Articles tagged "the black keys"

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Dan Auerbach: In Search of the Authentic Sound

by Sean Murphy

[23.Jul.09] :. Dan Auerbach tells PopMatters: “Of course I want my albums to be successful, but ultimately I don’t care too much what anyone thinks ... I’m going to sound this way, no matter what.”

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Dan Auerbach: Keep It Hid

by Sean Murphy

[10.Feb.09] :. Keep It Hid offers further evidence that the music Dan Auerbach has so obviously, and voraciously, absorbed makes him who he is, pure and simple.

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The Black Keys: Live at the Crystal Ballroom (DVD)

by Sean Murphy

[8.Jan.09] :. A few years ago, the Black Keys might have considered themselves lucky and been quite content to labor in the shadow of the White Stripes. Those days are over.

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Live from Abbey Road - Episode 6

by Christel Loar

[24.Jul.08] :. The Hoosiers, The Black Keys and Manu Chao...

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Black Keys hook up with Gnarls Barkley producer for their 5th album

by Erin Podolsky [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[15.Apr.08] :. Load up your iPod with Black Keys songs, shut your eyes and press play, and you’d never guess you were listening to a couple of twentysomething white dudes from the home of the Goodyear blimp -...

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The Black Keys: Attack & Release

by Lou Friedman

[2.Apr.08] :. Dan and Patrick have decided to abandon the old blues garage for a more modernized one, but they somehow manage to retain most of the dirt and musty smell.

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The Black Keys: Magic Potion

by Jason MacNeil

[14.Sep.06] :. Big label, big backing, big buzz but basically brilliant, beautiful, beefy bluesy boogie blueprint being brought by the barren brain trust of Auerbach and Carney yet again.

 
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The Black Keys: Chulahoma

by Lou Friedman

[2.May.06] :. One of the best blues musicians ever, covered by one of the only bands to do him justice.

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The Black Keys

by Eddie Ciminelli

[23.Nov.05] :. .

 

The Black Keys: Rubber Factory

by Stephen Haag

[29.Sep.04] :. How much otherworldly noise can two guys make? Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach—better known as the gutterstomp blues duo the Black Keys—have the answer to this (not quite) Zen riddle:...

 

The Black Keys: thickfreakness

by Adam Dlugacz

[29.Apr.03] :. Rock ‘n’ roll success and the blues have always made for uncomfortable bedmates. There have always been bands willing to incorporate elements of the blues into their sound (it’s...