The Black Keys Release Exclusive ITunes Sessions

The Black Keys' iTunes Session is now available exclusively on the iTunes Store. Recorded live in August, the 10-song album includes songs from the duo's acclaimed 2010 release, "Brothers," as well as "Your Touch" from 2006's "Magic Potion" and "Chop and Change," which was featured on the soundtrack of this year's blockbuster film Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

"Brothers," The Black Keys sixth full-length album is available on Nonesuch Records. The record continues to garner critical praise from publications such as USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, the Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, and Spin, who describes the band as "...the year's surprise overnight success story." The album debuted at #3 on Billboard's Top 200 chart and #2 on the Current Albums chart-the band's highest chart positions ever, as well as the highest debut in Nonesuch's 40-plus year history. Furthermore, the video for their hit single "Tighten Up" recently won Breakthrough Video at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. The song was produced by Danger Mouse and the winning video was directed by Chris Marrs Piliero. The video can be seen at the band's web site, www.theblackkeys.com. The song is also currently #2 at Alternative radio.

In celebration their extraordinary year, the duo will perform a special New Years Eve show at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom. Additional tour dates to be announced.

Aside from "Tighten Up" and a cover of the Jerry Butler classic "Never Gonna Give You Up," the songs on "Brothers" are written, performed, and produced by The Black Keys. Drummer Patrick Carney says "Brothers" is the album they've always wanted to make and taps into their creative force as a duo.

"Dan (Auerbach, singer and guitarist) and I grew up a lot as individuals and musicians prior to making this album. Our relationship was tested in many ways but at the end of the day, we're brothers, and I think these songs reflect that."

Carney and Auerbach recorded the bulk of the album at the legendary Alabama studio Muscle Shoals with additional sessions at Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound System in Akron, OH and The Bunker in Brooklyn, NY. Muscle Shoals, an old building located in the sparse Alabama town that lends the studio its name, has produced iconic recordings from The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, and Wilson Pickett, among many others. Of the album, Auerbach says, "We like spooky sounds...like Alice Coltrane, where a dark groove is laid down. That's the headspace we tried to get into for this record."

With the exception of a handful of tracks, co-production duties were handled by Mark Neill. The record was mixed by Tchad Blake. Carney explains the sound the band wanted for this record: "We are big fans of Tchad Blake. The way he approaches mixing is the same way we approach making music. Respecting the past while being in the present. The mixes he did for us on Blakroc impressed us so much we knew he had to mix 'Brothers.'"

ITUNES SESSION FULL TRACK LIST

1. "Chop and Change"
2. "Everlasting Light"
3. "Howlin' For You"
4. "I'll Be Your Man"
5. "Next Girl"
6. "She's Long Gone"
7. "Sinister Kid"
8. "Tighten Up"
9. "Too Afraid To Love You"
10. "Your Touch"

BROTHERS FULL TRACK LIST

1. "Everlasting Light"
2. "Next Girl"
3. "Tighten Up"
4. "Howlin' For You"
5. "She's Long Gone"
6. "Black Mud"
7. "The Only One"
8. "Too Afraid To Love You"
9. "Ten Cent Pistol"
10. "Sinister Kid"
11. "The Go Getter"
12. "I'm Not The One"
13. "Unknown Brother"
14. "Never Gonna Give You Up"
15. "These Days"

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