Super-producer also readies new Gnarls Barkley

Danger Mouse has revealed that he is producing The Black Keys' fourth studio album.

The Ohio duo plan to release the as-yet-untitled album in 2008 via Nonesuch.

In addition, Danger Mouse has just finished producing Martina Topley-Bird's new album, 'The Blue God'. The former Tricky collaborator plans to release her album next year as well.

Meanwhile, Danger Mouse and his Gnarls Barkley cohort Cee-Lo Green are working on the follow--up to last year's 'St Elsewhere' at a ranch in Atlanta, Georgia. They are planning to release the new album late this year or early next year.

nothing against danger mouse, but do the Black Keys really need a "producer". i don't like the idea of anybody fucking with or tweaking their sound.

eh... why not try something new. The last album was solid but maybe starting to suffer just a little bit from sameness. Chulahoma, on the other hand, was awesome because they were doing something slightly different.

I'd hate for the Black Keys to turn into the White Stripes.

This concept sounds like pretty big tits to me.

Interesting. This could be good.

weird

from what i read, they're collaborating with ike turner for this album, and it's actually coming out in 2007. but i see a confirmed date nowhere.

The Black Keys Reveal Danger Mouse-Produced Album

I remember when, I remember I remember when this news seemed weird

Photo by James Carney

It seems like just yesterday when we were WTF-ing at rumors of a collaboration between the Black Keys, Danger Mouse, and the now late Ike Turner... until Keys drummer Patrick Carney confirmed it in an interview last year. Turner's passing seemingly put a damper on the project, but it turns out the songs the Keys were writing for him gave them the foundation for their own record, the follow-up to 2006's Magic Potion.

The result is the Danger Mouse-produced Attack & Release, the duo's fifth album-- but their first recorded in a proper studio. Alas, no Cee-Lo guest spot, but it does feature contributions from experimental guitarist Marc Ribot and multi-instrumentalist Ralph Carney (Patrick's uncle), both of whom have played in Tom Waits' band. There's also a pretty killer slow-burn duet between guitarist/singer Dan Auerbach and 18-year-old bluegrass/country singer Jessica Lea Mayfield on the closing track.

And while in theory, the thought of a Danger Mouse-produced Black Keys record brings to mind a bunch of electronic beats and sound pastiches slapped on stripped-down garage rawk, it's a credit to Danger Mouse as a producer that he manages mostly to stay out of the way of the jams, except for a few little flourishes here and there.

Nonesuch will release Release on April 1, no foolin', and the Black Keys will head out on tour in the spring in support of the album, starting with their appearance at South by Southwest.

Attack & Release:

01 All You Ever Wanted
02 I Got Mine
03 Strange Times
04 Psychotic Girl
05 Lies
06 Remember When (Side A)
07 Remember When (Side B)
08 Same Old Thing
09 So He Won't Break
10 Oceans & Streams
11 Things Ain't Like They Used to Be

Keyed up:

03-12-16 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-27 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
03-28 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
03-29 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
03-30 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
04-01 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre
04-02 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
04-04 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
04-05 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
04-06 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
04-09 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
04-10 Omaha, NE - Slowdown
04-11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
04-12 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
04-13 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
04-15 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
05-12 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
05-13 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
05-15 New York, NY - Terminal 5
05-16 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore at Theater of Living Arts
05-17 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre

nice.

05-15 New York, NY - Terminal 5

i'll be there.

I really don't like this group.

anyone want a poster?

http://www.expressobeans.com/public/stock.php?id=51998

Dangermouse usually does real good work. He adds a little of his flavor, but always does a fantastic job at preserving the artists uniqueness. The guy is wildly creative and corroborates well. This could be good.

oh fuck yeah! im excited for some new keys.

SXSW? another impossible show to get into that week. along with the crowes. probably for another thread, but i think that is one of the things that turns me off about SXSW.

hey phycho, thanks.

This sounds really cool. I never did end up listening to Magic Potion properly, though.

haha! i cant type...

quoted for truth.

let's hope they bring the rock back a bit on this one, The Magic Potion was a bit too midtempo for me overall.

April 11th @ First Ave eh???