ContactMusic — The Black Keys have launched a legal battle with an advertising agency over allegations their Grammy-winning song Tighten Up was used in a commercial without permission. The blues-rock duo and their Nonesuch Records label have filed suit against exec... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Before the band's June 18 performance, Pop & Hiss premiers a track that sounds like the Black Keys filtered through Dick Dale kidnapped in Cambodia. more info

Stereogum — When you stop and think about all the great songs Buddy Holly wrote, it’s crazy to remember he died in that plane crash when he was 22. (Hurry up, Tyler.) If he’d lived, he would’ve been 75 this year. As a tribute/memorial, Paul McCartney, My M... more info

Guardian Music — To celebrate what would have been his 75th birthday, the Strokes singer covers the rock'n'roll anthem Holly made his ownCee Lo Green, Paul McCartney, Patti Smith. The Black Keys, Kid Rock, Nick Lowe. These are just some of the names behind a new Budd... more info

Stereogum — Last week you heard The Black Keys’ contribution to this upcoming Buddy Holly tribute album. Now Consequence Of Sound points out that Liza Richardson played Modest Mouse’s cover of “That’ll Be The Day” on her KCRW show May 7. It’s very di... more info

KEXP Seattle — Like fellow blues-rockers The Black Keys, Seattle’s My Goodness specialize in an energetic, Jon Spencer-style griminess, spurred by the duo’s minimal guitarist-drummer dynamic. Guitarist/vocalist Joel Schneider swaggers through his lyrics with th... more info

Stereogum — As you can see from the album art above, the Black Keys are in good company on this tribute CD. The duo covered “(Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest” a song that appeared on the Juno soundtrack, and has been featured on a few posthumous Buddy Holly compilati... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The Sore Losers (Hasselt, Belgium) melted their love for rock, country, blues, folk and garage into a sound very much their own. Rumour has it comparisons with The Raconteurs, The Rolling Stones, Reigning Sound and more fascinating folks are plent... more info

Topix — The 12th annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival ended its 2011 run Sunday night in the California desert. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Things were running late on the main stage at Coachella on Friday night thanks to Cee Lo Green's tardy entrance earlier in the day. So when the Black Keys began their set nearly 15 minutes behind schedule, the crowd was... more info