The Black Keys News

A weird band name usually has one of two effects on the average, unsuspecting music buff.

Dan Auerbach headlined an early show at the Phoenix on Saturday evening, flawlessly translating his eclectic solo songs into bluesy, full band numbers.

Kurt Vile @ Woodsist/CT Fest on July 4th At [D.C.'s] the Black Cat Backstage [Nov. 5th], [Kurt] Vile ambled through the final date of a month of shows with his three-piece band, The Violators, for what he said was the largest crowd he'd played.

Blues-Rock band The Black Keys have teamed up with former Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Dame Dash to create BlakRoc .

The Black Keys will play a hometown show at Akron, OH's Musica on November 27. Billed as The Wild World of Alfred McMoore: A Multimedia Retrospective To Benefit Community Support Services, the charity gig will take place the day the group releases its new hip hop album Blakroc .

's Saturday show at the Arizona State Fair's Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix was all about that voice.

As half of the Akron blues-rock duo the Black Keys, guitarist Dan Auerbach tends to receive plenty of the same music-critic adjectives: rough , gritty , soulful .

Dan Auerbach 's Keep It Hid might be his solo album debut, but he's far from alone.

The link to the full photo gallery craziness is below. While Phish Fest raged in Indio over Halloween weekend, the mother of all Halloween music festivals took New Orleans by storm for three days - literally! On Day One of the legendary Voodoo Experience , which was Friday, October 30, the warm, humid day took a downturn just as the party started ...

Images by: Dino Perrucci & Adam McCullough Voodoo Experience :: 10.30.09 - 11.01.09 :: City Park :: New Orleans, LA The New Orleans Bingo! Show - Voodoo 09 by Perrucci "Worship the music." It's Voodoo Experience 's tagline and the sentiment seemed to sum up the New Orleans festival.

Tara May played the part of a Voodoo Festival zombie on Halloween to the hilt. While modeling her white dress, black and white leggings and zombie face paint, the 10-year-old from Metairie explained why she likes the festival.

Black Keys Black Friday Benefit. The Black Keys will star at a benefit for Community Support Services from 6 to 10 p.m. Nov.

I can think of worse days, weather-wise, to kick off a major music festival in New Orleans.

Enter to win tickets to see Dan Auerbach with special guests Justin Townes Earle and Jessica Lea Mayfield on Wednesday, November 11th at Webster Hall! Nonesuch Records releases Keep It Hid, the solo debut from singer/songwriter/guitarist Dan Auerbach - best known as half of The Black Keys - on February 10, 2009.

An army of scary creatures invades City Park this weekend. Ghosts. Goblins. Gene Simmons.

I want to rock this town inside out and all, too, but still. :: Cave In frontman Stephen Brodsky has some solo shows lined up with Annuals and The Dear Hunter .

Remember when Black Keys were in Mass Appeal Magazine alongtime ago? Flash Foward a decade later.

THE BEAT GOES ON: "I'm really bad at taking time off," says Patrick Carney, who started a new band, Drummer, to stay busy.

The lines that previously divided Hip Hop, electronica and rock music are slowly but surely disappearing.

Just hitting my radar; this has promise: The Black Keys collaborate with 11 musicians including Mos Def, RZA, Q-Tip, Raekwon, Jim Jones + more.