Song of the Day #3,341: ‘Hell of a Season’ – The Black Keys

I last featured a Black Keys song in late January. Like this one, it was a ‘Random Weekend’ selection from the 2011 album El Camino.

I feel about today’s song exactly how I felt about that one, so I will reiterate what I said then:

Sometimes a Random iTunes Weekend selection pops up and I just got nothing. No feelings about the band or the song one way or the other. No anecdote about how the selection made it to my music library in the first place. Nothing.

Such is the case with today’s SOTD, ‘Mind Eraser’ by The Black Keys. Fine song, reminiscent of every other Black Keys song I’ve heard, but that’s it.

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Song of the Day #3,131: ‘Mind Eraser’ – The Black Keys

black_keys_el_caminoSometimes a Random iTunes Weekend selection pops up and I just got nothing. No feelings about the band or the song one way or the other. No anecdote about how the selection made it to my music library in the first place. Nothing.

Such is the case with today’s SOTD, ‘Mind Eraser’ by The Black Keys. Fine song, reminiscent of every other Black Keys song I’ve heard, but that’s it.

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Song of the Day #1,684: ‘Lonely boy’ – The Black Keys

black_keys_el_caminoThe Black Keys are another band that eluded me in 2012, even thought I’ve been vaguely aware of them for a couple of years now. I even downloaded their last album (Brothers) but I’ve yet to listen to it.

In late 2011, they released El Camino to universal acclaim and finally hit the big time with multiple awards (and an energetic performance) at this year’s Grammys.

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