If they re not quite kissing cousins they re certainly kindred spirits and they re following surprisingly similar career arcs as the keys third album rubber factory is neatly analogous to the stripes.
Black keys rubber.
In their third album in as many years the keys press ahead with their revival of the long sputtering genre of blues rock.
But we all know the blues resides at the core of rock n roll.
Grown so ugly 9.
Rubber factory was recorded in an abandoned coal burning power plant in the black keys hometown of akron ohio and like thickfreakness was recorded and produced by patrick carney.
The black keys have consistently sought to keep their distance from modern blues calling themselves a rock band above anything else.
The desperate man 6.
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Act nice and gentle 11.
Rubber factory received positive reviews and was the band s first album to chart on the billboard 200 in the united.
Stack shot billy 10.
Rubber factory continues the black keys tradition of raw heavily blues influenced indie rock.
All hands against his own 5.
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Rubber factory is the third studio album by american rock duo the black keys it was self produced by the band and was released on september 7 2004 on fat possum records the album was recorded in an abandoned tire manufacturing factory in the group s hometown of akron ohio.
Girl is on my mind 7.
The black keys are an american rock band formed in akron ohio in 2001 the group consists of dan auerbach guitar vocals and patrick carney the duo began as an independent act recording music in basements and self producing their records before they eventually emerged as one of the most popular garage rock artists during a second wave of the genre s revival in the 2010s.
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When the lights go out 2.
It s easy to think of the black keys as the flip side of the white stripes they both hail from the midwest they both work a similar garage blues ground and both have color coded names.