Two Key Historical Articles About The Black Keys

It’s common in scientific study to do a forensic review of literature already written about a subject. Certain articles best present the core themes, motivations, influences and attitude of a subject that others will take their lead from. Examining them in turn enhances our understanding of the subject. If someone was to do a review [...]

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Keeping It In The Auerbach-Carney Family

Respected Triple J radio host, Richard Kingsmill, inquires into the musical heritage of Dan Auerbach’s family and unearths interesting anecdotes about his Uncle James Quine and noted guitarist Robert Quine, his first cousin once removed.

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Interview with Patrick Carney from The Black Keys – Part 2

This is the 2nd Part of an extended interview with Pat Carney from The Black Keys exclusively for The Black Keys Fan Lounge. Part 1 can be found here. I wrote a post relating The Black Keys to ideas of  being an ‘outsider’. Are the conclusions I’m drawing there fair comment? We are outsiders in [...]

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Interview with Patrick Carney from The Black Keys – Part 1

It’s been a long term goal to interview The Black Keys for The Black Keys Fan Lounge. This goal has now been achieved. It was a great experience to recently interview The Black Keys drummer, Pat Carney. Pat was kind enough to take some time answering a whole range of questions. These included general questions [...]

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Cool Video Interview With Dan Auerbach

Check out this awesome video interview with Dan Auerbach when he was in Melbourne, Australia, recently. Some really good work from the Student Youth Network to get this interview. It covers everything from Dan’s solo album, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Greville Records to Booker T’s keyboard.

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