Blog: This Here Boogie

The White Stripes are one of the most consistent bands around today. Each of their albums contain at least three excellent songs, and at least that many slow burners. Hello Operator', 'Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground', 'Fell In Love With a Girl', '7 Nation Army', 'Hardest Button to Button', 'Blue Orchid'...and really, those are only the cream of the singles off of their first five albums. So I had high expectations coming into the Icky Thump album. Turns out they've trumped all of them. Built over a lot of noodling, [...]