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Dr. John to Release Dan Auerbach-Produced Album on Nonesuch Records

Dr. John announced a new album today titled Locked Down. It will be released April 3 on Nonesuch Records and was produced by Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach. The release is Dr. John’s first for Nonesuch, and a press release called the album a “departure from his recent efforts.”  read more

The Low Anthem: Smart Flesh

Soft-spoken stories that’ll stop you in your tracks Let’s start with what Smart Flesh—The Low Anthem’s follow-up to Oh My God, Charlie Darwin—is not. This is not the kind of album you put on to create a little ambience when you’ve got friends over, nor is it the sort of thing you’d reach for if you’re looking to bust a move. It’s not something you’d put on in the background while you’re doing the dishes. It is, however, the kind of album that demands to be listened to, the kind of album you put on when you really want to...  read more

Wilco to Begin Recording New Album Later This Month

Wilco’s Pat Sansone recently told the LA Times that the group is set to begin work on their follow-up to 2009’s Wilco (The Album) later this month....  read more

Wilco Leaving Nonesuch, Possibly Starting Own Label

The band will be recording a lot in October as well...  read more

The Black Keys: Brothers

Music shines, lyrics whine Yes, Danger Mouse produced a track (“Tighten Up”) for this blues-rock duo on its sixth album. But the name to note in the credits is mixer Tchad Blake, who gives the songs a swampy texture that nevertheless carves out individual space for each instrument. Guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney swing more loosely than usual, too, particularly on the Bo Diddley-gone-glam stomp “Howlin’ For You.” “The Only One” incorporates droning organ chords to nice effect....  read more

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim: Here Lies Love

High-concept album underwhelms A concept album is a tricky thing. It strives to occupy the intersection of narrative and song, telling a compelling story though original musical compositions. They’ve been done quite well (think The Who’s Tommy), but they can also be cheesy, overwrought and far more reminiscent of a Disney film than a rock opus....  read more

The Low Anthem Talk Unnamed New Album, Working With Mike Mogis

"It knocked my socks off," frontman Ben Knox Miller says...  read more

Natalie Merchant: Leave Your Sleep

A self-surpassing milestone Natalie Merchant is just talented enough to escape her own trap. On her new album, she’s taken poems by everyone from Jack Prelutsky to Robert Louis Stevenson and crammed them into 26 tracks of museum-piece jazz, Starbucks bluegrass and PBS reggae. It’s an effortlessly elegant and pleasant ride that even the obvious hip-yuppie trappings of it all can’t obscure....  read more

SXSW 2010: Carolina Chocolate Drops

Things were bumping at the Paste party today at Galaxy Room—Assistant Editor Michael Saba even heard the phrase “Paste is where the hawtness is!” While acts like Roky Erikson with Okkervil River and Frightened Rabbit drew a packed house, one band that deserved a much fuller audience was the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Fresh off of their first Nonesuch release, Genuine Negro Jig, the Chocolate Drops played classic old-timey string blues inspired by the likes of Josh White and the Mississippi Mud Steppers. Picking at their fiddle and banjo strings with the frantic speed of a seismograph, the trio moved between...  read more

The Black Keys' New Album Coming in May

The Black Keys are a busy band, even though they haven’t been operating under their proper moniker much in the past year. In 2009, frontman Dan Auerbach released his solo album, Keep It Hid. Not to be outdone, drummer Partick Carney and his band Drummer put out Feel Good Together, their full-length debut. Last year, the pair also collaborated with an impressive list of marquee hip-hop stars (RZA, Mos Def, Raewkon and Q-Tip among other) for Blakroc....  read more