The Black Keys and The Flaming Lips will be doing a short tour this Spring. You can find the few dates in the replies.

The list of contenders for this year's Grammy awards were revealed tonight. fun., Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons, The Black Keys, Kanye West, and Jay-Z lead the way with 6 nominations each. You can check out all the nominees here.

The Black Keys will release their follow-up to 2011's El Camino sometime next year. The band wants Danger Mouse to produce the record if he has the time.

The Black Keys video for "Little Black Submarines" can be found in the replies.

Not only will The Maccabees support The Black Keys on their European tour, but now they will also support them on their UK dates too. Check out the schedule in the replies.

The Maccabees will support The Black Keys on their European tour later this year. Hit the replies to check out the dates and watch The Maccabees cover The Black Keys single "Lonely Boy".

The Black Keys are not exactly happy with Home Depot and Pizza Hut using their music without their permission.

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Harmony Korine has done a new music video for The Black Keys "Gold on The Ceiling" -- it's really fucking weird. Um, check the replies.

Tegan and Sara will open for The Black Keys on seven shows in October. The dates are in the replies.

The line-up for Lollapalooza 2012 has officially been announced. Headliners include Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, Black Sabbath, Jack White, Florence + The Machine and At the Drive-In.

The Maccabees were the guests in today's BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. Hit the replies to watch their performance of new single "Feel To Follow" as well as their cover of The Black Keys' "Lonely Boy".

Listen to a brand new Michael Kiwanuka track titled "Lasan" here. The song features and was produced by Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys).

The Black Keys recently spoke of a track they recorded with BBC Sound of 2012 winning artist, Michael Kiwanuka.

From The Interview

It was great - really quick. We went and did it really quick at Ray Davies' studio. It was nice. Obviously his voice is amazing and the songs are cool.

The Black Keys' video for "Gold on the Ceiling" can be found here.

For the sixth installment of his "View from the Back" column, Paul Shirley looks at the immense popularity of The Black Keys from a new perspective. Head to the replies to read "The Black Keys and the Artist's American Dream," where Paul discusses the tipping point for the band and how it was able to reach millions of people after starting out relatively small in 2003. Remember that you can contact Paul via his Twitter or send him an email.

After giving The Black Keys story so much press, we have to at least comment that Nickelback did respond via twitter. And they get some points for being classy.

The Black Keys will be on the cover of the next issue of Rolling Stone. And they're not pulling punches. In a recently released excerpt, found here, the band takes direct aim at Nickeback. Personally, I love seeing this kind of honesty from artists. Plus, it always helps when the punching bag deserves it.

From the Article

Rock & roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world,” he says, blowing cigarette smoke out the window of his rented East Village loft a few days *before the band heads to L.A. “So they became OK with the idea that the biggest rock band in the world is always going to be shit – therefore you should never try to be the...

Watch The Black Keys perform "Lonely Boy" and "Gold on the Ceiling" on SNL, here.

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Arctic Monkeys will support The Black Keys on their 2012 U.S. and Canada tour. Head to the replies for dates.

Listen to five new tracks from The Black Key's El Camino here.

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The Black Keys have premiered another new song via another amazing video. Get a taste of "Lonely Boy" in the replies.

The Black Keys will release El Camino on December 6. Video announcement in the replies.

Apparently, there are no plans to release The Black Keys rap rock collaboration album, Blakroc 2.

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The Black Keys have released a video teaser for the forthcoming Blakrock 2 album. It will include collaborations with Talib Kweli, Wiz Khalifa, Jay Electronica, and more. Head to the replies to watch.

The Black Keys has finished recording its next album, to be released later this year.

From the Article

The new album doesn't sound like Brothers. It doesn't have that open soul feel to it. It's way more driving and the tempos are really fast.

Watch the new Black Keys video for "Howlin' For You" here.

Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig and the Black Keys appeared on The Colbert Report to fight out who deserves Stephen's Grammy vote for best alternative artist.

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Hear The Dirty Heads and Rome of Sublime with Rome cover The Black Key's "Everlasting Light" in the replies.

Ah, bring me my horse. Bring me Coracticus!

New Reviews: 06.01.10

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Trash Talk - Eyes and Nines (Adam Pfleider)
Holmes - Have I Told You Lately That I Loathe You (Blake Solomon)

The Black Keys' music video for "Tighten Up" can be seen here.

Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys will release his debut solo LP in February called Keep It Hid.

Update: We have three winners.

Check out an exclusive video interview with The Black Keys here. We are also giving away three vinyl copies (each including the full-length CD) of their latest album, Attack and Release, to the first three people that e-mail me asking for it. Cool interview? Free stuff? This post is full of win.

The Black Keys will be playing a Myspace Secret Show on May 7th at the tiny, 170 person capacity Beachland Tavern in Cleveland Ohio.

The Black Keys have signed to Nonesuch Records, after previously being on Fat Possum Records. They will be releasing their fourth album, Magic Potion on September 12th. Don't forget that they will be opening for Radiohead on their Montreal, New York and Chicago dates this summer.