The Black Keys – Dropout Boogie (LP, Warner)

As they ve done their entire career The Black Keys Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney wrote all of the material for their new album Dropout Boogie in the studio and the album captures a number of first takes that hark back to the stripped-down blues rock of their early days making music together in Akron Ohio basements. After hashing out initial ideas at Auerbach s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville the duo welcomed new collaborators Billy F. Gibbons Greg Cartwright and Angelo Petraglia to the sessions marking the first time they ve invited multiple new contributors to work simultaneously on one of their own albums. NONESUCH.