Album Review:The Raconteurs

Seeing as Greg has posted a poll about which new album you would buy I felt it necessary to give you an honest review before you can honestly take the poll. And by me, I mean Pitchfork has put up a pretty fair album review today. I'll put up the Gnarls Barkley review here tomorrow. Here is an excerpt from the summary:

Despite leading much of the material, Brendan Benson doesn't contribute any "Brendan Benson songs" here; both he and White simply step forward as the occasion demands. The two vocalists, therefore, blur into one another in their roles as dual frontmen. White grows tremendously as a singer and gets a little of his mania back, while Benson tightens his belt a few notches and manages to sound just as excitable, notably on the tag-team vocal of "Salute Your Solution". Whether it was intended or not, White's personality sometimes overwhelms, and makes Consolers sound like a little sibling to Icky Thump-- a little less unique, certainly, but another loose, comfortable affirmation of what they do well.

Video: The Raconteurs: "Salute Your Solution"