In my opinion The Black Keys can do no wrong. Here’s more proof:
Drummer, the new band featuring Patrick Carney, drummer for the critically acclaimed duo The Black Keys, is poised for the release of their debut album, Feel Good Together. The album is set for release September 29 on Carney’s label, Audio Eagle. Carney, who plays bass for the group, joins up with four long time friends—all Ohio-based drummers—to bring the project to life. Drummer is rounded out by: Jamie Stillman of Teeth of the Hydra, formerly of Party of Helicopters (guitar), Jon Finley of Beaten Awake, also formerly of Party of Helicopters (vocals, guitar), Stephen Clements of Houseguest and Six Parts Seven (keys, vocals) and Greg Boyd of Ghostman and Sandman (drums). The band will embark on a fall tour in support of the new album. For more information about the band, please visit: www.myspace.com/drummertheband
Drummer took shape in early 2009 with one goal in mind—to have a good time. Carney says of the band’s incarnation, “We started playing together in February and within two months, we had a whole record. We have all been friends for a long time and decided that our time would be better spent making music than making snowmen and watching YouTube.” Feel Good Together was recorded and mixed in Akron, OH by Ben Vehorn (Love as Laughter) at his studio Tangerine Sound.
With his Black Keys bandmate Dan Auerbach, Carney has recorded five critically acclaimed full-length albums, beginning with 2002’s The Big Come Up. Feel Good Together arrives on the heels of The Black Keys’ 2008 album, Attack & Release, which debuted on the Billboard Top 200 chart at #14, marking the band’s highest position to date. The album earned praise from The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, which called it a “savage, bitter concoction built on a snarling punk-rock riff.” Carney has also been busy with Audio Eagle, which has recently released material from the Royal Bangs and Other Girls.
DRUMMER FALL TOUR DATES
*with The Royal Bangs
†with Other Girls
October 8 Southpaw* Brooklyn, NY
October 9 Johnny Brenda’s* Philadelphia, PA
October 10 Mercury Lounge* New York, NY
October 11 T.T. the Bear’s* Cambridge, MA
October 12 DC9* Washington, DC
October 13 The Ottobar* Baltimore, MD
October 14 Local 506* Chapel Hill, NC
October 15 The Pilot Light* Knoxville, TN
October 16 The Earl* Atlanta, GA
October 17 Mercy Lounge* Nashville, TN
October 19 Skull Alley* Louisville, KY
October 20 Spin Nightclub* Indianapolis, IN
October 21 High Noon Saloon* Madison, WI
October 22 7th Street Entry* Minneapolis, MN
October 23 Schubas Tavern* Chicago, IL
October 24 Beachland Ballroom*† Cleveland, OH
Our sister site WatchMojo.com had the chance to speak with Lead Singer/Drummer Matt Wood of the critically acclaimed Rock band out of Vancouver, Canada:
I have no idea what Awards show this is, but damn its funny to see Keith Moon of The Who prance around on stage and accept the award for The Beatles. Enjoy:
WatchMojo.com got the chance to interview some bands at Vans Warped ‘07 and Eron Bucciarelli, the drummer for the band Hawthorne Heights was nice enough to answer some questions:
Max Roach, a well-respected and remarkable jazz drummer, passed away in his sleep at the age of 83 in New York. Roach is known for having been one of the developers of the bebop genre and has had the opportunity to work with Miles Davis, Nat King Cole and others, during his lifetime.
“Legendary jazz drummer Max Roach, best known for creating the fast-paced bebop style, has died in New York aged 83.
His record label, Blue Note, said it was saddened by the death of a man it described as “an unmistakable force on numerous classic recordings”.
Fellow musician Quincy Jones said: “Thank God he left a piece of his soul on his recordings so that we’ll always have a part of him with us.”
No cause of death was given for the star, who died in his sleep.
Born in North Carolina in 1924, Roach became the house drummer at the legendary New York club Monroe’s Uptown House in his teens.”
Read more about Roach’s death and his life’s events.
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