South African Music Magazine
THE BLACK KEYS WIN BRIT AWARD EL CAMINO CERTIFIED PLATINUM The Black Keys are an awards receiving role of late for their album ‘El Camino’ released in December 2011. At the annual Grammys this year they walked with the prestigious titles for the Best Rock Album, Best Rock Performance, and Best Rock Song. Their most Read More »
The Black Keys, those two white okes hailing from Ohio, U esS Ay, have got it Down. El Camino sizzles with riff and intent. Comparisons between them and that other rockin’ duo, The White Stripes, were inevitable when the tongue-in-cheekishly named The Black Keys announced themselves. Comparisons can now safely be laid to rest – Read More »
‘we want the world, and we want it now’ THE FUTURE IS NOW The 27th April sees the rainbow nation turn 18. Music critic Greil Marcus described the youth as having a loan to the future. In SA too often we look to the past for inspiration. Post-modernism means not quoting your sources – sources that have Read More »
BLACK KEYS – EL CAMINO The new Black Keys album produced by the man with the Midas studio touch, Danger Mouse, won two Grammys this year, not that we care about the watered-down ceremony, but hey this is definitely one of the albums of the year. Titled El Camino this 11 track offering is jam-packed Read More »
