Yeah folks, here it is.

This is blues. It kills.

Of course, I grew up on blues inspired music (Zep) and this is groove oriented blues. It (the music itself) struts. Literally STRUTS and swaggers. The comparison to the Stripes is simply rooted in a couple bases.

1st - There are two people in the group. As they themselves put it, though, it's just simply easier to find two people than it is to find four. Akron is not the most fertile musical ground (only one club)

2nd - The Black Keys play the blues. And they play it with the crushing conviction that white teenagers have always played the blues. It's just one of those things. If you can't like good music just because it emulates an older style / ancestor then that's your loss.

The Black Keys is perfect music to get drunk to, have sex to, whatever. One proviso, if you're nervous about people seeing you strut...don't put this on in the company of others because you won't be able to help yourself.

The Black Keys

This one's off the new album:

Thickfreakness


These two are off the first album:

Heavy Soul (alt. take)


Busted