At #88 is the Black Keys. They are a blues-rock duo from Akron, Ohio. This was the first band that as preparing one of these I made a note to update my catalogue of their work.
Wiki - The Black Keys are an American blues-rock music duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer/producer Patrick Carney. They were formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001.
The band released their debut album, The Big Come Up, in 2002, followed by Thickfreakness in 2003, and Rubber Factory in 2004. Around this time, they also opened for bands such as Pearl Jam, Beck, Radiohead and Sleater-Kinney. October 2005 saw the release of the DVD Live, recorded live at The Metro Theatre in Sydney, Australia March 18, 2005.
In 2006 they released their fourth album, Magic Potion on September 4, 2006 in the UK and September 12, 2006 in the United States. Ultimately Attack & Release, their fifth album, was produced by Danger Mouse and released on April 1, 2008, having leaked onto the internet by March 4. Attack and Release debuted at number 14 on the Billboard Top 200.
Discography -
The Big Come Up (2002)
Thickfreakness (2003)
Rubber Factory (2004)
Magic Potion (2006)
Attack & Release (2008)
Brothers (2010) - expected release May 18
Best Songs -
When the Lights Go Out
10 AM Automatic
Just Got to Be
Your Touch
I Got Mine
Strange Times
Psychotic Girl
The band is frequently compared, for obvious reasons, to The White Stripes (also a blues-based musical duo of drums and vocals/guitar that started around the turn of the millennium) and to the stylings of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, and Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead are fans of the band.
And now, press play to hear:
I GOT MINE
next up: a one-word band that starts with "I". gotta be Incubus right?
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