“It has always been an ongoing thing for us, this whole infatuation with getting in the basement and creating and recording,” Auerbach admits.Īlthough the group got a huge boost in visibility when it was handpicked to open Sleater-Kinney’s North American tour earlier this year, this summer will bring a further glimpse at the big time. You wouldn’t be misguided to assume Auerbach had been honing his vocal chops in Mississippi juke joints for decades, but in reality, he’s just a 23-year-old kid with an uncommonly emotive voice, who loves to play music with lifelong friend Carney. It’s the group’s first album for Fat Possum Records its 2002 debut, “The Big Come Up,” was issued by Alive. 50 on Billboard’s Top Independent Albums tally. On the heels of the band’s three distinct appearances at last month’s South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, and glittering praise from such outlets as NME and Spin, “thickfreakness” creeps in this week at No. It’s the kind of place where the guy across the street seems to constantly have a ankle bracelet on!” “In this neighborhood, we can make noise until 8 a.m. “We actually recorded it in 14 straight hours one day and did a couple of overdubs the next day,” Auerbach tells. KEYS TO THE BLUES: For Akron, Ohio-based duo the Black Keys, “thickfreakness” is another helping of the group’s decidedly retro blues/rock hybrid, augmented by covers of Junior Kimbrough’s “Everywhere I Go” and Richard Berry’s “Have Love Will Travel.” Like its predecessor, the 11-track set was recorded solely by guitarist/vocalist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney in the basement of a house in a gritty Akron neighborhood. Paramore Postpones San Francisco Concert Hours Before Showtime 'Due to Sickness'
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