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The Black Keys: El Camino
The Black Keys El Camino Nonesuch Rating: Technically, the 20 year-old minivan that graces the cover of El Camino isn’t an actual Camino. It’s a Chrysler Town & Country, a far less sexy car with three doors, seven seats and fifteen embarrassing feet of horizontal wood paneling. The Black Keys made good use of those [...]
Preview The Black Keys’ El Camino
If you haven’t read our current cover story on The Black Keys and the making of El Camino, then what are you waiting for? In the meantime, listen to five tracks from the band’s upcoming album (“Lonely Boy,” “Gold On The Ceiling,” “Little Black Submarines,” “Sister,” and “Run Right Back”) here. One thing’s for sure; [...]
In The Studio With The Black Keys
(PHOTO: Jo McCaughey) A self-described “studio nerd,” Dan Auerbach owns more vintage gear than his studio can comfortably hold. Even so, he makes good use of it all, playing five different electric guitars on El Camino and keeping every one of his keyboards – from the Mellotron to the Orchestron to the Farfisa organ – [...]
The Black Keys, “Lonely Boy”
(PHOTO: Jo McCaughey) There was a time when the Black Keys seemed like they might be just another two-member, two-word band from the Midwest. Then came Brothers. On the eve of the album’s release, we missed the chance to put the Akron, Ohio duo on the cover of this magazine. (Alas, we repent.) But, digging [...]
The Black Keys: Brothers In Arms
(Photos: Jo McCaughey) Dan Auerbach is driving through Nashville, looking for a place to get coffee on a Wednesday morning. There are diners and coffee shops all the way down 8th Avenue, but he can’t stop talking about Mas Tacos, a small Mexican joint on the other side of town. He’s been going there for [...]
Black Keys Announce New Album El Camino
The Black Keys’ new album El Camino will be released December 6 on Nonesuch Records, the band announced yesterday. Their seventh full-length studio effort was produced by Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, The Grey Album) and The Black Keys, and was recorded at guitarist/vocalist Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville. “I think where this [...]
Win Tickets To Hangout Music Festival
Here’s your chance to grab tickets to this year’s Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama! Billed as “the first and only festival of it’s kind,” Hangout invites you to shed your muddy boots and walk barefoot on the sandy beaches of Gulf Shores while enjoying music from acts such as Paul Simon, Foo Fighters, [...]
Paul Simon, Black Keys, Foo Fighters To Play Hangout Festival
The Roots played the inaugural Hangout Festival in 2010. Photo by Jamie Younger. Organizers have announced the lineup for the second annual Hangout Music Festival. Paul Simon, The Foo Fighters, and Widespread Panic are among many to perform at the unique festival on the beach. Other notable performers include: The Black Keys, My Morning Jacket, [...]
Lollapalooza Lands The Strokes, Soundgarden, Lady Gaga
Hey, cool kids, it’s Lollapalooza time. The venerable alt-rock fest has announced the latest lineup for their annual summer festival. Topping the bill this year are Green Day, the reunited Soundgarden, the off-hiatus Strokes, and…Lady Gaga. Okay…. The festival, which runs over the August 6-8 weekend at Chicago’s Grant Park, will also feature bands like [...]
Paul McCartney Ignites Coachella
Paul McCartney Ignites Coachella
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