Detroit Free Press — The Black Keys, "Brothers" (Nonesuch): The edges may be softened in spots, the hooks teased out for easier consumption, but the guttural garage instincts are intact on this blues-rock gem. more info

Chicago Tribune — Breakthrough year for Ohio blues-rock duoThe Black Keys — singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney — have been doing the slow, steady build since their 2002 debut album. By the end of 2009, the duo had released seven albums and wa... more info

411 Mania — From Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Arcade Fire's The Suburbs to Eminem's Recovery, B.o.B.'s The Adventures of Bobby Ray, the Black Keys' Brother and more, 411 Music Zone finishes its look at the top 50 albums of 2010 with #15 dow... more info

Pop Crunch — Jim Carrey will host 2011′s first episode of Saturday Night Live. Jim has signed ont to hit 30 Rock to hit SNL for the first time since 1996, NBC confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter over the weekend. The Jan. 8 show will also feature performances b... more info

Culture Bully — Recent Nashville-transplants the Black Keys will perform on the January 8 edition of Saturday Night Live. more info

Altsounds — *CAMERAS* have just been confirmed to perform at Australia's biggest festival The Big Day Out in January 2011 alongside acts such as alongside acts such as Iggy Pop, The Black Keys, Deftones, Primal Scream, Grinderman, LCD Soundsystem + Wolfmothe... more info

Culture Bully — Dan Auerbach recently shed some light on the band's recent move to Music City, also commenting on the new recording studio he's opening up downtown. more info

melophobe — For the past two years, melophobe invited its contributors to vote for their favorite albums blindly, unaware of what other contributors were loving and loathing. In 2010, we got proactive. From January on, we shared music, and when voting time came,... more info

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melophobe — About six hours prior to the December to Remember show that brought the Black Keys to the Crystal Ballroom stage for the third time in two months, I came across the Rolling Stone list that chose their 2010 release, Brothers, as the second best album ... more info