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Podcast: Down On High: Examining the Records That Made Us
Episode: The Black Keys - Attack & Release/Brothers
Description: This week, Tyler and Greg get together in-person to discuss The Black Keys, and their 2008 and 2010 albums, Attack & Release and Brothers respectively.The Black Keys are a Nashville-based, Akron, Ohio-founded blues rock duo, featuring Dan Auerbach on guitar and vocals, and Patrick Carney on drums. Attack & Release is the band's fifth studio album, produced by Danger Mouse. It started a trend toward a more energetic, largely more welcoming sound -- something a bit more fun and less constrained by the tropes of the blues that the duo dealt in. While Attack & Release was the necessary f...