Nov 15, 2022 By Mark Redfern

The nominations for the 2023 Grammy Awards have been announced. Under the Radar favorites Wet Leg got five nominations, including for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album. Other artists we cover to get nominations include Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Björk, Spoon, The War on Drugs, Wilco, Big Thief, Arctic Monkeys, IDLES, Beck, Spiritualized, The Black Keys, and more. More

Nov 10, 2022 By Mark Redfern

The Arcs (the project led by The Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach) are releasing a new album, Electrophonic Chronic, on January 27, 2023 via Easy Eye Sound. Now they have shared its second single, “Heaven is a Place,” which is in tribute to their former bandmate Richard Swift, who died in 2018. More

Oct 13, 2022 By Joey Arnone

The Arcs (the project of The Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach) have announced the release of a new album, Electrophonic Chronic, which will be out on January 27, 2023 via Easy Eye Sound. They have also shared an animated video for the new album single “Keep On Dreamin’.” More

Apr 27, 2022 By Mark Redfern

The Black Keys (Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney) are releasing a new album, Drop Out Boogie, on May 13 via Nonesuch. Now they have shared its second single, “It Ain’t Over.” Auerbach and Carney wrote the song with Reigning Sound’s Greg Cartwright. More

Mar 10, 2022 By Mark Redfern

The Black Keys (Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney) have announced a new album, Drop Out Boogie, and shared its first single, “Wild Child,” via an amusing video that features the band as new employees at an awful high school. More

Jan 31, 2022 By Joey Arnone

The Black Keys (Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney) have announced a 32-date North American tour. Band of Horses will be a supporting act on every date, with Ceramic Animal, Early James, and The Velveteers opening on select dates. General tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time. More

May 03, 2021 By Mark Redfern

The Black Keys (Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney) are releasing a new blues covers album, Delta Kream, on May 14 via Nonesuch. Now they have shard the album’s cover of R. L. Burnside’s “Going Down South,” via a video for it. More

Apr 15, 2021 By Joey Arnone

The Black Keys (Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney) have announced a new album, Delta Kream, which will be out on May 14 via Nonesuch. It will consist of covers of 11 Mississippi hill country blues standards that have influenced the duo growing up. They have shared the album’s lead single, a cover of John Lee Hooker’s “Crawling Kingsnake.” More

Jul 15, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

If you’ve watched a lot of YouTube videos lately chances are you’ve come across an ad for MasterClass, the website that includes online video courses from famous people (Gordon Ramsey teaches you cooking, Martin Scorsese teaches filmmaking, Steve Martin teaches comedy, etc.). Now The Black Keys (Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney) have teamed up with Funny or Die to spoof these ads with their MasterCourse instead of MasterClass where “The Black Keys Teach the Art of Music.” More

Jun 28, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The Black Keys (Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney) have released a new album, “Let’s Rock”, today via Easy Eye Sound/Nonesuch. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

May 16, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The Black Keys (Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney) are releasing a new album, “Let’s Rock”, on June 28 via Easy Sound/Nonesuch. Previously they shared two songs from it: “Eagle Birds” and “Lo/Hi.” Now they have shared another song from the album, “Go,” via an amusing video that finds the duo at odds with each other and being sent to a hippie mediation retreat just to get them to talk to each other. More

Apr 25, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The Black Keys have announced a new album, Let’s Rock, and shared a new song from it, “Eagle Birds.” Let’s Rock is due out June 28 via Easy Eye Sound/Nonesuch. More

Mar 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The last time there was a Woodstock festival was in 1999, to commemorate the original festival’s 30th anniversary, and it didn’t go so well, with reports of gang rapes, property destruction, violence, and fires, not to mention a fairly terrible lineup featuring Korn, Limp Bizkit, Bush, Kid Rock, Creed, and others. The organizers of Woodstock 50 are no doubt hoping for a more peaceful and loving event this time and the freshly announced lineup is noticeably less heavy, not a nu-metal band in sight. More

Mar 14, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

It’s been five years since The Black Keys last released an album, 2014’s Turn Blue, but last week they shared a brand new song, “Lo/Hi.” Now they have announced some fall tour dates, with Modest Mouse to support all dates. More

Mar 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

It’s been five years since The Black Keys last released an album, 2014’s Turn Blue, but now they have shared a brand new song, “Lo/Hi.” More

Apr 04, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and The Arcs released a new solo album, Waiting on a Song, last year via Auerbach’s own label, Easy Eye Sound. Now he has stopped by NPR’s offices to perform three songs as a Tiny Desk Concert. More

Feb 01, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and The Arcs has shared a video for a new song, “Up On a Mountain of Love.” The song is part of Amazon Music’s Valentine’s Day-timed “Love Me, Love Me Not” playlist. More

Aug 28, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Patrick Carney of The Black Keys and Michelle Branch have teamed up to cover America’s classic 1971 single “A Horse With No Name.” Fittingly they have done so for the soundtrack to BoJack Horseman, Netflix’s critically acclaimed animated show that stars Will Arnett as a washed up 1990s sitcom star who also happens to be a horse. More

May 19, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and The Arcs is releasing a new solo album, Waiting on a Song, June 2 via Auerbach’s own label, Easy Eye Sound. Previously he shared videos for “Shine on Me” and “King of a One Horse Town.” More

Mar 30, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and The Arcs has officially announced his new solo album, Waiting on a Song, and shared a video for the album’s first single, “Shine on Me.” More

Feb 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Karen Elson is releasing her sophomore album, Double Roses, on April 7 via H.O.T Records Ltd. Previously she shared the album’s first single, “Distant Shore.” Now here’s another song from the album, “Call Your Name.” More

Nov 22, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

In October The Pretenders released, Alone, a new album that was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and The Arcs. Last night frontwoman Chrissie Hynde and her backing band (which included Auerbach) stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform the album’s first single, “Holy Commotion!”. More

Sep 27, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

The Pretenders are releasing a new album that’s produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and The Arcs. Alone is due out October 21 via BMG. Now the album’s previously shared first single, “Holy Commotion!,” has a video. More

Sep 08, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Recently departed Vampire Weekend member Rostam Batmanglij is releasing a collaborative album with Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen (I Had a Dream That You Were Mine) on September 23 via Glassnote. More

Jun 17, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Suicide Squad is the next DC Comics film to hit the big screen (Warner Bros. have years of DC films planned) and is due out August 5. March’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice raked in the cash, but got a very split response from fans and critics. More

Apr 24, 2015 By Trevor Flynn

The Black Keys frontman and producer Dan Auerbach is forming a new solo project to be called The Arcs. More

Jan 23, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Sad times to be a European Black Keys fan. More

Jan 05, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney found himself hospitalized for a dislocated shoulder over the weekend after the drummer was struck by a giant wave and slammed into the ocean floor. More

Sep 23, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Currently amidst a massive tour behind their latest album Turn Blue, released earlier this year, The Black Keys made a special stop on the The Tonight Show last night. More

Aug 29, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

BoJack Horseman is Netflix’s first foray into the adult animation market, and they’ve already lined up a pretty intimidating voice cast. The cartoon-which explores the life of a washed up former sitcom star/anthropomorphic horse-stars Will Arnett in the title role, and features Aaron Paul, Alison Brie, Amy Sedaris, and Paul F. Tompkins. More

Aug 14, 2014 By Laura Studarus

The Black Keys’ new video “Weight of Love” is a spooky sequel to their video for “Fever.” More

Jul 03, 2014 By Julia Underwood

Yesterday was the kick-off to this year’s Open’er Festival. More

Jun 02, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Recently releasing their latest LP Turn Blue, The Black Keys are set to embark on a massive supporting tour. More

May 14, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Last night, The Black Keys stopped by The Colbert Report. More

May 12, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Over the weekend The Black Keys returned to studio 8H at Rockefeller Plaza where they were welcomed as the musical guest of Saturday Night Live. More

May 08, 2014 By Laura Studarus

The Black Keys are heading out on tour with St. Vincent. More

May 06, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Next week on May 13 The Black Keys will release Turn Blue, the full-length follow-up to their 2011 LP El Camino. More

May 02, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Soon to release their brand new album Turn Blue via Nonesuch later this month, The Black Keys thought it would be nice to have a little fun with their label by engaging in a few prank calls. More

May 01, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Wow, The Back Keys really aren’t going to let us go more than a few hours without writing about them, are they? More

May 01, 2014 By Laura Studarus

In the epic new video for The Black Keys single “Fever” Dan Auerbach plays a desperate televangelist. More

Apr 30, 2014 By Laura Studarus

The Black Keys recently stopped by British late night mainstay Jools Holland to perform Turn Blue cut “Fever” for the first time. More

Apr 23, 2014 By Laura Studarus

On May 17, St. Vincent will appear on the Season finale of Saturday Night Live with host Andy Samberg. More

Apr 14, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On May 13 The Black Keys will return with Turn Blue, the follow-up to their 2011 LP El Camino. More

Mar 25, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Releasing a new single simply isn’t enough. Hot on the heals of their first single “Fever,” The Black Keys have announced the details of their forthcoming album Turn Blue. More

Mar 24, 2014 By Laura Studarus

As promised, here’s the new single “Fever” from The Black Keys. More

Mar 21, 2014 By Laura Studarus

We kinda all knew it was coming after the announcement that they were going to release a new song—The Black Keys have a new album on the way. More

Mar 21, 2014 By Laura Studarus

You know that you’ve reached a special place in your career when you can tell people that you’re going to release a single, and that alone is news. Welcome to the big leagues, The Black Keys. More

Feb 21, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

In an unexpected mash-up of music and perrsonalities, Lana Del Rey revealed that she is collaborating with The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach on her forthcoming sophomore album Ultraviolence. More

Nov 15, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

The Black Keys have always had a great sense of humor, whether in the music videos or on their frequent visits to The Colbert Report. More

Feb 11, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Yesterday the strange annual pageantry of the Grammys took place, offering its usual mix of unnecessary self-congratulation and worthwhile artistic recognition. More

Jan 07, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Here’s a pair of strange bedfellows for you: The Black Keys and The Flaming Lips have announced that they will get together for a select number of performances this spring. More

Dec 12, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

The 2013 Academy Awards has revealed the shortlist for its Best Original Song category. More

Dec 06, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

On Feb. 10 the 55th Annual Grammy Awards will take place in Los Angeles. More

Oct 22, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this month The Black Keys and rapper RZA debuted the track “The Baddest Man Alive,” a song featured on the soundtrack of the Wu-Tang leader’s kung-fu directorial debut, The Man with the Iron Fists. More

Oct 11, 2012 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

On October 2, 2012, The Black Keys performed at the Santa Barbara Bowl with openers Tegan and Sara in Santa Barbara, CA. Under the Radar photographer Robert Redfield was there to capture the action. You can see the photos here. More

Oct 11, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Believe it or not but rapper RZA has moved into the role of movie director to deliver the Quentin Tarantino-produced kung fu movie The Man With the Iron Fists. More

Oct 09, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

In an unexpected but no less welcome move, The Black Keys have released a digital EP today called the Tour Rehearsal Tapes. More

Sep 04, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

With their El Camino track “Little Black Submarines” offered up at their latest single, The Black Keys have provided a glimpsed into what their earliest gigs must have been like, long before the days of selling out arena-sized venues. More

Aug 11, 2012 By Julia Underwood

From August 7-11 Oslo, Norway hosted the Øya Festival. Check out our day three shots of Siri Nilsen, Young Dreams, Metronomy, DāM-FunK, Odd Future, Refused, Chromatics, and The Black Keys. More

Jul 25, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Running Oct. 13-14 this year at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City’s annual Capital Corona Music Festival has announced its fully-loaded line-up of artists for the event. More

Jun 01, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

After premiering a music video for their El Camino single “Gold on the Ceiling” a while back that appropriately captured their road warrior antics and live show supremacy, The Black Keys have come back with yet another visual accompaniment for the song. More

May 14, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Still engulfed in a massive worldwide tour in support of their latest album El Camino, The Black Keys managed to find room in their already busy schedule to book a few extra U.S. shows along the west coast. More

Mar 22, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

New York City’s latest musical bonanza has taken shape in the form of the Catalpa Festival, whose inaugural run will take place on Randall’s Island from July 28-29. More

Feb 07, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

The Black Keys have unveiled their latest music video, this time around for their second El Camino single “Gold on the Ceiling.” More

Jan 09, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

With even arena-sized venues unable to contain just two guys, The Black Keys have announced an entire new leg of their upcoming North American tour in support of their latest album El Camino. More

Dec 08, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

At this point in their bout of televised appearances it wouldn’t come as much of a surprise if one day you saw the The Black Keys rocking out on your favorite cooking show. More

Dec 07, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

The combination of The Black Keys and Stephen Colbert has a history of providing good television. Providing some more quality programming, Dan Auerbach and Pat Carney revisited The Colbert Report last night to promote their new album El Camino. More

Dec 05, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Over the weekend The Black Keys returned to the set of Saturday Night Live to perform new songs “Lonely Boy” and “Gold on the Ceiling” off their upcoming LP El Camino. More

Dec 02, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Going full steam ahead in conjunction with the release of their newest album El Camino, The Black Keys have announced a massive North American tour that will kick in March with the UK’s Arctic Monkeys as their openers. More

Dec 01, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Leading up to the release of their much-anticipated Brothers follow-up, El Camino on Dec. 6, Brooklyn Vegan reports that The Black Keys will be playing a free show at Webster Hall in New York City on Dec. 5, with MTV streaming the show live online. More

Nov 29, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

The release of The Black Keys’ latest full-length El Camino is inching ever closer to its Dec. 6 release date. More

Nov 15, 2011 By Laura Studarus

You know you’ve hit the big leagues when the dancer from your video is interviewed on Ellen. More

Nov 10, 2011 By Laura Studarus

The new Black Keys album El Camino drops December 6. As of today you can take a listen to “Run Right Back.” More

Oct 26, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Check out the new The Black Keys video “Lonely Boy,” a cut from their forthcoming album, El Camino (due out December 6). More

Oct 11, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Blues-rock duo The Black Keys have announced the follow-up to their highly successful album Brothers. More

Aug 16, 2011 By Wendy Redfern

Check out photos from Day Two of the Outside Lands Festival, held in the historic Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA. The gallery includes photos of Muse, Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, The Roots, and STRFKR. More

Jul 14, 2011 By Laura Studarus

The Black Keys recently finished the follow up to last year’s Brothers, working again with mega-producer/musician Danger Mouse. More

Jun 20, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

The star-studded tribute, which arrives June 28, features 19 tracks of Buddy Holly’s greatest hits. More

Jun 12, 2011 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Day Three Bonnaroo! Check out photos from the performances on Saturday, June 11th 2011. Photographer, Matt Jones, was there to capture all of the action. Full gallery here.
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May 04, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

For those curious about the what kind of interpretations artists such as Modest Mouse, Florence and the Machine, She & Him, My Morning Jacket, Cee-Lo Green and Paul McCartney will be providing for the to the upcoming Buddy Holly tribute album Rave On Buddy Holly, label Fantasy/Concord has provided listeners with their first taste with a cover of the ballad “Dearest” by The Black Keys. More

Apr 28, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Paying tribute to Buddy Holly‘s influence, an all-star list of talent has been pulled together for an upcoming compilation entitled, Rave On Buddy Holly. More

Apr 11, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

Outside Lands recruits a solid lineup for their 2011 fest. We have the details. More

Feb 22, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Hardly taking a reprieve from their recent Grammy wins, The Black Keys have packed the coming year with plenty of shows spanning the globe. More

Feb 15, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival’s four-day entertainment extravaganza has unveiled its 2011 lineup. More

Feb 15, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Fresh off their Grammy wins for Best Alternative Album and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, The Black Keys made a victory lap visit to the set of Conan last night More

Feb 14, 2011 By Mark Redfern

Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs beat out such heavyweights as Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry to win the Grammy for Album of the Year, the last award of the night. The Black Keys also won multiple awards and we have video highlights from Arcade Fire, Florence and the Machine, Mumford and Sons, Cee-Lo Green, and Muse.

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Feb 10, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Looking to match the same level of comic inventiveness achieved in their respective music videos for “Next Girl” and “Tighten Up” The Black Keys have released their latest installment of visual shenanigans with the single “Howlin’ for You.” More

Jan 12, 2011 By Laura Studarus

The Grammy ballot this year is packed with notable artists. Who better to filter through them all than Steven Colbert? Last year’s Best Comedy Album winner had two nominees for Best Alternative Album—Vampire Weekend and The Black Keys—on his show last night to appeal for his vote. We have the video. More

Jan 10, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

Blues-rock duo The Black Keys continued on the path to mainstream success with a wild performance last Saturday on Saturday Night Live. More

Dec 02, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Last night, this year’s Grammy nominations were announced. Among the bevy of expected commercial artists (Hello Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Eminem) a fair number of Under the Radar-friendly artists received recognition for their accomplishments More

Oct 29, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Next January, indie-folk mavens Iron & Wine will issue their fourth LP Kiss Each Other Clean through Warner Bros. in the U.S. and 4AD internationally. On November 26 (Black Friday), Sam Beam will also release a new three-track single, exclusively available at independent record shops. More

Oct 28, 2010 By Laura Studarus

On November 26^th The Black Keys are set to release a limited edition box set of their 2010 album, Brothers. We have the details. More

Oct 10, 2010 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Check out photos from Day One of ACL Music Festival in Austin, TX. We sent photographer Robert Redfield down to capture the action. Click here to view the full gallery. More

Jun 02, 2010 By Laura Studarus

As previously announced, Twilight’s newest installment Eclipse includes contributions several Under the Radar-friendly bands including Vampire Weekend, Florence and the Machine, Metric, and a show-stopping duet between Beck and Bat For Lashes. Today, for a scant 24 hours, the powers that be are offering a preview of the album in full. More

May 26, 2010 By Chris Drabick

Akron duo The Black Keys joined (former) Ohio brethren The National with a #3 Billboard Albums chart debut this week (The National’s High Violet achieved that chart position the prior week). More

May 20, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Ohio blues-rock duo The Black Keys have been busy. Hot on the heels of their inclusion in the Eclipse soundtrack, they released their newest offering Brothers (out yesterday on Nonesuch). Now comes the video for cut “Tighten Up,” a comedic playground clip that includes beards, blood, bikinis, and brothers—although not necessarily in that order. We have the clip. More

May 12, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Today the third Twilight film Eclipse‘s soundtrack was announced. This time Under the Radar-friendly artists Metric, Beck, Bat For Lashes, and Florence and the Machine join the franchise who’s last installment included Thom Yorke, Lykke Li, and Grizzly Bear. More

Apr 05, 2010 By Hong Le

More exclusive releases have been announced in celebration of the third annual, National Record Store Day, including exclusives from The Flaming Lips, Tegan and Sara, Wilco, The Black Keys, Devo, Built to Spill, Muse, The Velvet Underground, and others. We have the details. More

Mar 19, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

The Black Keys recently announced their forthcoming LP, Brothers, which Nonesuch will issue on May 18th. The sixth full-length was recorded at Alabama’s Muscle Shoals studios and mostly produced by Auerbach, Carney, and Mark Neill. Brothers features one track (“Tighten Up”) produced by Danger Mouse, who manned the boards for 2008’s Attack and Release. More

Jun 17, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

Before Turn Blue I thought I’d be fine never hearing another Black Keys album again. When I was first introduced to their blues-infused indie rock nearly a decade ago, I couldn’t get enough of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney crunching through raunchy riffs with a dusty, vintage swagger. More

Dec 05, 2011 By Danielle Sills

The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach bum rush through El Camino like cats in heat, barely stopping to catch a breath. The high-octane guitar, organ, drums, and even bells and chimes all seem to move together, surging forward in adrenaline-riddled spurts. More

Apr 16, 2011 By Mark Redfern

Day one of Coachella 2011 displayed several improvements over last year. There was less of a crowd (even though it was sold out this year, they put more of a limitation on how many tickets could be sold). Security was tighter and parking seemed less of a pain. And it even seemed as though the Mojave and Gobi tents were a little bigger this year and able to accommodate more fans. Highlights of the day included two bands from down under and some soft rockers; where-as two notable artists stormed off the stage. More

Apr 16, 2011 By Raymond Flotat

Following numerous complaints of last year’s festival being far too crowded, this year Goldenvoice the organizers of Coachella 2011 made significant changes to address that concern. A wristband with a microchip is now necessary at all time during the festival, scanned at no fewer than two checkpoints on the way into the festival. Additionally, they also sold less tickets than last year. The result of both thus far (it might just be that many attendees couldn’t get Friday off from work) is a greatly improved experience. Even during headliner Kings of Leon there was plenty of room to maneuver and find a decent spot to watch the show. So in that respect, it’s already a great improvement on last year. This year’s music started off with an impressive array of talent, but had little in the way of jaw-dropping moments the festival has become famous for. More