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The Black Keys - Rubber Factory |
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Written by Nicholas Jennings
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 Like Detroit’s White Stripes, Akron, Ohio’s Black Keys is a guitar-and-drums duo that revels in minimalist blues-rock. But the White Stripes are pristine and polished next to the rough-and-ragged sound of singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney, who borrow from the gutbucket blues of labelmates Junior Kimbrough and T-Model Ford. Aside from the tender strains of one ballad, “The Lengths,” this raw, anarchic album bounces around as recklessly as a golf ball in a china shop.
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