Concrete Playground

Out of the supergroups and celebrity collaborations that have popped up recently, I think The Dead Weather are making the best music. They are on the other end of the scale from Them Crooked Vultures which is just an excuse for Dave Grohl and Josh Homme to be teenagers again and think they've joined Led Zeppelin, whilst sounding like a mediocre and undercooked Queens Of The Stone Age.

The DW concoct rock with bits of blues and sprinkles of hip hop, with a swagger and a don't fuck with us attitude courtesy of Jack White and Alison Mosshart (The Kills). Their album Horehound and the band itself are holding their own, with bouncy yet dark tunes that don't plageurise any of their individual main projects.

With Jack White once again flexing his musical muscle, this time behind the kit, the guys have drummed up some serious love in the year since they revealed their band and the songs must be flooding out, with talk of a second album already in the works. They have announced a tour of The Pacific Rim and Australia is included, meaning they will be on stage at The Enmore soon.

*New club show at Oxford Art Factory on Saturday 27 March just announced! Tickets on sale 9am Friday 26 March.*