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Black Keys

May 2024

  • Venue seen from sky.

    Angry fans seek compensation from Co-op Live after third opening show axed

    A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie gig cancelled last minute after air conditioning part falls from gantry during soundcheck

April 2024

  • The Black Keys

    The Black Keys: Ohio Players review – a little soul, a little lush, less magic

    A diffusion of the band’s hallmark earwormy blues feels somewhat lightweight, albeit with splashes of classy experimentation

January 2023

  • ‘He was well aware that he was essentially killing himself’ … (from left) Richard Swift, Dan Auerbach and Leon Michels in 2015.

    The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach on losing Richard Swift at 41: ‘He was just fun! Then, when he wasn’t, it was very dark’

    As indie supergroup the Arcs release the last album they recorded together, Auerbach and Leon Michels of the El Michels Affair recall their late bandmate’s verve, spirit – and troubled inner life

September 2022

  • Uncertain heartbreak … Michelle Branch.

    Michelle Branch: The Trouble With Fever review – solid country-pop, not notes on a scandal

    While the album lands some damning jabs, the songwriting is insightful and even-keeled

May 2022

  • Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach

    The Black Keys: Dropout Boogie review – another hit and miss record

    There are great moments, and some inane ones too, on the US rockers’ 11th studio album

June 2021

  • best-music-monthly-june

    The month's best album reviews
    Olivia Rodrigo, DMX, Wolf Alice and more: June’s best album reviews

    Discover all our four- and five-star album reviews from the last month, from pop to folk, classical and more

June 2019

  • the Black Keys.

    The Black Keys: “Let’s Rock” review – easy-listening return to basics

  • Refocused … Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.

    The Black Keys: Let’s Rock review – rousing return makes good on its title

July 2018

  • Richard Swift, who has died aged 41.

    Richard Swift, indie-rock songwriter and producer, dies aged 41

    The singer-songwriter, who worked with the Shins, the Black Keys and the Pretenders, had been suffering from a ‘serious medical condition’

December 2017

  • ROBERT FINLEY

    Robert Finley: the army and R&B veteran finding fame half a century late

    After playing in army bands while in the US army, the Louisiana singer gave up on music. Now, with the help of the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, the 63-year-old is finally ready for stardom

June 2017

  • dan auerbach standing in a faded t shirt

    Dan Auerbach: Waiting on a Song review – way to fake writer’s block…

    (Nonesuch)

April 2016

  • Miller greets to guests after performing onstage during the 31st annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York<br>Steve Miller greets to guests after performing onstage during the 31st annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York April 8, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

    Black Keys regret inducting Steve Miller into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    After Miller’s angry tirade mars ceremony, singer Dan Auerbach tells Rolling Stone ‘the whole process was unpleasant’ and that he and bandmate Patrick Carney left while Texan’s band was still playing

December 2015

  • Dan Auerbach of Black Keys with his project the Arcs live on stage<br>17 Nov 2015, Milan, Italy --- Dan Auerbach of Black Keys with his project the Arcs live on stage Pictured: Dan Auerbach, The Arcs --- Image by © EDV/Splash News/Corbis

    The Arcs review – Dan Auerbach's soul side charms windy city

    The Black Keys’ frontman brought his new band to Chicago and showed that this late-night soul group is much more than a hobby-turned-side project

September 2015

  • Jack White … Looking for trouble.

    The Black Keys' Patrick Carney says 'bully asshole' Jack White tried to fight him in a bar

    Black Keys drummer says White, who had previously apologised for his remarks about the band, attacked him in New York
  • The Arcs, CDs

    The Arcs: Yours, Dreamily review – sepia-tinted playfulness from Black Keys frontman

    Dan Auerbach reveals his woozy country-soul side on this collaborative side project
  • Dan Auerbach and the Arcs

    The Arcs: Yours, Dreamily review – Black Keys frontman bares his soul

    Dan Auerbach teams up with musical compadres and moves away from bluesy rock’n’roll

June 2015

  • Blur performing on the main stage at the Isle of Wight Festival as Saturday night headliners.

    Isle of Wight festival 2015 – review

    This traditionally gentler event is whipped into shape with a rousing performance from Blur, a rowdy Prodigy and a raunchy Pharrell Williams

January 2015

  • the Black Keys playing live in 2012

    Primavera Sound 2015: Patti Smith, the Black Keys and Ride to play

    The Barcelona festival has announced its full line-up, with Sleater-Kinney, Interpol and Alt-J also set to join the bill

December 2014

  • Anna Calvi in concert

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend: songs with vibrato, tremolo and oscillation

    Wondrous wobbles, brilliant bends, tremendous trembles. In voice or guitar, organs or other instruments, name your songs that show expressivity and innovation by sound alteration, says Peter Kimpton

November 2014

  • Rihanna plays the Concert for Valor.

    Veteran's Day Concert for Valor review: less piety, more profanity please

    Even Rihanna seemed subdued at a concert that, Metallica and the Black Keys apart, was more like a memorial service than a tribute to the troops, writes Joshua Alston
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