Topic: Patrick Carney

Black Keys' "El Camino" hits right note with critics

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Black Keys returned to rock 'n' roll on Tuesday with their new album "El Camino" that earned solid critical praise and quickly reached the top spot on iTunes' album chart.The blues and rock duo's seventh studio ...
It's not your grandfather's beer.. That's what Patrick Carney, a broker turned beer man, insists of his new brew, Bomb Lager, which he produces...
Who will win album of the year; Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Ga Ga, Katy Perry or Arcade Fire? Who will win record of the year; "Nothin' On You"...
The duo of guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney grew up just a few houses away from each other in Akron. Auerbach recorded a solo album (2009's Keep It Hid) and produced Jessica Lea Mayfield's debut, With Blasphemy So ...

The Black Keys

For a yowling, sweaty rock & roll band, the Black Keys are remarkably restrained. And there's apparently little in the way of Led Zep-style debauchery to its story, unless you count an incident in Northern England in which singer Dan Auerbach was ...

LeBron James's Decision: The View From Akron

Patrick Carney, the drummer for the rock band The Black Keys, sent The Wall Street Journal this short meditation on his hometown of Akron, Ohio and the possible departure of its favorite son. LeBron James is from Akron, OH as are Dan ...

FBI to Crack Down on Scam Victims

Small businesses in the U.S. continue to be ripped off, in part due to the actions of gullible scam victims who blindly agree to take part in wire transfer scams. Patrick Carney, acting Chief of the FBI Cybercrime division, announced FBI ...
Is Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney a raging egomaniac? Carney handles bass rather than percussion on the band's sunny, impressively assured debut, Feel Good Together. Drummer specializes in boldly melodic guitar pop-imagine a punkier, more stripped-down Flaming Lips-in which the rhythm ...
When The Black Keys first exploded out of Akron, Ohio with the release of their sophomore LP Thickfreakness back in April 2003, The White Stripes were at the top of their game. Thankfully, while Jack went on to marry a model and ...

Music before glamour for Black Keys

Until recently, it was impossible to write about The Black Keys without mentioning their chromatic opposites, The White Stripes (there, it happened again). If Jack White and his drumming foil Meg didn't exist, would Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney be the ...