{"id":4607,"date":"2012-02-03T18:14:19","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T01:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=4607"},"modified":"2012-02-03T18:14:19","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T01:14:19","slug":"the-black-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/02\/the-black-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BLACK KEYS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/THE-BLACK-KEYS-M-Review-November2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4703\" title=\"THE-BLACK-KEYS-M-Review-November2011\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/THE-BLACK-KEYS-M-Review-November2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/THE-BLACK-KEYS-M-Review-November2011.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/THE-BLACK-KEYS-M-Review-November2011-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>T<\/strong><strong>HE BLACK KEYS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>El Camino<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Nonesuch Records]<\/p>\n<p>Prior to its release, Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney proclaimed <em>El Camino<\/em> the first \u201call rock \u2019n\u2019 roll album\u201d of the duo\u2019s decade-long career. Point taken, but the Keys have hardly forsaken the retro-soul vibe that\u2019s underpinned previous discs. Kicking off with the raging, surf-guitar-driven \u201cLonely Boy\u201d (think the Cramps with a touch of Memphis R&amp;B), Carney and guitarist Dan Auerbach serve notice straightaway of their no-holds-barred approach. \u201cDead and Gone\u201d and \u201cHell of a Season\u201d lift unabashedly from the Clash, but the punk fervor of both tunes is tempered by Phil Spector-like wall-of-sound production. \u201cMoney Maker\u201d is similarly powered by Auerbach\u2019s roaring fuzz guitar, but the effect is less Black Sabbath than heavy-metal soul. Indeed, shadows of bygone eras during which rock, pop and R&amp;B mingled in a simmering stew course throughout the album. Fans of the Ramones and the Shangri-Las alike will find much here to love. \u2013Russell Hall<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE BLACK KEYS El Camino [Nonesuch Records] Prior to its release, Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney proclaimed El Camino the first \u201call rock \u2019n\u2019 roll album\u201d of the duo\u2019s decade-long career. Point taken, but the Keys have hardly forsaken the retro-soul vibe that\u2019s underpinned previous discs. Kicking off with the raging, surf-guitar-driven \u201cLonely Boy\u201d (think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,2979,2980,2864,2978],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4607"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4704,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4607\/revisions\/4704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}