Black Keys - Magic Potion LP

Guitarist-singer Dan Auedback is possessed of a compelling, hurt-beyond-his-years voice and an approach to lead guitar that is both wildly expressive and utterly succinct. The self-taught Carney, who anchors these tracks, may force writers to return "heavy" to the rock-critic lexicon as a seriously praiseworthy term. The Black Keys maintain a punk terseness to their adamantly do-it-yourself sound; they're as single-minded in their idiosyncratic evocation of the electric Mississippi blues as artists like the late Junior Kimbrough and R. L. Burnside as the Ramones were about early sixties rock and roll. However, there is nothing high-concept or ironically distanced about their style; it's all sweat, sincerity and as much swagger as Carney's basement allows. This is the LP version.

• 1 Just Got to Be
• 2 Your Touch
• 3 You're the One
• 4 Just a Little Heat
• 5 Give Your Heart Away
• 6 Strange Desire
• 7 Modern Times
• 8 Flame
• 9 Goodbye Babylon
• 10 Black Door
• 11 Elevator