The Black Keys announce tour, Arctic Monkeys to support

GLORIOUS.

The Black Keys 2012 tour dates:
1/23 Antwerp, Belgium, Lotto
1/24 Lille, France, Zenith
1/25 Paris, France, Zenith
1/27 Hamburg, Germany, Sporthalle
1/28 Berlin, Germany, Arena
1/30 Milan, Italy, Alcatraz
1/31 Zurich, Switzerland, Maag Hall
2/1 Eindhoven, Holland, Klokgebouw
2/3 Nottingham, England, Capital FM Arena
2/4 Edinburgh, Scotland, Corn Exchange
2/6-2/7 Manchester, England, O2 Apollo
2/9-2/10-2/11 London, England, Alexandra Palace
3/2 Cincinnati, OH, U.S. Bank Arena *
3/3 Detroit, MI, Joe Louis Arena *
3/4 Columbus, OH, Jerome Schottenstein Center *
3/6 Portland, ME, Cumberland Co. Civic Center *
3/7 Boston, MA, TD Garden *
3/9 Washington, DC, Verizon Center *
3/10 Philadelphia, PA, Wells Fargo Center *
3/12 New York, NY, Madison Square Garden *
3/13 Montreal, Quebec, Bell Centre *
3/14 Toronto, Ontario, Air Canada Centre *
3/16 Indianapolis, IN, Conseco Fieldhouse *
3/18 Grand Rapids, MI, Van Andel Arena *
3/19 Chicago, IL, United Center *
3/20 Cleveland, OH, Quicken Loans Arena *
3/23 Norfolk, VA, Constant Convocation Center *

* = shows with Arctic Monkeys

tix on sale 12/9 to the general public and 12/6 for mailing list members

more info HERE

The Black Keys - El Camino (leak)

oh thank the heavens. this will get me through finals. hopefully. make sure you buy it next week!

enjoy.

The Black Keys - Lonely Boy (video + mp3)

here's the hilarious video for the band's awesome new single

The Black Keys - Lonely Boy [mp3]

The Black Keys to release El Camino on December 6th

a new album! HUZZAH!!

UPDATE:
album art + tracklist



01. Lonely Boy (forthcoming single on Oct 26)
02. Dead and Gone
03. Gold on the Ceiling
04. Little Black Submarines
05. Money Maker
06. Run Right Back
07. Sister
08. Hell of a Season
09. Stop Stop
10. Nova Baby
11. Mind Eraser

The Black Keys talk about their new "raw" album: "the fastest we've ever played"

The garage-blues duo are planning to shift their sound for their forthcoming seventh album, which is due out later this year

from the SPIN interview:

"It's the fastest we've ever played," singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach says of the LP's new songs, which he says were inspired by the Clash, the Cramps, and old rock'n'roll, rockabilly, and garage rock records. "The new album doesn't sound like Brothers. It doesn't have that open soul feel to it. It's way more driving and the tempos are really fast."

"Pat's never played drums like this before -- he's never played this fast," Auerbach says of his bandmate. "He's definitely worried about being able to play some of these songs live."

video: The Black Keys Live at Melkweg 2006 (plus new album details)

In this recent interview, Patrick Carney revealed that a new Black Keys album could see the light of day by the end of this year:

“We’re hoping (the album) comes out later this year,” Carney said. “Working in Nashville is cool. It’s a great city. Dan’s studio is amazing as well. But it took us a little bit longer to make this record than it did to make Brothers and that’s partly because we made it in the town we’re living in. We knew going into making this record that it’s not a good idea to do that because you can get distracted easily, but we’d been travelling so much we needed to be home.”

watch: The Black Keys - Too Afraid to Love You (stripped)

goodness gracious. TBK + the South + this song.



my goodness gracious.

must watch video: Black Keys vs Vampire Weekend on Colbert

this made me so unbelievably happy:

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BONUS:
this interview is also quite good.

BONUS X2:

video: The Black Keys on SNL

The Black Keys - Tighten Up (live, SNL) [mp3]

The Black Keys - Howlin' for You (live, SNL) [mp3]

listen/download: The Black Keys on NPR

the session is quite excellent. read my review of Brothers HERE



The Black Keys - Too Afraid To Love You (NPR World Cafe Session) [mp3]

The Black Keys - Tighten Up (NPR World Cafe Session) [mp3]

The Black Keys - Everlasting Light (NPR World Cafe Session) [mp3]

The Black Keys - Howlin' For You (NPR World Cafe Session) [mp3]

via We All Want Someone to Shout For

must watch video: The Black Keys perform "Tighten Up" on Letterman

I love that they rendered a song called "tighten up" so loosely. Dan's guitar playing is slower and more deliberate and it makes for such a trippy experience. love it.

Black Keys' 6th LP hits stores today

don't forget to go out and pick up a copy of Brothers. you can read my thoughts on it HERE and bide your time with a new video below

record review: The Black Keys - Brothers

The Black Keys almost never could be reduced to releasing albums that are less than forty minutes. They just have a swagger that is too laid back and songs that have too strong a punch to be able to rush through anything. Lucky for us, on their sixth album Brothers, this tendency to take their good ol’ time for artistic expression has taken a dramatic leap to a masterful, soul tinged album containing fifteen songs running just under an hour.

The opener, “Everlasting Light” explodes with such T-Rexian glam rock viciousness that you could easily mistake it for “Mambo Sun”. Continuing in a chronologically backwards fashion through the realms of 60’s r&b and soul, the Black Keys take their blues roots to the max in earnest attempts to unearth overlooked musical stylings of decades past. Needless to say, the two white guys from the midwest do more justice to Black music than 90% of contemporary artists belonging to the African race.

Seamlessly shifting from space-y to jazz-y, Brothers delivers like an improvised live set, with howling guitars interspersed generously throughout. Songs like “The Only One” fearlessly combine house beats and dusty grooves for the astonishingly brisk effect of gospel music drenched in synth. Drawing vocal inspiration from the likes of Aretha Franklin, Dan Auerbach never fails to strike mercilessly at every cell in your body, leaving you helplessly desiring more.

At times, the Black Keys manage to sound spookily airy without emulating the Misfits, by creating a stroll-through-a-graveyard-at-midnight vibe. Overall, the album is a monstrous portion of funk served up on a lively platter of authentic American musicianship, with a Jerry Butler cover thrown in for good measure. Like a world-class city containing all of the exotic offerings of the globe within a few square miles, Brothers has neither a dull moment nor one that you could pass without at least a bit of intrigue.

Highly recommended.
4.5/5

the album drops next Tuesday, 18 May but is currently STREAMING IN FULL HERE. make sure you check it out.

visit them on MYSPACE for tour dates