Jack White's supergroup of Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age), and Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs) was more than a vanity project. White has deconstructed, recreated, and blown up again American roots and blues music more than any other person alive. The Dead Weather was White's latest vehicle to explore the dense, dark side of blues rock in all of its possible variations. A quick listen to Horehound (and the rest of White's unbelievable output this decade) demonstrates his complete command and reinventiveness of America's primal sounds.
Mosshart's lead vocals are sharp, slinky, and assertive. Fertita's heavy guitarwork is buttressed by Lawrence's workmanlike bassplay. And White's performance from behind the drumkit is plenty good, if not great. After seeing The Dead Weather rip it up live, The D Man can affirm that this collection of songs is a worthy addition to White's ever-growing canon.
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