The black keys earlier work is noted for being recorded and produced entirely in drummer patrick carney s basement.
Black keys rubber factory review.
Dan auerbach guitar and vocals patrick carney drums.
Allmusic review by stephen thomas erlewine it s easy to think of the black keys as the flip side of the white stripes.
They both hail from the midwest they both work a similar garage blues ground and both have color coded names.
After eating nothing but strange foreign dishes and crazy tastes your friends suggested its refreshing to just get a huge steak.
Armed only with carney s drum kit and auerbach s fuzzed out guitar and scratchy howl of a voice the black keys have turned in a baker s dozen of sludgy in a good way funky primordial blues.
Comparisons to the white stripes be damned these boys take blues grit and make it their own.
And the black keys serve this slab hot and juicy.
The black keys are a duo from northeast ohio and are simply a modern day exponent of blues rock bringing old ideas and motifs into modern alternative music.
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Dan auerbach guitar vocals and patrick carney drums return in full force for their 2004 lp rubber factory.
5 0 out of 5 stars the best black keys album reviewed in the united states on april 4 2014 long overdue this review should have been written in 2005 when i first purchased this album and it reinvigorated my feeling that the heart of rock and roll was still beatin indeed.
My personal faves are act nice and gentle a perfect honly tonk jam.