THE DEAD WEATHER
Horehound
(Third Man/Warner Bros.)
Available on CD, double 180-gram LP, iTunes and AmazonMP3

How many bands does Jack White need? As many as he wants. Since his lucky number happens to be three, it should only be appropriate that the reluctantly iconic guitarist/songwriter/producer should have three bands (the first two being, of course, The White Stripes and The Raconteurs) under his belt to let loose musically with. The fact that for most of the album, he takes a back seat (almost literally – he returns to his first instrument, the drums, with this group) does nothing to lessen his leaving his distinctive mark – sounding retro, contemporary and timeless all at once – on the finished product. Bonus attribute: The Dead Weather also ended up being the catalyst for White turning his Third Man label from an imprint that he owned his masters under to a stand-alone label that released a growing and eclectic multitude of 7” jukebox-hole singles.