File this under collaborations that I’m excited about. T he Black Keys’ frontman Dan Auerbach has been putting his magic touch on a wide range of artists from Dr. John to LA’s Hanni El Khatib , however my recent obsession is his work with Nonesuch labelmate, and renowned Tuareg guitarist/singer Bombino. B ombino ’s live performance on KCRW was one of the most memorable I’ve witnessed. The Niger-born artist has a powerful magnetism in his playing [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Alabama Shakes, Jack White, Dan Auerbach Song: Brittany Howard (of Alabama Shakes) & Ruby Amanfu - When My Man Comes Home [download here ] [...]
Confirmed to Play! The Outlaw Roadshow 2013 Austin, TX This Artist will play Saturday, March 16 The Outlaw Roadshow is my way of making the seemingly impossible, happen. Each year I come up with a short list of artists I really want to work with. And once I set my [...]
Wild Asian Motorcycle Sex Gang. That's the concept director Nick Walter thought up three years ago and brought to life in LA-based garage rock artist Hanni El Khatib 's video for "Family," which comes off his upcoming Dan Auerbach-produced album, Head In The Dirt . Aside from some bare-hand octopus fishing, the video description pretty much speaks for itself. So yes, it's NSFW. Watch it above. Hanni El Khatib's Head In The Dirt comes out May 3rd via Inertia . STREAM: [...]
Filed under: News Kevork Djansezian, Getty Images Us Weekly is reporting that Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach , who won four Grammy Awards including Best Producer and Best Rock Song for "Lonely Boy" on Sunday night, is going through a divorce from wife Stephanie Gonis. Auerbach and Gonis have a four-year-old daughter together, Sadie Little Auerbach. Sources revealed to Us that the impending divorce [...]
Filed under: News , Awards AP Photo, Evan Agostini The Black Keys are already winning at the 2013 Grammy Awards. The blues duo won Best Rock Song for "Lonely Boy" off their most recent album El Camino . Singer Dan Auerbach has also won for Best Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.
Hanni El Khatib released his hard as nails (!) rock n' roll debut Will The Guns Come Out in 2011 via Innovative Leisure and will release his sophomore LP Head In The Dirt on April 30, 2013. So Hanni El Khatib crooned, spit, loved, hated, shredded, and fought through his debut album with great success in 2011. Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys, duh) noticed. Hanni El Khatib's new album Head In The Dirt was produced at Dan Auerbach's Nashville studio and will almost certainly give the LP a boost in "the markets" and stuff. Exposure, like hard. [...]
You may have heard Hanni El Khatib in an Audi commercial this past Sunday. Hanni El Khatib 's song, "Can't Win Em All" was used to introduced Superbowl viewers to the S6 sedan. However, that was just a snippet of the man's work from his new Dan Auerbach-produced album, [...]
With all of the overtly modernized and technologically-rooted music being released these days, it's refreshing to meet a new artist who embodies that bluesy, rebellious rock attitude of decades past. Los Angeles singer/songwriter Hanni El Khatib has carved a niche for himself it today's music scene by focusing on the more traditional components of songwriting, forgoing computer generated sound elements in favor of some good old fashioned percussive punishment and intense (albeit masterful) guitar playing. For his upcoming sophomore LP, Head In The Dirt , Khatib linked up with fellow musical renaissance man Dan Auerbach of the [...]
Los Angeles singer-songwriter Hanni El Khatib may not be a household name, but 114 million Americans heard his song "Can't Win Em All" when it appeared in Audi's Super Bowl commercial . In April, Khatib's stock is bound to rise even further with the release of his Dan Auerbach-produced sophomore album, Head In The Dirt . The followup to 20112s excellent Will The Guns Come Out was born out of a chance meeting with The Black Key in a Parisian bar. When Khatib got to Auerbach's Nashville studio, he didn't have [...]
El próxima 29 de enero sale la venta el nuevo disco de Tomahawk el cual lleva el nombre de Oddfellows y es el cuarto en su discografía. Hoy gracias a SPIN ya se puede escuchar completo. Después de cinco años, la banda de Mike Patton , Duane Denison , Trevor Dunn y John Stainer , nos entrega esta maravillosa producción de rock experimental. Se reunieron en el estudio de Dan Auerbach - The Black Keys - en Nashville y [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Awards Evan Agostini, AP NEW YORK (AP) - The Black Keys and fun. will make their debut on the Grammy stage next month. The Recording Academy announced Wednesday that the multiple Grammy nominees will perform at the awards, airing live on CBS from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 10. Nominees Mumford & Sons [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: The Strokes, The Black Keys, The Meltones Song: Hacienda - Don't Turn Out The Light [download here ] What's so good? [...]
Ohio songstress Jessica Lea Mayfield has spent a good chunk of the year on the road, continuing to support her Nonesuch debut from last year, Tell Me . The album reunited her with the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach who once again manned the boards and provided background vocals. While Jessica has toured with her brother David in the past , the Sibling Rivaly Tour stood apart from others, as they both shared the top of the bill this time around. On stage, the two traded off in supporting each other [...]
Dan Auerbach , frontman de The Black Keys , aseguró que El Camino , el exitoso último trabajo de la agrupación, no es su disco favorito de la banda. “Prefiero Brothers”, dijo el guitarrista y cantante en una entrevista con el periodico británico The Telegraph . El Camino, de The Black Keys, editado a fines del 2011, fue sin duda el disco que le dio gran salto al [...]
As I'm sure you're all aware, the Grammy Nominations took place live at Bridgestone Arena last night in Nashville. Included among this year's nominees are several Nashville locals (and transplants). Obviously Nashville cornered the market on country nominations, as Music City is wont to do, along with other expected nods in Christian, bluegrass, and folk. More excitingly, the Academy also awarded Jack White and The Black Keys with a lot of love. The Black Keys/Dan Auerbach received a respetable 6 nominations, including Record (Song) of the Year and Album of the Year. Though it sort of reminds me of the [...]
Filed under: News , Awards AFP NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Grammy Awards celebrated the diversity of music as six different artists tied for top nominee - Kanye West , Jay-Z , Frank Ocean , Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys , Mumford & Sons and fun . Auerbach received five nominations as a member of the Keys and also is up for producer of [...]
Filed under: News Simone Joyner, Getty Images LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Black Keys told a federal judge the band has settled copyright infringement lawsuits against Pizza Hut and The Home Depot claiming misuse of their music in commercials. The band alleged the song "Lonely Boy" was improperly used to sell power tools, and "Gold on the Ceiling" to sell pizza. The Grammy-winning band sued in June and both companies denied [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Alabama Shakes, Clear Plastic Masks, The Black Keys, Dan Auerbach Song: Thunderbitch - My Baby Is My Guitar [download here ] [...]
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