The Black Keys - Big Come Up

ok so i've been getting pretty lazy lately and haven't been keeping things up to date. But in fairness to myself, i have no internet access at home at the moment meaning the only time i get to post is at work. and of course i'm not going to waste company time with a frivilous thing such as a blog....am i....? And in all seriousness no one is actually reading this anyway so i can pretty much write whatever i want. purple, monkey, dishwasher. This is the first Black Keys Album and my first Black Keys album but it pretty much feels right at home in my collection already. It's stripped back bluesy rock, it's dirty, dusty and distorted. There's nothing really cutting edge here, it's a sound familiar to fans of muddy waters in the 50's, hendrix in 60's, lynrd skynrd and cream in the 70's, but the beauty of it lies in its simplicity, the fact that it could be a 50's or 60's blues record ( if not for the rather random bursts of electronic beats throughout the album )