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The Black Keys is an American rock band formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001. The group consists of vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer/producer Patrick Carney. The group began as an independent act founded after the duo dropped out of college, and they eventually emerged among a second wave of popular garage rock revival artists from the 2000s. Through October 2011, The Black Keys had sold over 2 million albums in the United States.[1]
Their debut album, The Big Come Up (2002), was recorded in Carney's basement and forged their raw blues rock sound. Over the next decade, The Black Keys built an underground fanbase through near-constant touring of small venues, frequent album releases, and extensive licensing of their songs. In 2006, the band signed with Nonesuch Records and began to receive bookings for large music festivals. The duo released Attack & Release in 2008, their first album produced by Danger Mouse, a frequent collaborator of the band. Their commercial breakthrough came in 2010 with Brothers, which along with its popular single "Tighten Up", won three Grammy Awards. Their 2011 follow-up El Camino has received the strongest reviews of the band's career and peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 chart.

El Camino (2011--present)


The Black Keys perform at the Virgin Mobile FreeFest in September 2011
The recording sessions for the group's seventh studio album, El Camino, began on March 3, 2011.[5] Splitting time between touring and recording, the band spent 41 days at Easy Eye Sound Studio, which was opened in 2010 by Auerbach in the duo's new hometown of Nashville, Tennessee.[3] For the album, Danger Mouse reprised his role as producer and also contributed as a co-writer on all of its songs.[5] Based on the difficulty the band had performing some of the slower songs from Brothers live, they conceived more uptempo tracks for El Camino.[34] The record draws strong influence from early American music and popular genres from the 1950s--1970s, such as rock and roll, soul, and glam rock. Several retro acts such as The Clash, The Cramps, and T. Rex were cited as musical influences.[34][35]
El Camino was preceded by lead single "Lonely Boy", which was released in October accompanied by a popular one-shot music video of a man dancing. The band returned to Saturday Night Live as a musical guest on December 3, 2011, marking the first occasion that a non-hosting musical act performed on the show twice in the same calendar year.[36] The album was released three days later and received wide critical acclaim.[37] In the US, it debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and sold 206,000 copies in its first week, the highest charting position and single-week sales the group has achieved in the country.[38] Many publications, such as Rolling Stone and Time ranked El Camino among the best albums of the year, despite its late release.[39][40] After a North American tour was announced, their show at Madison Square Garden sold out in 15 minutes.

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