The Raconteurs: Help Us Stranger review – classic rock undone by aggro
Jack White’s eccentricity is well contained by his bandmates, but the macho politics undermine the tautness
May 2019
Kitty Empire's artist of the week
The Raconteurs review – maximum rock’n’roll
Former White Stripes frontman Jack White and his re-energised Raconteurs have a guitar-wielding blast
March 2014
Brendan Benson: a new Raconteurs album is off the table
The artist has played down the possibility of a third album from the group he co-fronts with Jack White
April 2012
Brendan Benson: What Kind of World – review
There's some lovely stuff on Brendan Benson's powerpopping new album, but it just doesn't match up to his best, writes Michael Hann
August 2009
Brendan Benson: My Old, Familiar Friend
Brendan Benson: My Old Familiar Friend
July 2009
Pop review: Brendan Benson, My Old, Familiar Friend
The Michigan singer-songwriter adds a splash of heaviness to his trademark Beatles-indebted pop
May 2008
Not your average White band
Playing the guitar
'Play from the heart: you've got nothing to lose'
March 2008
The Raconteurs want to tell you a story
CD of the week: The Raconteurs' Consolers of the Lonely
May 2006
Detroit 's finest put on the style
CD of the week: Kitty Empire salutes a terrific album from Jack White and Co that mines the rock, psychedelia and experimental pop of the Sixties.
April 2006
Flash forward
Flash forward
'First time I met Jack, I hated him'
March 2006
Jack of all trades ... master, too
The Raconteurs
March 2005
No friends, no family, no food
Ever since he went solo at the wise old age of 15, Brendan Benson has lived for music. Now, after a collaboration with Jack White, the big time beckons. By Laura Barton.
Brendan Benson, The Alternative to Love
(V2)
Annie, Anniemal
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