The Black Keys - The Big Come Up
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Artist: The Black KeysBrand: BLACK KEYS
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-05-14
Music Label: Alive Records
Soundtracks:
- Busted
- Do The Rump
- I'll Be Your Man
- Countdown
- The Breaks
- Run Me Down
- Leavin' Trunk
- Heavy Soul
- She Said, She Said
- Them Eyes
- Yearnin'
- Brooklyn Bound
- 240 Years Before Your Time
Free Music Notes for The Big Come Up
Free Music Review: Fantastically raw
Hit: 5 Stars
The Black Key's debut, "The Big Come up" is, what I think, their best work.
They are a two man, guitar & drums, band that is about as raw as you can get. They make "The White Stripes" look like a symphonic orchestra, I mean The BlacK Keys is really raw, in a Hound Dog Taylor type of manner.
Guitarist and vocalist Dan Auerbach makes the most out of this limited approach. Even though he is a young man, his vocals evoke that of a gristled, whiskey-soaked, road veteran. His guitar playing is sparse and economical yet entirely creative and emotional. He utilizes these gutteral riffs juggling between over distorted, awashed in reverb, heavy on effects and clean to get the most out of this minimalist melodic attack. Despite the sonic manipulations, the guitar always sounds aggressive and raw. Percusionist Patrick Carney also has his work cut out for him because he is not only the backbone, but he has to get a lot more out of his playing then just simple rhythm...and he does. An inevitable comparison to similar sounding band and drummer Meg White of the "White Stripes" stops right there...there's a lot more music coming out of Carney's drum playing than you would think.
All the songs are fantastic and the cd plays great all the way through. There's two nice covers. The Beatle's "She said, She said" is done perfectly with a balance between preserving the melody and feel of the original yet taking it in a beautifully primal direction. Raw bluesman Junior Kimbrough's "Do the Rump" is less imaginative but a showcase for how far this duet can take their minimalist approach and explore different textures with their respective intruments. The outro to the song is a great way to close the door. "I'll be your man" is a highlight and get's to the point of practically being danceable. Likewise, "Countdown" is a country blues tune that can get a party shaking. "Heavy Soul" evokes an initial Hendrix-ian feel and that proceeds down a Hound Dog Taylor rump shake. "Brooklyn bound" somehow, in a unique and unpredictable manner, starts out as a rave-up yet then morphs towards an almost, soul groove. All the songs on this cd are good, all killer no filler.
Guitar fanatics should love this since Auerbach's riffing is ridiculously simple yet in an extraordinarily creative way. No shredding yet there's a lot more guitar creativity going on here than on an Yngwie Malmsteen song. Likewise, because of the simplicity, the drums are so much more vital than in a larger "band" format.
This is the band's debut. They had put out a lot of material since this 2002 work. Because of the obvious creative limitations with this format, they have expanded their sound and added bandmembers/more instrumentation. While the other cds have great songs on it, I think this work, for the "raw" genre is at it's best.
WARNING, while this cd is great and worthy of never coming off your cd player/ipod, I do not feel that it works as well in a live setting. I have seen the Black Keys live twice and frankly, was very bored. In a concert setting, it takes (at least for me) a lot more than two guys banging away at thier instruments to hold my attention
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