The Dead Weather

VIMTV Episode #141: The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards

Jake: Not Recommended, 54/100

Tom: Not Recommended, 49/100

Overview: Did we really need a second dose 10 months later? No. We didn’t. Here’s the laundry list of what’s new in Dead Weather-ville: the drums and production are better, the vocals are hideously more obnoxious, and the attitude has only gotten more tacky and unbelievable. If these guys (and gal) weren’t a supergroup of respected and talented artists with well known repertoires that are exponentially better than this, than maybe this would be passable. Or at least that way their too-cool-for-school attitude would seem genuine, but instead it just feels forced.

Recommended Similar Artists: The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Kills, Them Crooked Vultures

Jake’s Track Picks:

1. Blue Blood Blues
2. Hustle and Cuss
6. I Can’t Hear You

Tom’s Track Picks:

1. Blue Blood Blues
2. Hustle and Cuss

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VIMTV Episode #31: The Dead Weather – Horehound

Jake: Not Recommended, 65/100

Tom: Not Recommended, 65/100

Overview: This dirty-blues-rock supergroup, consisting of members from The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Kills, and Queens Of The Stone Age, offers some hard hitting riffs and interesting psychedelic production effects. If you’re a fan of that, this is a good album. Jake and Tom, however, feel like this is the same old blues rock that has been re-hashed for years and years, with not enough different to warrant listening to.