The Black Keys, Brothers

SpruceCampbell · **Joined:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:15 am **Posts:** 270

Really enjoyed the album. Lucey did a great job too.

Chris B. · **Joined:** Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:44 pm **Posts:** 57

Holy fuckin' smokes. I was in used kids, just looking for some new records. As always, I was thinking deep New Orleans (which used kids usually never has), or old ass country, or some gospel soul (Soul Stirrers, (without Sam Cooke in the seventies, which is rad) which they did have, thank you used kids), when I was like what the fuck is this playing up in here, and I used to never want to ask because I would seem a music fool, but I've just come to accept that I am a fool so I was like "What the fuck is this?", because it sounded like some deep soul, maybe not quite some southern soul, but at least something old and sweet that I had probably never heard of. Dan D. looked me straight in my eye and said "New Black Keys". Shit. It was side D of the new record, with those slow grooves on it. I am twenty dollars poorer, and happy about it. They have set the bar waaaayyyyyyy higher for Ohio. They are winning. This record is fucking great. Especially those C and D sides. Northern soul revival, without the irony, played from the heart.

robotboy · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2010 1:49 pm

CharlesJunk · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2010 5:47 pm

I like the disc a lot more than I thought I would. Actually, I had pretty much written off the idea of ever being all that interested in anyone's blues rock album. I don't care how dirty and authentic it gets, the idea makes me yawn so hard I look like Steven Tyler by the time my lips come back together.

But there are a few real gems on it, and their delivery and the strength of the songs seal the deal. "Next Girl" is a classic. Had it been done originally by any black blues legend or guitarist with the last name King (excluding Kerry) it would be right up there with any blues standard. But it's more than that really, it's not so standard. It's more blues the way the Rolling Stones thought they were playing the blues. But it's not really that either. The Black Keys are tighter than the Stones. It stands on it's own and it doesn't sound tired or rehashed.

Anyway, They've made a damn fine rock n' roll record and Auerbach's soulful delivery makes Jack White sound like Geddy Lee.

robertduffy · **Posted:** Tue May 25, 2010 9:50 pm

#3 on the Billboard

Jawbreaker · **Joined:** Fri Jun 06, 2003 1:10 pm **Posts:** 6351

slowmoriot · **Posted:** Wed May 26, 2010 8:04 am

Yeah, those cats know how to do it. Just add a good bass player, and they would really smoke. Of course, then they wouldn't be as "hip".

As much as I love these guys, I still contend that if you are overdubbing bass on your albums, then just hire a fucking bass player already. Not that they don't sound great live, they really do. It just would be better with a tasteful simple bass line. It did on the album...

Cookie · **Posted:** Wed May 26, 2010 8:10 am

mikecarney · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:08 pm **Posts:** 687

73,000 first week. #3 in us, 2000 copies behind the exile on main street reissue... in regards to "hiring a fucking bass player" they did, and a keyboard player, leon michels who runs truth and soul records, plays in the el michels affair, lee fields and the expressions... and the bass player is Nick Movshon who is also in the el michels affair, anitbalas and played on all the amy winehouse / mark ronson records...

on letterman last night... fallon tonight...

catphish007 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:35 pm **Posts:** 978

is there people from the house band playing with them? wtf does pat keep looking at?(almost like he's looking over saying fuk stik, get with the tempo)

thisoneholymedium · **Posted:** Wed May 26, 2010 6:31 pm

i usually ignore "the hype" in general

but man this record is fucking sweet

slowmoriot · **Posted:** Wed May 26, 2010 9:55 pm

Holy shit they hired a Fucking bass player, and other Fucking musicians too. LOL.

thisoneholymedium · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:07 am

Wesley Flexner · **Joined:** Sun Dec 19, 2004 6:08 pm **Posts:** 1502

Brothers is in the number 8th best selling record in America.
Two weeks in the top ten...
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catphish007 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:35 pm **Posts:** 978

These Days is now my favorite song on this record.

catphish007 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:35 pm **Posts:** 978

also, Anyone going to the Cleveland or Pittsburgh shows?

Wesley Flexner · **Joined:** Sun Dec 19, 2004 6:08 pm **Posts:** 1502

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/20 ... k_car.html

Tell me about your album cover. It’s a really different aesthetic for the Black Keys — no images, just words.
That was all my brother Michael. He’s a graphic designer. We all agreed the record cover should be text-based because we couldn’t think of any image that fit. Michael’s done every one of our record covers and every one of our T-shirts. He used to work for Abercrombie & Fitch until they laid him off like a bunch of fucking idiots. He’s probably gonna get nominated for a Grammy for all this shit! He got a job that was twice as good at American Eagle within a week. I actually really like stories like that — when a company fucks up.

catphish007 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:35 pm **Posts:** 978

Anyone know if the MSG show was taped :?:

would like to check it out.

Wesley Flexner · **Joined:** Sun Dec 19, 2004 6:08 pm **Posts:** 1502

Joelseph · **Posted:** Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:05 pm

RoamlessHudsonOhio · **Posted:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:46 pm

Wesley Flexner · **Joined:** Sun Dec 19, 2004 6:08 pm **Posts:** 1502

the black keys are nominated for a VMA
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2010/breakthrough-video/

thisoneholymedium · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:16 pm

Wesley Flexner · **Joined:** Sun Dec 19, 2004 6:08 pm **Posts:** 1502

the black keys donewaiting interview

http://www.donewaiting.com/2010/08/12/i ... ck-carney/

catphish007 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:35 pm **Posts:** 978

anyone go to this show?? or know if it was taped??

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