The Black Keys: “Fever”
Everyone's favorite alt-rock duo The Black Keys is back with their first release in three years, set to drop next month. After a bizarre marketing ploy involving a Mike Tyson tweet and several mysterious YouTub...
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“Lonely Boy”
Forget about that "Evolution of Dance" guy or the "Double Dream Feet" dude. The real Internet dancing sensation may very well be Derrick T. Tuggle, the 48-year-old actor/musician/part-time security guard curren...
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"Howlin' for You"from the album Brothers2010iTunesRight down to the cover art that winks in Howlin' Wolf's direction, Brothers is downright dripping with respectful nods to blues and soul past. Yet this is clea...
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"Next Girl"from the album Brothers2010iTunesIn its best moments, The Black Keys's Brothers is as ferocious and soulful an exploration of contemporary blues as anything in recent memory. It's also a record that ...
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"Tighten Up"from the album Brothers2010iTunesAh! What's that high-pitched needling? Oh, yeah. The purists. They're put out that The Black Keys are flirting with an out-and-out pop ditty with "Tighten Up," the w...
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A FAVORITE FROM FIVE YEARS AGO"10 A.M. Automatic"from the album Rubber FactoryOriginal release date: September 7, 2004iTunesNovember 4, 2004:It's certainly tempting to write off Akron, Ohio-based group the Blac...
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"Strange Times"from the album Attack & Release2008iTunes In practice and in principal The Black Keys consist of just two people, the guitarist-singer Dan Auerbach and the drummer Patrick Carney. But on Attack &...
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THIS WEEK: BANDS I'LL SEE ON FRIDAY AT THE 'PALOOZA"Thickfreakness"from the album Thickfreakness2003iTunesApril 8, 2003:While the vast majority of post-punk bands who have an obvious taste for the blues seem to...
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"All Hands Against His Own"from the album Rubber Factory2004iTunesDownload an MP3 of "All Hands Against His Own" from Fat Possum RecordsA couple of former lawn care guys in their mid-twenties, Dan Auerbach and ...
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“10 A.M. Automatic”
This bluesy two-piece from Ohio sound like they hopped in a time machine in 1973 with a destination of now. Rubber Factory is their third album, so-named because it was recorded in a deserted rubber (tire) fact...