Interviews
Interview (2008)
Akron-based duo the Black Keys have been attracting much acclaim for their garage blues rock. Sarah Mwangi speaks to singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach about their just released fifth album, 'Attack & Release', which has found them recording in a studio for the first time
Live
Shepherds Bush Empire, 27/2/2007
At the Shepherds Bush Empire in London, new writer Sarah Mwangi finds much of American blues duo the Black Keys' passion stolen by their insistent touring schedule
Scala, London, 23/5/2006
The Black Keys, while hardly household names, have been playing increasingly packed houses on both sides of the Atlantic. Anthony Dhanendran watches the Southern blues duo play a powerful set at the London Dcala
Reviews
Attack and Release (2008)
Experimental fifth album from Akron-based garage rock duo Black Keys which fnds them working with synthesisers, banjos and an organ and a producer, Gnarls Barkley's Danger Mouse, all for the first time to mixed results
Strange Times (2008)
Approriately-titled eccentric new single from the formidable Black Keys
Chulahoma (2006)
Blisteringly soulful new mini album from blues traditionalists the Black Keys, which finds them covering six Junior Kimbrough songs
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Live
Ottawa RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest
Ottawa, 4/7/2013...7/7/2013
In the first week of Ottawa's annual Bluesfest, Andrew Carver watches performances from acts including the Black Keys, Grand Funk Railroad, Sharon Van Etten, the Joy Formidable and Wu-Tang Clan...
Ottawa Cisco Systems Bluesfest
LeBreton Flats, Ottawa, 8/7/2009...12/7/2009
In the first week of the annual Ottawa Cisco Systems Bluesfest, Andrew Carver watches sets from acts including the Black Keys, Metric, Iron and Wine, Okkervil River, Lightning Malcolm and Cedric Burnside and the Church
Tapes 'n' Tapes
Kings College, London, 8/11/2006
Minneapolis band Tapes 'n' Tapes have drawn frequent comparisions with the the Arcade Fire, but Anthony Dhanendran finds their rowdy blues-influenced sound has more in common with the Black Keys in an impressive show at London's King College
Black Keys, Nathaniel Mayer, Weapons of
Barrymore's, Ottawa, 18/11/2005
At Barrymore's in Ottawa, Andrew Carver enjoys energetic performances the Black Keys, Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Golden Famile, but it is sexagenarian Detroit soul singer Nathaniel Mayer who steals the show
Features
Black Keys
Live DVD
Dan Cressey examines raucous American blues-rockers the Black Keys new DVD which was recorded live in Sydney in Australia