10 Greatest Garage Rock Albums Of The 2000s

Never one to rest on his laurels, crown prince of 21st-century garage rock Jack White formed supergroup The Dead Weather shortly after the release of his second album with The Raconteurs, bringing with him bassist Jack Lawrence and drafting in Alison Mosshart from The Kills and Dean Fertita, a recent addition (at the time) to the Queens of the Stone Age line-up.

Their debut album Horehound, which stemmed from several impromptu jams and recording sessions between the four members, is a striking mix of raw guitars, strained vocals, loose compositions and a final product that simultaneously reeks of craft and spontaneity. White abstains from guitar pretty much for the duration, taking drumming duties and singing duet or backup to Mosshart's lead, giving the record a wholly distinct sound from the Stripes' frontman's other projects.

While "Hang You From The Heavens" and "Treat Me Like Your Mother" are the only tracks that really broke through to a wider audience (and even then failed to find the traction of any of the band members' other hits), the explosive songwriting, unexpected blasts of organ and synthesiser, and precisely calibrated off-the-cuff feel of the whole record makes this one of the best the decade had to offer.