Two friends from Ohio who turned raw blues and garage rock into a lean, riff-heavy sound.
For their early sound, try 'Girl Is On My Mind.' 'Eagle Birds' shows how that raw energy held up decades later.
They started with a stripped-down, blues-heavy approach on early albums like 'The Big Come Up,' recorded in basements and abandoned factories. That no-frills feel carried over even as their production got cleaner on hits like 'Lonely Boy' from 'Brothers.' It's still just guitar and drums at the core, a direct line from their Akron roots to songs like 'Eagle Birds' on later records.
Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney began playing together in 2001, building a following through steady touring and lo-fi albums like 'Rubber Factory.' After 'Brothers' and 'El Camino' brought wider attention in the early 2010s, they left Fat Possum Records and have kept putting out albums every few years, from 'Turn Blue' to 'Let's Rock.'
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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