The Black Keys: Where to Start

I happen to live in Akron, Ohio. My wife saw Pat Carney, the drummer, last Saturday at Starbucks on the corner of W. Market St. and Sand Run Rd. BTW my vote is for Rubber Factory

That's cool. I am in Cleveland, but I haven't noticed that they have any gigs locally coming up. Do they ever appear "unscheduled" at any place in particular in Akron?

I have not heard of any surprise gigs. I saw them a year and a half ago at the Akron Civic. Awesome!

I 2nd the Chulaloma suggestion. I just started listening to them as well and especially like the more "blues" influenced stuff.

The two albums I constantly listen to are:

"Chulaloma: Songs of Junior Kimbrough" ... and "Magic Potion" (check out the track "You're the One").

You should youtube Junior Kimbrough himself as well, and check it out. It's very good, I just ordered a couple of albums from Fat Possum.

You might like the Raconteurs as well, if you like stuff like the White Stripes and Black Keys.

Yeah, here in Vancouver, their show sold out in like an hour.... or that's my excuse anyways for not trying harder.

i'm really glad people ask about this stuff... i never heard of these guys.. just put the Chulaloma cd in my amazon shopping cart..

i see that they also have this on vinyl

...any feedback on the quality of the pressing?

is this worth buying both ways?

I"m not sure about Chulaloma, seeing as it's a later album. But I've emailed them about their mastering, and most if not all of their work was mastered digitally.

Using simple methods as well... I think a Mac and pro-tools in a basement..

Not really sure what difference that makes.

But I still bought the record. It sounded great to me.