The Black Keys

The Black Keys are always scratching at their roots, but they get all the way down in the soil for their fourteenth album Peaches! The 2026 set was born of catharsis, as Dan Auerbach (vocals, guitar) weathered his father’s rapid decline and Patrick Carney (drums) worked to pull his oldest friend out of the darkness and into the studio. Making what Dan calls “most natural Black Keysrecord since the first one,” they not only recorded like they used to — live, unrehearsed, one room, two takes max — but continued their quarter-century-long interpretation of blues-based rock ’n’ roll by viscerally reinventing old songs that unearthed new vigor. After five GRAMMYs,10 million-plus in sales, billions of streams, and countless sold-out shows, The Black Keys still operate much like they did as childhood friends in Akron, OH, huddled around a tape recorder, disregarding the rules, following their guts. Since then, they’ve consistently drawn eyes and ears with a seismic live show and fiery body of