The Black Keys // Gold on The Ceiling and Lonely Boy (live)

No one bangs the drums harder than Pat Carney, and no one does gawp-fest solos like Dan Auerbach. These are facts. Check out evidence of both in The Black Keys' two US talk-show appearances below, with a quick intro to Lonely Boy courtesy of Steve Buscemi. Big time now, huh?





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The Black Keys // Lonely Boy

The Black Keys' records are the perfect travelling companion; occasionally ragged, often loud, but always with a determined urgency. Much like Dan's own beard experimentations and Patrick's drumming. As if to acknowledge this, the band's new record is entitled El Camino, and was announced earlier this month accompanied by a brilliant trailer.

El Camino is available from December 6th, while Lonely Boy is our on November 25th for Record Store Day's "Back to Black" Friday.

The Black Keys - Lonely Boy by ListenBeforeYouBuy

 

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Japandroids // No Singles

No Action has quite a thing for twosomes. Something in the base brutality that seemingly only a couple can generate has resulted in healthy obsessions with The White Stripes, The Black Keys, Tiny Masters of Today, Death From Above 1979 (RIP) among many, many others.

Latest and, perhaps, greatest of these is Japandroids, whose Post Nothing LP of 2009 is a gem. The grooves of the aforementioned DFA 1979 are melded with the surging guitar soundscapes of Sonic Youth, creating a devastatingly beautiful noise-blitz on The Boys are Leaving Town and the stunning Wet Hair.

Before all this, though, came a couple of EPs; 2007's All Lies and 08's Lullaby Death Jams, kindly re-issued to us Brits as album No Singles come May. While the tracks are no match for Post Nothing, Darkness on the Edge of Gastown hints at a heavy metal Whirlwind Heat, while Coma Complacency proffers fist punching cries over a brooding base. Much to enjoy, but what's more interesting is where Japandroids are going than where they've been.

They'll be plying their trade at Islington's The Garage on 20th May after February's sold out ICA show and wowing the SXSW-ers this month.