Being in a band this long is a testament to that. It’s the natural chemistry Pat and I have. Whenever we’d get together, we’d just make music, you know? We didn’t know what we were going to do, but we’d just do it and it would sound cool. “That’s always been the beauty of the thing Pat and I do. As they have done their entire career, the duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney wrote all of the material in the studio, and the new album captures a number of first takes that hark back to the stripped-down blues rock of their early days making music together in Akron, Ohio, basements. Dropout Boogie features collaborations with Billy F Gibbons (ZZ Top), Greg Cartwright (Reigning Sound), and Angelo Petraglia (Kings of Leon).ĭropout Boogie will be released one day before the twentieth anniversary of The Black Keys’ first album, The Big Come Up. ![]() ![]() ![]() Grammy Nominee for Best Rock Album, Best Rock PerformanceĪfter 10 albums, the last five of which have gone top 10 or better, six Grammy awards, and sold-out tours around the world, The Black Keys are back: The duo, called “America’s Most Trusted Band” by Stephen Colbert, and “one of the best rock’n’roll bands on the planet” by Uncut, released its eleventh studio album, Dropout Boogie, on May 13 via Nonesuch Records.
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