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Music Review: The Raconteurs |
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Written by FullMetal Alchemist - View Profile
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
 My Rating: 4.5 stars
Jack White of the White Stripes seems right at home with the latest project "The Ranconteurs" Made up of Brendan Benson and remnants of "The Greenhornes." Some of the tunes sound like music from the 60's (The Yardbirds come to mind) and of course as everyone has accused Jack White of doing for years: sounds kind of like Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin).
The recording quality is really raw but doesn't detract from what could be some of the best modern/classic rock tunes out today. I think it's really cool to hear Brendan Benson and Jack White sing together, you have Jack's screechy vocals with Brendan's more melodious ones. Even on the tunes where it's just Jack or just Brendan, it's clear that this isn't a White Stripes album or anything that the members have done before. (Although, there are some hints you can pick up on that "Get Behind Me Satan" (The White Stripes) could have been the closest cousin to "Broken Boy Soldiers")
I can't imagine the energy this group could produce live. Even on the recording you can almost feel like part of the crowd. It's what a band should sound like, not the over-produced, ultra-digitized, rubber stamped sound of "rock" that's out right now. I hate hearing a new band, seeing them live and realizing that outside the recording studio, the band sucks. I can say with 99.9999% confidence that this won't happen with The Raconteurs.
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DAMMIT!!!
Written by FullMetal Alchemist on 2006-06-14 09:55:39
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