Playing the Fools

The Detroit outfit known as Electric Six are too stupid even for the stupid garage rock revival, which is probably why their debut album, Fire, is so much fun. The first single, Danger! High Voltage, went to No. 2 in Britain earlier this year thanks to a Gloria Gaynor-esque bass line, electric-current sound effects and lyrics like "Fire in the disco!/ Fire in the Taco Bell!" The track has a ferocious vocal cameo from a purported auto mechanic named John S. O'Leary, who everyone insists is not Jack White of the White Stripes. The same Jack White who insists that his...