Black Keys Share Statement Re: Hundreds Of Ticketholders Turned Away From...
Hundreds of fans who purchased tickets from reliable third-party vendors like StubHub, SeatGeek, and Vivid Seats were turned away from the Black Keys' tour opener at the Wiltern on Thursday night, The...
View ArticleWatch Wayne Newton Join The Black Keys At Life Is Beautiful
The Black Keys welcomed Wayne Newton to the stage last night at the Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival in Las Vegas. The Sin City staple, who currently has a residency at Caesars Palace, joined...
View ArticleWatch The Black Keys Play “Lo/Hi”&“Go” On Kimmel
This past summer, the Black Keys returned, after a five-year absence, with the new album "Let's Rock" -- quotation marks theirs. Five years is a long time, especially when you're two aging dudes in an...
View ArticleThe Black Keys –“Keep My Name Outta Your Mouth”&“Black Mud Part II”
Here’s a daunting realization: The Black Keys have been releasing albums for almost 20 years. They’ve been a couple different bands in that time. For years, they were prolific purveyors of a scuzzy,...
View ArticleWe’ve Got A File On You: Patrick Carney
We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc.
View ArticleBlack Keys Drummer Patrick Carney Subbing In For Local Legend John Adams At...
At almost every Cleveland Indians home game since August 25, 1973, a man named John Adams has played a bass drum in the last row of the left field bleachers. That summer, a 21-year-old Adams brought...
View ArticleThe Black Keys Announce Blues Covers Album Delta Kream
Before the Black Keys became an arena-filling mainstream rock band, they were just two guys making scuzzy garage-blues in an Akron, Ohio basement. And it seems like they’re looking to reconnect with...
View ArticleThe Black Keys –“Crawling Kingsnake” (John Lee Hooker Cover)
Earlier this week word got out that the Black Keys are following up their 2019 comeback “Let’s Rock” with Delta Kream, a tribute to the pioneering Mississippi hill country blues musicians that formed...
View Article45 Lost Albums We Want To Hear
Have you ever really stopped and thought about how intricate and difficult the process of making a successful album must be? There is, of course, the basic issue of inspiration. Every artist must wring...
View ArticleWatch The Black Keys Play Delta Kream Songs On Colbert
The Black Keys just released their new album Delta Kream, a collection of covers honoring pioneering Mississippi hill country blues artists like Junior Kimbrough and Big Joe Williams, yesterday. And...
View ArticleTwenty One Pilots Grow Up And Settle Down
You can only cling to your big wheel for so long before adult life comes for you. For proof, look no further than the massively successful pop-rock duo Twenty One Pilots.
View ArticleDan Auerbach Making Directorial Debut With Documentary About Dr. John
The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach will direct his first feature-length film, a documentary about Dr. John, the Louisiana-born musician who passed away two years ago at 77. Auerbach had collaborated with Dr....
View ArticleEl Camino Turns 10
Suddenly, the Black Keys were everywhere. In fairness, the process had actually been unfolding for years. Never strangers to syncing their music, the duo had recently achieved a new level of exposure...
View ArticleDan Auerbach Releasing Album Of Previously Unheard Son House Music
The delta blues singer and guitarist Son House died in 1988 at the age of 86. When Son House died, the Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach was eight years old. Like so many of his blues-influenced rocker...
View ArticleThe Black Keys –“Wild Child”
In May of 2021, the Black Keys released their country-blues covers album, Delta Kream. Now, hardly a year later, Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach are coming back with their 11th studio album, Dropout...
View ArticleThe Black Keys –“It Ain’t Over”
Last month, the Black Keys announced their grand return with a new album, Dropout Boogie, arriving in the middle of May. At the time, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney shared a lead single, “Wild Child,”...
View ArticleWe’ve Got A File On You: Dan Auerbach
We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc.
View ArticleWatch The Black Keys Celebrate Dropout Boogie On Kimmel
The Black Keys’ new album Dropout Boogie has arrived. In case you missed it yesterday, we spoke to Dan Auerbach about the new album and a whole bunch of other stuff from across his career. And last...
View ArticleLove What You’ve Done With The Place, Harry
At 28, Harry Styles has now been doing this long enough that he’s starting to compare himself to the younger set of pop stars. In a deep-diving interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, the former One...
View Article80 Artists Pick Their Favorite Paul McCartney Song For His 80th Birthday
Every time the Beatles come up, there’s the inevitable danger of hyperbole. But at the same time, it’s sort of hard to be that hyperbolic considering the scope of the group’s impact. Pop music and pop...
View ArticleWatch The Black Keys & Nathaniel Rateliff Cover Late Collaborator Richard...
The Black Keys and Nathaniel Rateliff paid tribute to their late collaborator Richard Swift during a show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado on Wednesday night. For their encore, they covered...
View ArticleJames Gang Reuniting For Ohio Veterans Benefit With Dave Grohl, NIN, Black...
The James Gang haven’t performed since 2006, but they’re getting together again this fall for a stacked arena show in Columbus benefitting veterans’ services. On Nov. 13 at Nationwide Arena, Joe Walsh...
View ArticleMichelle Branch Arrested For Domestic Assault, Splitting From Husband Patrick...
Michelle Branch was arrested for misdemeanor domestic assault early Thursday morning, as TMZ reports. Police were called to the Nashville home she shares with for-now husband Patrick Carney around 2AM,...
View ArticleMichelle Branch Talks Reconciliation With Black Keys’ Patrick Carney On...
Last month, Nashville police arrested Michelle Branch for misdemeanor domestic assault. Branch admitted that she had slapped Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney, her husband and collaborator, “one or two...
View ArticleWatch The Breeders Play Pixies’“Gigantic” With Dave Grohl At VetsAid
Joe Walsh convened an all-star lineup of Ohio rockers at Nationwide Arena in Columbus night to benefit VetsAid, the veterans’ charity he founded in 2017. Walsh’s James Gang got back together for their...
View ArticleWatch Beck Join The Black Keys For “Loser” In Paris
The Black Keys are still out on tour in support of last year’s Dropout Boogie, and on Sunday they did their first of two nights at Le Zénith in Paris. For their encore, they brought out their longtime...
View ArticleDan Auerbach –“Every Chance I Get (I Want You In The Flesh)”
Dan Auerbach is a busy man. His band the Black Keys released their album Dropout Boogie last year, and his other band the Arcs released their album Electrophonic Chronic earlier this year. But Auerbach...
View ArticleThe Black Keys –“Beautiful People (Stay High)”
The Black Keys are entering another pop crossover phase — or at least they’re trying to. The Akron-native duo are coming back this spring with a new album called Ohio Players. In a Mojo report last...
View ArticleSXSW 2024 Adds The Black Keys, Scowl, Johnny Jewel, & Hundreds More
SXSW has announced the third round of artists for this year’s festival. The first round included notable acts like Dry Cleaning, They Are Gutting A Body Of Water, and Hinds; the second round had...
View ArticleThe Black Keys –“I Forgot To Be Your Lover” (William Bell & Booker T. Jones...
The Black Keys are billing their new album Ohio Players as a party record, and lead single “Beautiful People (Stay High)” bore that out. The album’s second single is not so upbeat, but it is quite...
View ArticleThe Black Keys –“This Is Nowhere”
The Black Keys are nearing the release of Ohio Players, the new album they’re billing as a party record. So far the Akron duo have shared “Beautiful People (Stay High)” and “I Forgot To Be Your Lover.”...
View ArticleWatch Dave Grohl Cover Wings’“Live And Let Die” At Love Rocks NYC Benefit
Dave Grohl loves Paul McCartney. We know this. He’s shown it again and again. McCartney and all of Nirvana’s surviving members recorded a song together and played SNL in 2012. McCartney appeared on a...
View ArticleThe Black Keys –“Paper Crown” (Feat. Beck & Juicy J)
The new Black Keys album Ohio Players is out today, which means we get to hear “Paper Crown,” their song with Beck and Juicy J. They also made a video for Noel Gallagher co-write “On The Game” checking...
View ArticleWatch Noel Gallagher Join The Black Keys In London
Last month, the Black Keys released their new album Ohio Players. On that record, the band got help from some other big stars. Beck and Juicy J guested on the single “Paper Crown,” and the band...
View ArticleThe Black Keys Quietly Cancel Entire North American Arena Tour
Last month, the Black Keys shared Ohio Players, their 12th studio album. The rock band was slated to start a North American arena tour in September, but the run has been canceled.
View ArticleThe Black Keys Share Statement On Canceled Arena Tour, Say Shows Will Be...
The Black Keys recently quietly canceled their entire North American arena tour in support of their latest album Ohio Players, which came out back in April. Most speculated that the cancelation was due...
View ArticleThe Black Keys Part With Managers After Botched Arena Tour
Last month, the Black Keys’ entire North American arena tour was canceled without explanation before the duo eventually acknowledged the shows would be rescheduled in smaller venues. Speculating the...
View ArticleThe Curious Case Of The Underselling Arena Tours
Josh Anderson has been a Black Keys fan for over a decade. He fell in love with the band as a high schooler in 2007. But in April, when tickets for the blues-rock revivalists’ North American arena tour...
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