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...Black Keys, Dan Auerbach??s blues-rock duo, have always seemed to hold to their well-established sound. The two-man band has made four full-length albums since their debut, “The Big Come Up,” in 2002, hardly altering their spare, heavy blues between their first album and their latest, “Attack & Release.” Too unprocessed and deferential to have any place in the pop world; too no-nonsense and slow to really belong in the world of indie rock; and lacking a “Seven Nation...
...again, with the sinewy, unhinged rocker “I Got Mine.” “Strange Times,” probably the most effective example of the band’s collaboration with Danger Mouse, alternately crunches and swoons, with ethereal wails and flourishes interspersed between Auerbach??s explosive riffs and throaty bellow. “Lies” may be the most maturely-constructed song on the album; a dramatic, tumbling mood-piece, it feeds on the catharsis of Auerbach??s howling refrain, with Danger Mouse’s production giving...
...level. Classic favorites like “Set You Free” and a cover of Chuck Berry’s “Have Love Will Travel,” both from “Thickfreakness,” elicited the most response from the crowd, and Auerbach??s signature howl-and-croon, more delta-bluesman than bearded white guy, reached new heights (and depths). Sampling equally from their last three releases, both of the Keys drove the beat to the bone, torturing earth-tinged blues from their instruments with such synchronicity that every head...
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