Dead Weather + Diplo
A pair of rhetorical questions:
1. When does Jack White sleep?
2. When will he create a project that I don’t like?
Jack White‘s latest project has our man behind the kit and on vocals, fellow Raconteur Jack Lawrence, Kills singer Alison Mosshart and Queen of the Stone Age Dean Fertita. Due to my ongoing obsession with Jack White, the Dead Weather’s debut, Horehound was one of my most anticipated releases of 2009, and it doesn’t disappoint. Frankly, I have yet to be disappointed by any of Jack White’s projects. Sure, some are better than others, but overall he’s a fairly consistent dude.
After one spin, I can tell you this – it rocks. I don’t believe I’ve ever heard White play drums before, and he does a pretty stellar job. The music is fairly straightforward rock, though some tracks veer into bluesy terrain, all solidly executed.
The group’s first single, “Treat Me Like Your Mother” comes with a video directed by Jonathan Glazer:
The tune also received the remix treatment from Diplo (who is responsible for another of my faves this year, Major Lazer). The seemingly disparate styles of the band’s music and Diplo’s production style actually make for a pretty great marriage:
Check out the Dead Weather:
Official Website
Buy Horehound:
Amazon
3 Comments
earlester
terrible one note remix style. next.
jazzmaster
^ What?! ^
This album ROCKS.
Hey, Gonzo, did you see that the Stripes have a film… Err, a rockumentary coming out. Looks to be very cool!
Gonzo
Hey Jazz-
I did see that there is a WS flick coming out – I believe it’s a concert/travelogue of sorts from their Canadian tour a while back. I’m pretty interested in it, for sure!