The Black Keys, Let’s Rock” **** The Raconteurs, Help Us Stranger **** If rock is dead, that memo did not reach Nashville, where these albums were recorded. And Detroit – the Raconteurs’ real home, where singer-guitarists Jack White and Brendan Benson each grew up in the local garage-punk ruckus – …
Read More »The Black Keys Get Back to Basics
On the morning of September 5th, Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach walked into Auerbach’s Nashville studio, picked up their instruments and became the Black Keys again. By season’s end, they had finished their ninth album, the self-produced “Let’s Rock” (yes, that’s really the title). As usual, they created the entire …
Read More »Black Keys' Dan Auerbach Preps His Father's Debut LP
Chuck Auerbach, father of the Black Keys‘ Dan Auerbach, will release his debut LP, Remember Me, on June 15th via Dan’s record label, Easy Eye Sound. The younger Auerbach contributed guitars and production to the album, which they tracked at Nashville’s Butcher Shoppe Recording Studio and Dan’s Easy Eye Sound …
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