his polymath career by recruiting Alison Mosshart of The Kills to take on vocal duties while White himself is relegated to some fairly rudimentary tub thumping. Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age and Jack Lawrence from White’s 'other', other band The Raconteurs make up a quartet of suitably roguish looking carney demons. I Cut Like A Buffalo is a stand out track with a sleazy throbbing riff that's meatier than an Argentinean parrella stand. An out-of-control church organ lurches between the guitar squelches while White, on a rare excursion onto lead vocals, threatens us repeatedly with the question, ''Is that you choking, or are you just joking?''....full text |
| Independent |
| For his next trick... Jack White, who has been cultivating a growing resemblance to a dissolute Victorian conjurer in recent years, has doffed his top hat to pull out – yes – another side project. The Dead Weather is a supergroup in which the decision to put White's name last on all credits isn't merely a piece of coy, Tin Machine-esque false modesty. He is, officially, "just" the drummer, a job he fulfils with at least as much dexterity as his "sister" Meg (taking as read all the usual cruel caveats about that not being too difficult). The fact that Horehound displays more six-string fireworks than anything White's been involved in since the Stripes' "Blue Orchid" has little, then, to do with the Dead Weather's most famous, just-one- of-the-band members: the lead guitarist isn't White, but Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age. Furthermore, it's easily the best thing the quartet's lead singer has ever done, given that she's Alison Mosshart of the mostly dire Kills, and the same can be said of bassist Jack Lawrence, given that he's been recruited from White's other other band, the somewhat tedious (c'mon, let's be honest) Raconteurs. Horehound's nowadays unusually small number of tracks – this one goes up to 11 – allows breathing space, for instance on opener "60ft Tall", which swells from echoing Tex-Mex atmospherics to Led Zeppelin heaviness. Mosshart, a try-hard annoyance on Kills records, is, thankfully, just a cipher here, a blank sheet, a vessel (although she does excel on the Peaches-ish single "Hang You from the Heavens"). White is immense on "Treat Me Like Your Mother", providing both big Bonham-esque beats and backing vocals, while Fertita turns Bob Dylan's nonsensical "New Pony" ("I had a pony/ Her name was Lucifer", etc) into a staccato blues-metal monster. The Dead Weather can't blame all their poor lyrics on other songwriters, though. The clunky metaphor in the closing track is all their own work: "Will there be water when my ship comes in?/When I set sail, will there be enough wind?" sponsored links: Ads by Google What is Scientology? You Are Not Your Name, Your Job OrThe Clothes You Wear. Scientology. Scientology.org "25 Pounds in 2 Weeks" Yes - Lose 25 Pounds in 2 Weeks!As Seen on CNN - Try It Here www.AppliedNutritionalResearch.com Rock Music Listen To Your Favorite Music Now!Free with the Music Toolbar Music.alot.com Post a Comment Subject: Message: Offensive or abusive comments will be removed and your IP logged and may be used to prevent further submission. In submitting a comment to the site, you agree to be bound by the Independent Minds Terms of Service. Print Article Email Article Click here for copyright permissions Copyright 2009 Independent News and Media Limited Also in this section The Killers, Royal Albert Hall, London Mr Hudson, The Roundhouse, London First Night: Elbow and the Halle Orchestra, Manchester Festival Bella Union, ICA, London EDITOR'S CHOICE « pause » Scorecard! Beat the experts' predictions The ten best rock'n'roll frontmen Cinematic spectacle at Couture Week Secret to longer life on Easter Island Federico Bahamontes: The...full text |
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