I haven't listened to a whole lot of the Black Keys, but I do know that they recorded this new album about 10 minutes from my house at the old Muscle Shoals Sound studio in Sheffield, AL. It was a popular spot for recording for bands like The Rolling Stones and Paul Simon back in the 60's and 70's. It's been a museum for that past 20 years or so and they basically kinda just came in and brought in some new modern equipment and de-museum'ed the place.

Here's an article from the local newspaper here about there time recording and some other interesting info about the studio:
http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20100516/ARTICLES/5165008?Title=This-i...

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