Perhaps the world's greatest garage band

Neil Young and Crazy Horse were once admiringly described as the third-best garage band in the world. My vote for the top spot goes to the Black Keys. This evening, on the drive home, I pulled out their classic Thickfreakness and gave my ears a workout. This has to be the most ass-kicking record that two guys ever recorded. If you like your music primitive and honest, you'll dig this record, and everything else these two guys have done.

And here's a blogger's bonus: In putting together this post, I discovered that the Black Keys have released a new album. You can hear samples by clicking here, then clicking on the reel-to-reel tape recorder.