Blog: Merchants Of Rock

The Black Keys' songs have been popping up all over television shows, commercials and movies over the past few years but it was not until this year's album, Brothers, that they really started to heat up. The blues-rock duo from Akron, Ohio are clearly one of most deserving artists to break out this year and their recent show in the college town of Charlottesville, VA proved that they're the real deal. In a time of formulaic rock, cliche country and all-show/no-substance pop (I'm lookin' at you Lady Gaga), it takes a raw, gritty outfit like two childhood friends [...]