The Black Keys - The Moan (Alive-Total Energy)
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Man, I saw the Black Keys on the Conan O’Brien show. Time magazine sez their tops. Those creeps at Rolling Stone and Spin all pretend that they ‘discovered’ ‘em. That’s a lotta action for two weird beards from Akron reviving Cream’s heavy blues rumble with broke-ass amplifiers, who still release their stuff on fiercely independent labels like Fat Possum and Alive. Ya know what that means? It means that the Black Keys really don’t give a fuck about nuthin’ except for rocking. And you gotta love that, man. “The Moan” is their latest single, a muddy, fuzzed-out groove that makes even yr eyeballs feel greasy. I think the 7” versh o’ this is on Fat Possum, but this here’s the bitchin’, all-black digipak release, and I dunno if the other one has their Creedence Dirtywater hellblooze take on “No Fun”, but this one sure does, and baby, it rocks ya in all the right places. More hound-dog howl awaits on the alt version of “Heavy Soul” and “Have Love Will Travel”, and it all makes ya feel about 150 years old. But ya know, a sprightly 150.
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