Consolers of the Lonely (The Raconteurs)

Along with the previous Vee-Jay set, this was a nice copied gift from a friend. It's good to finally have this, especially since I heard some of it live and all earlier this year.

My general impression is that Consolers of the Lonely is a somewhat more cohesive album than Broken Boy Soldiers, but it lacks a track like "Steady, As She Goes" that has the potential to conquer the world. Still, there's a lot to be said for a solid album, and overall I enjoy this one. I might even pick up a real copy somewhere down the road if it ever ends up really cheap somewhere. For now, I'll dig the tunage.

Tracks:
1. Consoler of the Lonely
2. Salute Your Salution
3. You Don't Understand Me
4. Old Enough
5. The Switch and the Spur
6. Hold Up
7. Top Yourself
8. Many Shades of Black
9. Five on the Five
10. Attention
11. Pull This Blanket Off
12. Rich Kid Blues
13. These Stones Will Shout
14. Carolina Drama

Set list: The Raconteurs

On 14 April, I went to see The Raconteurs play their first of two shows here. They were awesome, so I would have loved to have seen the second as well, but I'm just glad I made it to any of them. For a while, it didn't look like that would happen.

The opening act was Magic Wands. Don't know much of anything about them, but they were okay. Nothing special. Lacking in stage presence. You can hear their music at their MySpace page.

The Magic Wands' set:
1. Kaleidoscope Hearts
2. Black Magic
3. Teenage Love
4. Heartbreak Whirl
5. Kiss Me Dead

The Raconteurs:
1. Consoler of the Lonely
2. Hold Up
3. You Don't Understand Me
4. Top Yourself
5. Old Enough
6. Yellow Sun
7. Blue Veins
8. Level
9. Attention
10. Hands
11. Salute Your Solution
12. Steady, As She Goes
13. The Switch and the Spur
14. Carolina Drama
Encore
15. Many Shades of Black
16. Rich Kid Blues
17. Five on the Five