you blink when you breathe and you breathe when you lie

there's been a lot of buzz around this group lately. but i must say, when alison mosshart and jack white get together under the dead weather they're so much more hardcore than the white stripes. the kills are great, and the raconteurs rock, but when you bring them together you better be ready for the ride especially with the support of jack lawrence on bass and dean fertita on guitar.



here's a little preview. the group's first album came out a couple weeks ago [july 14] and i was lucky enough to catch them as they passed through minneapolis - rocking the legendary first avenue.

opening with the epic 60 feet tall the band brought the packed house on a wild ride. working their way through the album, some highlights include a cover of "you just can't win" where jack white came out from behind the drums to vocalize. "cut like a buffalo" and "hang you up from the heavens" were crowd pleasers. and true to rocker form jack white shared his gift of guitar with the crowd - absolutely shredding it to pieces. alison mosshart has an amazing stage presence, climbing all over the speakers, rocking around like a drunkard, she commands attention. after burning through two encores the band ended with "treat me like your mother" before walking off stage arm in arm - a true collaboration.

the new music/promotional video, directed by jonathan glazer, it's pretty straight forward flick, but so entertaining, one of my favs on the album:

The Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother