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The Black Keys’ New Album Brothers Is Muy Bueno

May 20th, 2010

Ah man. I love the Black Keys, those guys really no how to put a solid blues sound together. I remember I first got into the Black Keys back in 2006, when that movie Black Snake Moan with Samuel L Jackson and Christina Ricci came out, and the opening scene where Ricci was walking in front of a giant tractor and the shot was super slowed down with the Black Keys song When the Lights Go Out playing… man that was such a good placement, so badass.

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Their new album Brothers just came out May 18 and you have got to check it out. It starts out right strong and fun with Dan Auerbach hitting quite the pitch on Everlasting Light and winds down 14 songs later with These Days, a song that has an ability to leave you in a dreamy haze. I’m a huge fan of the tracks Tighten Up, it is a muy bueno track that gets you up and ready to dance, and also Too Afraid to Love You, the perfect paradox in sound to Tighten Up, looking to slow you down, but keeping the subject of lovin’ strong. The album is all across the board as far as tempo goes, I really dig the range and just the great sound. Dan Auerbach was apparently born with the pipes to sing the blues.

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NPR actually streamed the new album for free a few weeks before it dropped, I’m sorry I am sharing this news now, it was actually a dick move on my part. I should have mentioned something earlier, the only reason I do now is to give props to the Black Keys and NPR for the great idea, I’m a fan of free and internet embracing artists.

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The Black Keys are touring now and stopping by the Paramount on October 2 that will most likely be a killer show.
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Check out the video for Tighten Up. You can watch Auerbach and Patrich Carney getting their shit kicked by some little kids. It is classic.
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The Black Keys “Tighten Up”

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