It's good (and lucrative) to be the Black Keys: Their mostly self-produced album Brothers came out yesterday, last week they joined Vampire Weekend and Beck & Bat For Lashes on the new Twilight…   Read Story »

With the release of Brothers this week and their recently announced track "Chop And Change" showing up on the Twilight: Eclipse soundtrack, the Black Keys have been around a lot as of late. Add to…   Read Story »

After Thom Yorke, Bon Iver & St. Vincent, and Grizzly Bear & Beach House made soundtracks to multi-million dollar hormonal-teenage-vampires-in-love franchises a safe place for indie artists…   Read Story »

Frank, the new t-rex puppet mascot for The Black Keys' upcoming album Brother, is the star of this unofficial (but really, official) video for "Next Girl." Just like the last time he lipsynced on…   Read Story »

In this Black Keys promo clip, a soulful dinosaur puppet named Frank sings "Tighten Up," the bluesy Danger Mouse-produced track from the duo's otherwise self-produced sixth album Brothers. If you…   Read Story »

We saw a bunch of bands this past week. Not every set was memorable, but there were more than enough highlights to make the stiff necks and barking feet worth it. Here's Wednesday, Thursday,…   Read Story »

The Black Keys' Patrick Carney teamed up with four other drummers to create Drummer, a band of drummers, with only one drummer. Which means the other guys (Jamie Stillman, Jon Finley, Steve Clements)…   Read Story »

We've seen indie rockers reach out to hip-hop's most recognizable collective (or at least the most recognizable hip-hop collective to indie rockers). But lately, it's been Wu-Tang Clan making the…   Read Story »

The Black Keys recruited quite a crew for their Damon Dash-spearheaded hip-hop project Blakroc. Mos Def, Q-Tip, RZA, Jim Jones, Raekwon, Ludacris, and the ghost of ODB all appear. Hear a cut and look…   Read Story »

When APW presented its inaugural festival last year, we weren't alone in taking issue with the experience: lack of food options, a fair but generally recycled undercard which played more like "a…   Read Story »