The Raconteurs – Level - The Raconteurs – Level

What this video is

Released as a live video in 2020, this document captures The Raconteurs performing 'Level,' originally from their 2006 debut album Broken Boy Soldiers — itself a landmark of the mid-2000s garage rock revival spearheaded by Detroit-adjacent acts on the Third Man Records aesthetic continuum. The song reached number seven on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart upon original release, marking it as one of the…

Why it matters

Represents the garage rock revival's documentary-live video tradition — a genre that prizes rawness and performance authenticity over constructed narrative. 'Level' as a live video exemplifies the Third Man Records / Jack White aesthetic universe: minimal artifice, warm analogue tones, fast…

The director

Sophie Luise Elisabeth Muller (born 31 January 1962, London) is an English music video director with over 300 videos to her credit. She trained at Central St Martins and the Royal College of Art. Her accolades include a Grammy Award for Annie Lennox's Diva…