Raconteurs, The Vinyl Records
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).