NPR's World Café: Dan Auerbach's "Keep It Hid" "Authentic, Blunt and Powerful"
Dan Auerbach performed three songs off his Nonesuch solo debut, Keep It Hid—"Trouble Weighs a Ton," "When the Night Comes," and "Goin' Home"—in his appearance on today's episode of NPR's World Café. He also spoke with the show's host, David Dye, about the new record, on which, says Dye, Dan has "expanded stylistically ... its songs conceal a melancholy and introspective side ... Driven by reverb and riffs, Auerbach's solo work sounds authentic, blunt and powerful." Listen to the segment at npr.org.
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Meanwhile ... Dan's work with his Black Keys partner Patrick Carney has gotten some high praise from a rather diverse swath of the music world over the years: their most recent release, 2008's Attack & Release, was produced by Danger Mouse, and grew out of sketches for an album with the late Ike Turner; shortly after that album's release, Rod Stewart made it known to Rolling Stone's Smoking Section he was a fan of the group, followed by talk of a ZZ Top collaboration. And now, the man who may be pop music's reigning king, Justin Timberlake, has told Entertainment Weekly that, while taking time off from his own recording, he's been listening to plenty of The Black Keys. "I really love their Attack and Release," he says. "I thought that was a really great record."
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While Attack and Release may be a favorite of the likes of Justin Timberlake - I personally feel that it is overproduced and draws away the the raw soul and passion of The Big Come Up and the Rubber Factory. Moreover, the overproduction of Dang Mouse doesn't reflect in their live performances.
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