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The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney has said the current struggles for mainstream achievements in the rock world can be put down to the head-scratching success of Nickelback.

Live4ever’s Essential Listening end of year retrospective continues today with our pick of the tracks and EPs which have crossed the Live4ever Ezine‘s path during the past twelve months.

Featuring stand-out singles from some of the rock world’s best established artists, as well as plenty of impressive releases from a selection of our favourite new bands, we hope the rundown will inspire you to both check out the artists featured, and let us know of your own highlights from 2011 by leaving a comment below.

And if your nearest and dearest isn’t included today, be sure to check back next Wednesday to see if they are featured on the third and final instalment of our 2011 recap, Live4ever’s Essential Listening 2011 – The Albums.

The Black Keys will hit the road with the Arctic Monkeys next March for a mouth-watering run of dates in North America.

Arctic Monkeys will join The Black Keys in the US following the completion of the blues duo’s UK tour, which will be brought to a close with three dates at London’s Alexandra Palace at the end of February.

The first single released from the duo’s latest album ‘El Camino‘ stands as a quick, powerful fix for all of the hungry Black Keys fans tapping their toots in anticipation of their next all-American meal.

Arcade Fire and The Black Keys are amongst the acts nominated for the fourth annual UK Video Music Awards.

Arcade Fire’s promo for their third album’s title track ‘The Suburbs‘ will go head-to-head with two OK Go videos, ‘All Is Not Lost‘ and ‘White Knuckles‘ for the Best International Alternative Video, while The Black Keys have been nominated in the Best Indie/Rock International Video for ‘Howlin’ For You‘.

After US star Bob Odenkirk told the world of the title and release date of their new album via a car advert yesterday (October 11th), The Black Keys have now confirmed the tracklisting for their forthcoming album.

‘El Camino‘, due for release in December, will contain eleven new tracks, recorded and produced by the duo at singer / guitarist Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville.

Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons and The Black Keys will battle it out for the Favourite Alternative/Rock Artist gong at the 2011 American Music Awards after the shortlist was announced today (October 11th) at the J.W. Marriott in Los Angeles.

Blue duo The Black Keys have presented their new album to the world via a video which spoofs a car sale advert.

The video has been posted on the new website Wannabuyavan.com, and features How I Met Your Mother star Bob Odenkirk’s efforts to record an advert for an El Camino car.

At the end of the video, the details become apparent, when the words ‘The Black Keys. El Camino. December 6′ appear on screen.

Blues duo The Black Keys have finished work on their new album with producer Danger Mouse, and praised the multi-talented musician for the many ideas he brought to the table during the recording process.

“He understands all the different kinds of music we’re into. He’s got really great ideas about melody and song structure. For him it’s all about the song,” Dan Auerbach told Spin.com.

What would happen if you took a generous portion of Led Zeppelin, mixed it with some AC/DC, threw in a little Free and Bad Company, and seasoned with a touch of Black Crowes? The resulting gumbo would probably sound something like Rival Sons.

Having being touted as ones to watch since self-releasing an album in 2009 and an eponymous EP earlier this year, the Californian band make their full label debut on Earache records with ‘Pressure & Time‘. Normally the preserve of thrash, grindcore and death metal bands, Earache does not initially seem like the obvious home for these unabashed blues rockers. However, the band have claimed that such incongruity is to their benefit, as it allows them so stand out from the label’s usual roster of relentless sonic assault.