Jack White Is Alive and Kickin'
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THE DEAD WEATHER
"Horehound"
Kindred Spirits: The White Stripes, the Raconteurs, Black Keys
Show: Monday and Tuesday at the 9:30 club. Doors open at 7 p.m. 202-265-0930. http:/
If you think the "happens in threes" scenario has become a bit scary this summer, here's proof that positive things also happen in that sequence.
Musical savant Jack White, who at 34 has become something akin to his generation's Robert Plant with Jimmy Page's guitar chops, has formed the Dead Weather, his third rock band in just over a decade. Its new album, "Horehound," is the indie-rock sound to beat this summer. Just when you think the founder of the White Stripes and the Raconteurs must be topping out, he forms another killer band and creates more can't-stop-listening music.
The Dead Weather is fronted by the Kills' Alison Mosshart and includes White on drums, Raconteurs bassist Jack Lawrence and Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Dean Fertita. "Horehound" is one sophisticated stroll through the twilight as the band tackles tunes that are the blues-rock equivalent of hot Texas nights shared by two sexually charged strangers.
Within a few notes of the album's first track, "60 Feet Tall," you feel as if you've looked into the dark musical eyes of White's music and can't catch your breath as he takes you along.
Mosshart's steamy, sweaty, nearly boozy sound is just what's needed to narrate White's songs, such as "So Far From Your Weapon."
Interesting that White is rumored to have a fascination with the number 3. If so, it's certainly served him well with the Dead Weather.
-- Nancy Dunham
