The Black Keys rocked out on the Late Show with David Letterman last night, leading Stereogum to remind readers that it "gave props to Attack & Release" even before the record's release at the beginning of the month. The site gives props this time around to the "plow through the anvil-slamming, scuzz-blues riffage of 'I Got Mine'" the band brought to the show last night. JamBase, in an interview with producer Danger Mouse, calls the album "an incredible piece of work."
The Black Keys rocked out on the Late Show with David Letterman last night, leading Stereogum to remind readers that it "gave props to Attack & Release" even before the record's release at the beginning of the month. The site gives props this time around to the "plow through the anvil-slamming, scuzz-blues riffage of 'I Got Mine'" Dan and Patrick brought to the show last night.
David Letterman followed the set with an exuberant "I love these guys!" To which Paul replied, "Unbelievable!" Leaving Dave to conclude: "That's what I'm talkin' about."
You can watch the footage at stereogum.com.
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"You can't fake music like this. The blues don't sound right if it ain't in you, and Akron had filled this duo with the right stuff." That according to JamBase, is one of the keys to The Black Keys' success---an authenticity fully rooted in their hometown. And when they met up with producer Brian Burton (Danger Mouse) to create their latest release the pairing proved a success from the start.
"After the first or second day," Burton tells JamBase, "it was very obvious we were doing something neither one of us had really done before and it was great. At the end of the day, it's easier to do stuff like that when you have great songs already written, and they're great songwriters. That was the thing, what they do is already so strong that you can mess with it a little bit and do some things a little differently because the core is already so strong."
The "no rules" approach that all three brought to the process, says JamBase Editor-in-Chief and Senior Writer Kayce, is "exactly what makes Attack & Release such an incredible piece of work."
Kayce continues:
The result is the Keys' most experimental and impressive album to date. But, what truly makes it shine is that it's still distinctly The Black Keys. Burton was able to retain their classic, dirt-under-the-fingernails, blue-collar rock & roll aesthetic but beefed it up and shot the Keys into some sort of backwoods, psychedelic juke joint that is somehow both contemporary and classic, and maybe even a touch futuristic.
To read the complete, in-depth article on the Keys and to hear what the guys are doing to take this show on the road, visit jambase.com.
