The Black Keys - Brothers
The Black Keys are vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer/producer Patrick Carney and Brothers is the sixth blues-rock album that the duo has recorded. Their previous album, Attack and Release, featured production from Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton and he really helped fill out their sound. (Also – I must admit – I have a slight Danger Mouse bias.
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Broken Bells - Broken Bells
The lead singer and guitarist of The Shins, James Mercer, has teamed up with Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton on a project they’ve decided to call Broken Bells. Burton’s most recent work was with Sparklehorse on Dark Night of the Soul, a one-time collaboration that was never officially released because of a legal dispute with EMI.
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Best Song of June 2009
There were nine songs in June that rose to the top of the bunch. The mellow group consists of “Revenge” by Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, Moby’s “Shot In The Back Of The Head” and “Hit the Wall” by Elizabeth and the Catapult. The transition songs are “Fresh Blood” by Eels, Placebo’s “Battle for the Sun” and “Hard Times” by Patrick Wolf.
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Top 10 Albums of 2008
Perhaps I was just a tad too scientific when I decided to compile my list of the best albums of 2008, but since I’ve never assembled a top 10 list before I wanted to be careful…and thorough. So I waited until all of the major players had published their lists and then I cross-referenced them all against each other and singled out the albums that were mentioned multiple times.
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Beck - Modern Guilt
Beck’s new album, Modern Guilt was co-produced by Danger Mouse and features Cat Power’s backing vocals on two of the tracks. It would have been nice to hear a girl at the forefront of a song or two, but Beck apparently doesn’t want to relinquish the microphone.
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