Raconteurs, The

America's ambassadors of forging modern rock patterns, The Raconteurs, return even stronger after their well-received debut Broken Boy Soldiers, this time with the excellent album Consolers of the Lonely!

The Raconteurs are a "new band of old friends," or, as they put it themselves, "storytellers" — which is supposedly what the band's name means in French. On guitar, keyboards and vocals we find Jack White, who's here on a break from Meg…