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Music: Blakroc Project
Ol' Dirt Dog back from the dead to rock the mic with The Black Keys. Also on the album: Raekwon, RZA, Jim Jones, NOE, Mos Def, Nicole Wray, Pharoahe Monch, Ludacris & Q-Tip. Blackroc hits stores November 27. Check out videos from the recording sessions here.
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Music: Black Keys’ Auerbach not hiding on solo debut.
A lot of musicians would use their successful band’s self-imposed timeout to relax. Kick it on some private island in the Caribbean. Chase women. Party like, well, a rock star. Or at least mix in a shave or two.
Not Dan Auerbach.
The ever-active and innovative singer-guitarist of Ohio-based garage-blues-rock act The Black Keys has used his band’s hiatus to tour in promotion of his debut solo album, “Keep It Hid.”
The heavily bearded Auerbach produced the album himself, and describes it as a mix of “psychedelia, soul music, loud and soft guitars.” Backed by a full band this time, Auerbach’s always gritty and passionate vocals explore tales of dark topics like romantic betrayal, yet he also manages to push past the boundaries of the blues. Guests on the album include singer Jessica Lea Mayfield, who was also featured on the Black Keys’ last album, “Attack & Release.”
The album and the tour have shown a rather notable departure from the minimalist yet animalistic guitar-and-drum formula the Black Keys have patented, incorporating thumping bass, throbbing organ and even a second drummer at times.
A recent New York Times review of the album said it “often sounds as if sprung from a psychedelic vault”, yet “doesn’t quite feel retro or especially arcane.” The Boston Herald described one of Auerbach’s recent New York shows as a cross between “the ragged, groovy, electrified vibe of a classic Fillmore set” and “a post-grunge, post-punk, post-Black Sabbath fury” that resulted in “original, jagged, fire-spitting guitar workouts.”
He's playin' a show in Austin on the 18th with the Swamp Fox - Tony Joe White. Get other tour dates and hear songs from the album here.
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Music/Film: The Black Keys - Live From Abbey Road
Check out the Sundance Channel's series "Live From Abbey Road" Thursdays at 10 PM. Above is a clip of The Black Keys' episode. The show is described on the Sundance Channel site as follows: "The world's most famous recording studio is the setting for this intimate music series featuring new and established performers. Created to suggest the visual quality of a movie and the carefully engineered sound of a commercial recording, LIVE FROM ABBEY ROAD captures artists without an audience as they rehearse, discuss and perform in the closed environment of a recording studio."
They've got another series that looks good as well. "Architecture School. Focusing on an innovative studio program at Tulane University, this six-part documentary series follows a group of fourth- and fifth-year architecture students as they design and build a single-family house in a low-income neighborhood of New Orleans devastated by Hurricane Katrina." Episode 1 is airing on August 20th at 9 PM.
The Black Keys are also featured on MTV2's "The Drop" today. Now go outside, and tell the world! I'm envious of all you lucky folks who are goin' to see 'em in Toledo tonight!
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Music: The Black Keys - Attack & Release, out April 1!
YeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaa! The Black Keys are releasing a new album on April 1st. You can hear a couple of the new tunes on their myspace page.
Will Hermes from Rollingstone.com calls it "a psychedelic hybrid of vintage Southern R&B, brutish British Invasion rock, and country blues that calls to mind race-blurring Seventies badasses like Jim Ford and Tony Joe White."
Gas up the ride & grab a clean shirt, The Black Keys are back out on the road! These guys are freakin' amazin' live. Saw 'em last year in Austin, New Orleans and Memphis. If ya don't know, now ya know!
Mar 27 Rialto Theatre Tucson, Arizona
Mar 28 Marquee Theatre Tempe, Arizona
Mar 29 House of Blues - SOLD OUT San Diego, California
Mar 30 The Glass House Pomona, California
Apr 1 Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles, California
Apr 2 Warfield Theatre San Francisco, California
Apr 4 Crystal Ballroom - SOLD OUT Portland, Oregon
Apr 5 Showbox SoDo - SOLD OUT Seattle, Washington
Apr 6 Commodore Ballroom - SOLD OUT Vancouver, British Columbia
Apr 9 Ogden Theatre Denver, Colorado
Apr 10 The Slowdown - SOLD OUT Omaha, Nebraska
Apr 11 First Avenue - SOLD OUT Minneapolis, Minnesota
Apr 12 Riviera Theatre - SOLD OUT Chicago, Illinois
Apr 13 The Vogue Indianapolis, Indiana
Apr 15 Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, Michigan
May 12 9:30 Club Washington DC
May 13 9:30 Club Washington DC
May 15 Terminal 5 New York, New York
May 16 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
May 17 Orpheum Theatre Boston, Massachusetts
Check this out:
Attack and Release (CD) Amazon.com
Strange Times (Single from Catch & Release) itunes
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