Allmusic review by stephen thomas erlewine it s easy to think of the black keys as the flip side of the white stripes.
Black keys rubber factory review.
5 0 out of 5 stars the best black keys album reviewed in the united states on april 4 2014 long overdue this review should have been written in 2005 when i first purchased this album and it reinvigorated my feeling that the heart of rock and roll was still beatin indeed.
They both hail from the midwest they both work a similar garage blues ground and both have color coded names.
My personal faves are act nice and gentle a perfect honly tonk jam.
Rubber factory is the black keys third full length album after thickfreakness.
Comparisons to the white stripes be damned these boys take blues grit and make it their own.
Dan auerbach guitar and vocals patrick carney drums.
And the black keys serve this slab hot and juicy.
Armed only with carney s drum kit and auerbach s fuzzed out guitar and scratchy howl of a voice the black keys have turned in a baker s dozen of sludgy in a good way funky primordial blues.
And stack shot billy with witty songwriting along with the lava soap rock.
The black keys are a duo from northeast ohio and are simply a modern day exponent of blues rock bringing old ideas and motifs into modern alternative music.
Dan auerbach guitar vocals and patrick carney drums return in full force for their 2004 lp rubber factory.
The black keys earlier work is noted for being recorded and produced entirely in drummer patrick carney s basement.