The Black Keys

They Still Got The Same Old Blues – THE BLACK KEYS Share Their Brand New Single/Video ‘WILD CHILD’

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New striking strokes

11 March 2022

Band: THE BLACK KEYS (Akron, Ohio)
Who: Best known blues-rock duo in the world
Active: Since 2001 / 12 LPs (new one included)

New album: DROPOUT BOOGIE
Out: 13 May 2022 – order info here

Info: “As they’ve done their entire career, The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney wrote all of the material for their new album, Dropout Boogie, in the studio, and the album captures a number of first takes that hark back to the stripped-down blues rock of their early days making music together in Akron, Ohio, basements. After hashing out initial ideas at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville, the duo welcomed new collaborators Billy F. Gibbons, Greg Cartwright, and Angelo Petraglia to the sessions, marking the first time they’ve invited multiple new contributors to work simultaneously on one of their own albums.”

Lead single: WILD CHILD

The blues tandem looks like a pair of stand-up comedians on the new album cover. It’s true, they never saw themselves as rock ‘n roll innovators. They just wanna have fun (and make a copious living out of it). Wild Child just confirms all that. It’s Black Keys by numbers. A bit too much of the same, if you ask me.

Press play…

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Inbetweenies With Lonely Boys THE BLACK KEYS

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What Turn Up The Volume is watching/playing between two coffees

Ohio blues-rock tandem THE BLACK KEYS released one of their most
succesfull albums with EL CAMINO 10 years ago today, 8 December 2011.

Here’s that smoking-hot single and fantastic clip …
(more than 134 million views, not bad, not bad all)

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THE BLACK KEYS Play Some Steamy Delta Blues Live On American TV

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16 May 2021

Last Friday blues-rock tandem THE BLACK KEYS dropped Delta Kream.
A steamy and sweaty collection honoring their heroes of the Mississippi
Hill Country Blues.

The same day, night actually, the Keys and two amigos played live, from
an unknown place, two pieces for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
Pretty cool performances.

Feel the sweltering vibe here…

– GOING DOWN SOUTH –
(Original by R.L. Burnside)

– CRAWLING KINGSNAKE –
(Original by John Lee Hooker)

Delta Kream in full…

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THE BLACK KEYS Honor Their Blues Idols – Covers Album ‘DELTA KREAM’ Out Now

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14 May 2021


(artwork photo: William Eggleston)

The famous blues-rock tandem THE BLACK KEYS went back to the roots that inspired
and fueled their successful career. Today their album of covers of golden blues oldies, titled DELTA KREAM arrived. A collection honoring the heroes of the Mississippi Hill Country Blues.

NME says:“The duo have never courted celebrity, and here they delve deeper than ever before into the swampy roots of their genre’s forefathers… This record reinforces a willing and gradual retreat from the rock juggernaut space The Black Keys once occupied. The moody jams bubble with authenticity in a deeply satisfying trip back in time. While this record is unlikely to bring the band or the cultural touchstones they cover back to the top, it’s a soul-searching move that satisfies their own fandom while showing they’ll never compromise.”
Read the full interview here. Score: 3/5.

Two of the originals that got a Black Keys touch…

– CRAWLIN’ KING SNAKE –
John Lee Hooker

– DO THE ROMP –
Junior Kimbrough


DELTA KREAM in full…

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Order info here

THE BLACK KEYS Let The Guitar Slide On Their ‘GOING DOWN SOUTH’ Cover

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4 May 2021

THE BLACK KEYS, the most famous blues-rock tandem, for the past few
years – before them the White Stripes ruled the world – go back to the roots
that inspired their sound and spirit. They canned an album of covers, titled
DELTA KREAM, out next month, 14 May. More info here

It’s a collection honoring their heroes of the Mississippi Hill Country Blues.
John Lee Hooker, Big Joe Williams, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Junior Kimbrough
and Ranie Burnette.

One of the pearls is The Keys version of Going Down South by R.L. Burnside.

Let that guitar slide…

The original…

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And Another Covers Album Coming – THE BLACK KEYS Join The Long Queue

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14 April 2021


(photo: William Eggleston)

The most famous blues-rock tandem, for the past few years, before it was the
White Stripes everywhere, THE BLACK KEYS go back to the roots that inspired
their successful career (overrated in my opinion). They release an album of covers,
titled DELTA KREAM, out next month, 14 May.

A collection honoring the heroes of the Mississippi Hill Country Blues

Here come two of the originals that get a Black Keys touch…

– CRAWLIN’ KING SNAKE –
John Lee Hooker

– DO THE ROMP –
Junior Kimbrough

Tracklist:

01 “Crawling Kingsnake” (John Lee Hooker)
02 “Louise” (Mississippi Fred McDowell )
03 “Poor Boy A Long Way From Home” (R. L. Burnside)
04 “Stay All Night” (Junior Kimbrough)
05 “Going Down South” (R. L. Burnside)
06 “Coal Black Mattie” (Ranie Burnette)
07 “Do the Romp” (Junior Kimbrough)
08 “Sad Days, Lonely Nights” (Junior Kimbrough)
09 “Walk with Me” (Junior Kimbrough)
10 “Mellow Peaches” (Big Joe Williams)
11 “Come On And Go With Me” (Junior Kimbrough)

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Psychedelic Gloom Jams – THE BLACK KEYS Drop Two Previously Unheard Tracks From ‘BROTHERS’ Album

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New sonic impulses…

Ohio‘s sinewy blues tandem THE BLACK KEYS boosted their career when they unleashed their 6th LP Brothers 10 years ago. Their record label celebrated the anniversary with a deluxe-edition (stream below).

Yesterday the dynamite 2-piece dropped two previously unreleased/unheard tracks from the ‘Brothers‘ sessions. Two slo-mo psych jams with a spell-binding gloom. Let’s roll…

– KEEP MY NAME OUTTA YOUR MOUTH –

– BLACK MUD PART II –
(Instrumental)

Stream deluxe-edition…

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THE BLACK KEYS Share Another Track/Clip From New LP – Here’s Firm Cracker ‘GO’…

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Brand new sonic impulses…

16 May 2019

Rowdy blues rock brothers Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney aka THE BLACK KEYS will launch their ninth studio LP, titled LET’S ROCK, next month. The pair shared two tracks so far. The thumping lead single LO/FI and the equally pumping second smack Eagle Birds.

And here’s another fresh electrifying rocker called simply ‘GO’. The accompanying clip finds the duo playing like they haven’t spoken a word to each other in five years, since their previous 2014 album ‘Turn Blue‘. Listen/watch here below…

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LET’S ROCK – new album out 28th June – more info here