Insert Foot vs. Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lopez canceled her summer tour last week because the most career-driven human being who’s ever inhabited Planet Earth has decided she suddenly needs to spend more time with her family. C’mon … family? Really? Entertainers and failing politicians need to come up with…

Black Keys, courtesy. The Black Keys are going “international” this fall. The Ohio blues rock duo on Monday announced its 31-date International Players Tour in support of their forthcoming album, Ohio Players, out on April 5. The tour kicks off on Sept. 18 in Tulsa. The vast majority of the…

The Black Keys, “Ohio Players.” Dan Auerbach and Pat Carney reportedly found inspiration for their 12th Black Keys album by DJing small gatherings. The concept was pretty simple: The two would spin their favorite 45 RPM singles in clubs for fans. Then they looked to bring that style of…

The best albums of 2022 include Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Banks, Sondre Lerche, Ghost, The Black Keys, Alice Merton, Omar Apollo, Coheed and Cambria, Pusha T, Tears for Fears, Nova Twins and Florence and the Machine. After poring over hundreds of our own album reviews and hundreds more albums…

The Black Keys, “Dropout Boogie.” Few bands have the keen ability to tap into the spirit of rock and roll quite like The Black Keys. Ten albums strong, the Akron duo has reliably blended blues-infused rock with a healthy serving of funk, soul and pop. Following a detour through…

Dusty Hill of ZZ Top performs during the Gang of Outlaws Tour at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on June 20, 2012. Courtesy Amiee Stubbs/NS2. Unfortunately, only a week after I wrote a tribute to Biz Markie, I have to write another tribute, this time for ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill.…

It may take a couple songs to appreciate The Black Keys’ new record, Delta Kream, a tribute to the Mississippi Hill Country blues influences they wrangled a couple decades ago to become household names in roots rock. Delta Kream The Black Keys Easy Eye Sound/Nonesuch, May 14 6/10 It seems…

The Black Keys perform on the “Let’s Rock” tour at Chase Center in San Francisco on Nov. 20, 2019. Photos: Steve Carlson. SAN FRANCISCO — Few rock bands today can fill an arena with the mere promise of riffs and catchy choruses. Yet that’s exactly what the Black Keys did…

Photos: Karen Goldman SAN FRANCISCO — It became clear at Dan Auerbach‘s show at the Fillmore on Thursday, the second of two sold-out gigs, that the Black Keys’ guitarist was at some point in his life fascinated by the revue tours of the ’50s and ’60s. Touting not only his…

Vampire Weekend drummer Chris Tomson, picks up the guitar as Dams of the West, his first solo project. It has yielded the thoughtful and sardonic Youngish American, an LP that speaks to the heart of any newly turned 30-something, reassessing life—but in a manner we can all relate to as…