THE BLACK KEYS CONFIRM SUMMER TOUR DATES TOUR SUPPORTS NEW ALBUM BROTHERS DUE MAY 18 ON NONESUCH RECORDS

The Black Keys are awesome. That we know. Here's some news that we didn't know until today:

They are touring this summer to suport Brothers. If you buy tickets on their website you will get the album for free. Can't beat that, can you? New Song produced by Danger Mouse here.

THE BLACK KEYS TOUR DATES

*with Mondo Drag

†with Brian Olive

§with The Morning Benders

April 8 University of Iowa Memorial Iowa City, IA*

April 10 Yuri’s Night Bay Area 2010 San Francisco, CA

April 17 Wanee Music Festival Live Oak, FL

April 18 The Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason Theater Miami, FL†

April 19 The House of Blues Orlando, FL†

May 20 Madison Square Garden New York, NY

May 25 “Late Show with David Letterman” New York, NY

May 26 “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” New York, NY

June 2 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT†

June 3 The Fillmore Denver, CO†

June 4 The Crossroads Kansas City, MO†

June 8 First Ave Minneapolis, MN†

June 9 First Ave Minneapolis, MN†

June 10 The Pagaent St. Louis, MO†

June 11 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN

July 27 Central Park SummerStage New York, NY§

July 28 Central Park SummerStage New York, NY§

Stream David Lynch, Sparklehorse, & Danger Mouse's Dark Night of the Soul

We've had our eye on this release by the odd combination of David Lynch, Sparklehorse, & Danger Mouse since we heard about it a month ago. We have to thank kevchino for the heads up.  After half a spin, it's interesting to say the least. Searching for Danger Mouse's sound can take a close listen and really we have no idea what David Lynch is doing (UPDATE:  he contributes vocals).  Listen free at NPR. Pre order here.  

Guests include:  James Mercer of The Shins, The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, Frank Black of the Pixies, Iggy Pop, Nina Persson of The Cardigans, Suzanne Vega, Vic Chesnutt, and Scott Spillane of Neutral Milk Hotel and The Gerbils.

New Beck - "Orphans", "Gamma Ray" Listen to "Modern Guilt" Early!

iLike has two new tracks by Beck and his pal Danger Mouse. Songs sound nice. Also, this info was posted on ilike:

Listen to "Modern Guilt" Early!
Want to listen to Beck's new album early? Txt 'beck' to 40411 and we'll set you up with where and when!

Beck - Modern Guilt Release Date, Track List and Album Art

Beck looks to be coming back on 07.08.08 (UK date is 07.07.08) with Modern Guilt. Below is the track list and the photo you see is what the album cover will look like. Remember, this one is produced by Danger Mouse.

01 "Orphans"
02 "Gamma Ray"
03 "Chemtrails"
04 "Modern Guilt"
05 "Youthless"
06 "Walls"
07 "Replica"
08 "Soul of A Man"
09 "Profanity Prayers"
10 "Volcano"

New Beck - Modern Guilt, Tour Dates

We have been watching this story for quite a while now and we thought we can't hold out any longer.

Beck still gets us excited around here. It seems that his last two records could have been better, but they also could have been worse. Rolling Stone is reporting that the Cheeze Wiz Man has chosen Danger Mouse (of Gnarls Barkley and Gorillaz fame) to spin the dials on Modern Guilt. And apparently these dudes worked hard. The album will have a song called "Walls" on it that will feature Miss Cat Power. Even more to get excited about.

Tour Dates:

06-25 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival06-27 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle06-28 St. Gallen, Switzerland - St. Gallen Festival06-30 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg07-01 Southampton, England - Guildhall07-02 Manchester, England - Apollo07-04 London, England - Hyde Park (O2 Wireless Festival)07-06 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival07-07 Paris, France - Olympia07-09 Madrid, Spain - La Riviera07-10 Lisbon, Portugal - Super Bock Super Rock Festival08-22 San Francisco, CA - Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Festival)08-24 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater *08-30 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival09-20 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl ^09-27 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)

Danger Mouse + Beck = Yes!

I know that Beck has really disapointed of late, but com'on! This has got to be good, right? On his follow up to 2006's The Information Beck will call Gnarls Barkley's main man Danger Mouse to turn the knobs. All we can say is, yes!

Since colaborating with Ike Turner, The Black Keys, MF Doom and Martina Topley-Bird we say when your done with Beck you can take a break Mr. Mouse.