Music for Perfect People

On December 6th, The Black Keys will release their 7th studio album, El Camino. After teasing the album release with a video about Pat and Dan selling a beat up El Camino, the duo have finally treated us to a new single “Lonely Boy.” On the track, The Black Keys kill it with their garage rock sound and even include some back-up singers to help augment Auerbach’s vocals.

The Black Keys will be releasing a 12” of “Lonely Boy,” along with its b-side “Run Right Back,” on November 25th as part of Record Store Day’s “Back to Black” Friday.

El Camino is currently available for pre-order here.

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On June 28th, Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group will release Rave On, which is a tribute to Buddy Holly. Featured on the album are covers of Buddy Holly songs by My Morning Jacket, The Black Keys, Modest Mouse, Nick Lowe, Florence + The Machine, Cee Lo Green, Paul McCartney, Kid Rock, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Julian Casablancas, and more.

Our first taste of Rave On comes from the Black Keys’ take on the Buddy Holly track “Dearest.” Check it out below.

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After seeing this pop up on the interwebs (i.e. Some Kind of Awesome, I Guess I’m Floating, Listen Before You Buy,) I have finally gotten around to posting the amazing remix of The Black Keys‘ single “Everlasting Light” by The Mummers. What was originally a straightforward bluesy, garage rock jam has now been transformed into an orchestral pop piece that for some reason reminds me of the circus.

DOWNLOAD :: The Black Keys – “Everlasting Light” [The Mummers REMIX] [via]

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Ladies and gentlemen, let the 2011 festival season begin! Earlier today, Coachella announced that its festival will take place on Friday, April 15, Saturday, April 16 and Sunday, April 17 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA. Below, we have the official flyer for the line-up and a list I quickly threw together that has the artists I would be most interested in seeing in bold.

The 2011 line-up will feature:

!!!, 12th Planet, Afrojack, Alf Alpha, Andy C, Angus and Julia Stone, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, A-Trak, Axwell, Beardyman, Best Coast, Big Audio Dynamite, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, Bomba Estereo, Boys Noize, Brandon Flowers, Brandt Brauer Frick, Breakage, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Cage the Elephant, Caifanes, Caspa, Cee Lo Green, Chromeo, Chuckie, City and Colour, Clare Maguire, Cold Cave, Cold War Kids, Crystal Castles, CSS, Cults, Cut Copy, Daedelus, Death From Above 1979, Delorean, Delta Sprit, DJ Hype, DJ Kentaro, DJ Marky, DJ Zinc, Duck Sauce, Duran Duran, EE, Elbow, Electric Touch, Eliza Doolittle, Ellie Goulding, Emicida, Empire of the Sun, Erick Morillo, Erykah Badu, Excision, , Fat Freddy’s Drop, Fedde Le Grand, Fistful of Mercy, Flogging Molly, Foals, Foster the People, Francis and the Lights, Freelance Whales, fun., G.Q., Gayngs, Glasser, Gogol Bordello, Good Old War, Gord Downie, Goth Trad, Green Velvet, Gypsy and the Cat, HEALTH, Here We Go Magic, High Contrast, Hurts, Interpol, Jack Beats, Jack’s Mannequin, Jakes, Jenny and Johnny, Jimmy Eat World, Joachim Garraud, Joy Orbison, Kanye West, Kele, Kings of Leon, Klaxons, Kode9, Kyle Hall, Laidback Luke, Leftfield, Lightning Bolt, Lil’ B, Lorn, Los Bunkers, Magnetic Man, Mariachi El Bronx, Marina and the Diamonds, Mary Anne Hobbs, MEN, Menomena, Monarchy, Mount Kimbie, Moving Units, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Mumford & Sons, Nas & Damian Marley, Neon Trees, New Pants, Nosaj Thing, OFF!, OFWGKTA, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, One Day as a Lion, Ozomatli, Paul van Dyk, Phantogram, Phosphorescent, PJ Harvey, Plan B, Ramadanman, Raphael Saadiq, Ras G, Ratatat, Riva Starr, Robyn, Roska, Rye Rye, Sander Kleinenberg, Sasha, SBTRKT, Scala & Kolacny Bros., Scissor Sisters, She Wants Revenge, Shpongle, Skrillex, Sleigh Bells, Steve Angello, Sven Vath, Take, Tame Impala, Terror Danjah, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, The Aquabats, The Black Keys, The Chemical Brothers, The Drums, The Felice Brothers, The Henry Clay People, The Joy Formidable, The Kills, The London Suede, The Love Language, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Presets, The Radio Dept., The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Strokes, The Swell Season, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Twelves, Thunderball, Tinie Tempah, Titus Andronicus, Tokimonsta, Trampled by Turtles, Trentemoller, Twin Shadow, Two Door Cinema Club, Warpaint, Wire, Wiz Khalifa, Yacht, Yelle and Zed Bias.

Who are you excited to see?! Drop us a comment and let us know!

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While a large portion of music websites/blogs posted their top album lists prior to the end of 2010, we here at Music for Perfect People decided to wait. Right when you thought 2010 was in the your rearview mirror .. BOOM .. another list emerges.

So, here are the top 20 albums (in alphabetical order by band name) that were spun the most, by yours truly, in 2010:

Aloe Blacc – Good Times
The Black Keys – Brothers
Dam-Funk - Adolescent Funk
Fang Island – Fang Island
Forest Swords - Dagger Paths
Gayngs – Relayted
Good Old War – Good Old War
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Holy Fuck – Latin
LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening
The Love Language - Libraries
Maps & Atlases – Perch Patchwork
Maximum Balloon – Maximum Balloon
Portugal. The Man - American Ghetto
Pretty Lights – Spilling Over Every Side
RJD2 – The Colossus
Rusko - O.M.G.
Suuns – Zeroes QC
Tobacco – Maniac Meat
Wild Orchid Children – The Wild Orchid Children Are Alexander Supertramp

Leave a comment and let us know what YOU think should have made the list!

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Earlier this month, we found an awesome mash-up by Wick-It The Instigator of The Black Keys‘ track “Tighten Up” and Big Boi‘s hit single, “Shutterbug.” If you dug that track, then you should get excited that Wick-It has gone ahead and released an entire EP titled The Brothers of Chico Dusty, which finishes off the combination of The Black Keys’ album Brothers and Big Boi’s Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. Both these albums have been making appearances on many blogs’ year end lists and so a mash-up of the two is certainly worth checking out ..

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The Black Keys stopped by the Craig Ferguson show last night and performed their single “Next Girl.” Grab yourself a listen and don’ be so angry that this video isn’t filled with Funkasaurus Rex and scantily clad women.

-Mangtooth

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Enjoy the Black Keys taking their Brothers‘ single “Tighten Up” to Letterman last night ..

-Mangtooth

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While Frank the Funkasaurus Rex held it down with the unofficial videos for “Tighten Up” and “Next Girl,” The Black Keys have decided to nix the extinct reptile and throw their “kids”  into the mix. Follow the link to watch the full video and keep scrolling for the making of  “Tighten Up.”

WATCH :: The Black Keys – “Tighten Up” – [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

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Oh yea .. Brothers is out now too! GO BUY.

-Mangtooth

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LISTEN :: The Black Keys – Brother – [STREAM]

-Mangtooth

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My apologies for the lack of posts over the past few days .. a bum knee + a birthday celebration for myself + a sunny weekend with a free MGMT show at my alma mater forced me to stay as far away from a computer as possible. That being said, The Black Key’s latest video for “Next Girl” certainly made my Monday morning a tad brighter with Frank the Funkasaurus Rex .. I mean scantily clad women  .. . just watch it for yourself and enjoy.

-Mangtooth

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OK .. so the track “Tighten Up” is dope as hell BUT the video that has been released features a puppet lip-synching Dan Auerbach’s lines. The best part? The puppet is of a dinosar named Frank who is a Funkasaurus Rex. Clearly, the Black Keys knows that MY name is Frank and I too am a Funkasaurus Rex. Go me!

Don’t forget to check out both new tracks from the Black Keys here.

-Mangtooth AKA Frank the Funkasauarus Rex

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Enjoy the new track “Next Girl from The Black Keys upcoming release Brother. Where “Tighten Up” had Danger Mouse’s fingerprints all over it, “Next Girl” seems to show Auerbach and Carney bringing back that relaxed blues style that they’ve become famous for. Both tracks are available for download when you pre-order tickets to their tour (dates are after the jump) ..

DOWNLOAD :: The Black Keys – “Next Girl” – [MP3]

-Mangtooth

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