Launched just as the White Stripes were entering their twilight years, the Raconteurs initially appeared to be a busman's holiday for Jack White. Broken Boy Soldiers, the group's 2006 debut, swiftly revealed the quartet as their own distinct entity, fueled by the complementary power-pop skills of White and fellow frontman Brendan Benson and anchored by Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler (the rhythm section of the Greenhornes). The latter duo gave the Raconteurs garage rock grit, while the previous pair celebrated and subverted classic rock tradition, a combination that flourishe...