TAG: The Black Keys

Mar19

Broken Bells @ The Troubadour 3/14 (Review)

James Mercer and Brian Burton's sold out LA show 

Creating a complete and engaging live musical experience is a tough feat. Having only about forty minutes of material to draw from greatly complicates the situation. “Would it be wrong?” Not for Broken Bells.  For Broken Bells, also known as Brian Burton (typically known by his alias Danger Mouse) and James Mercer (lead singer of The Shins), this was effortless.  Broken Bells have built upon their musical efforts on their self-titled Broken Bells at the Troubadour in Los Angeles this past Sunday 3/14 with a lively, entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable performance.  As their final show on their mini-tour which included London, Paris, and New York (next they’re headed to SXSW), Broken Bells have put on a moving and memorable performance that highlights the creative possibilities of this so-called supergroup formed during the collaborative work by Burton and David Lynch (which …

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Mar02

The Black Keys Prep New Album “Brothers”

Very happy to report that The Black Keys are ready to release their sixth proper album and the follow-up to damn-near-everyone’s beloved Attack and Release. The new album welcomes Danger Mouse as producer on one track (”Tighten Up”), though last time he ran the whole show, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney managed this one on their own. Clearly, they have been busy with the BlakRoc project and their own work; I’m sure they learned many tricks and on May 18th we will find out what’s on the album, Brothers. Tracklisting after the jump.

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Feb09

Bonnaroo 2010 Line-up Announced! Classic Videos From Roos Past (Video)

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AC Superfly have announced the partial line-up for Bonnaroo 2010, and as a blizzard approaches NYC, I’m going through my camping gear. I’ll be posting amazing new Bonnaroo highlights over the next coming weeks, and here are some classic moments at the Roo from Phoenix, The Flaming Lips, Led Zep’s John Paul Jones + Ben Harper + ?uestlove, The Mars Volta, David Byrne, !!!, The Disco Biscuits and Lily Allen.

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Dec11

Cool Kids, Curren$y, Jay Electronica @ DD172 (Video)

Here is footage from a party hosted by DD172 at Under 100 of  the Cool Kids, Curren$y and Jay Electronica rocking the mic. Supposedly The Black Keys and Mos Def  were going to perform that night, but according to sources the party ended early because of noise complaints.

Cool Kids and friends at Under100 from whizhouse on Vimeo.

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Nov20

BlakRoc Webisode #9 (Nicole Wray) (Video)

Who’d have suspected that the Black Keys-Dame Dash hip-hop project would become the buzzed about web meme for the end of 2009. We knew it’d be good, but not a day goes by without something new making the blog rounds. This latest video features Nicole (Nikki) Wray working out some melodies with Dan Auerbach.

Nah Right

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Nov17

Blakroc feat Mos Def – On The Vista (MP3)

This is Mos Def’s collaborative track off the highly talked about Dame Dash-helmed project pairing The Black Keys with some of the world’s top MC, titled BlakRoc.  This track is called “On The Vista” and the download link is located after the break.  BlakRoc album is dropping on November 27th.

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