The Black Keys Nominated For 5 Grammy Awards

The Black Keys Nominated For Grammy Awards

Mainstream music industry recognition is not needed to validate what music fans of The Black Keys already know, but the multiple nominations for The Black Keys’ album Brothers are nevertheless welcomed.

Music awards are invariably one monster game of roulette though they are indicative of a broad appeal and reflective of The Black Keys’ undoubted flavour of the month/year status.

Brothers has received Grammy nominations for:

Best Alternative Album
Best Rock Song
Best Rock Performance by a Group or Duo
Best Instrumental
Michael Carney was also nominated for Best Art Direction for Brothers
Congrats to Dan and Pat and brother Michael. Not to mention all those behind the scenes who also made it possible for them to shine. Crikey, this is sounding like an acceptance speech…

If Dan and Pat’s interviews are anything go by just imagine the acceptance speech. Got to think they’ll at least win in one of those categories. I’m picking Best Alternative Music Album.

The nomination of “Black Mud” for Best Instrumental intrigues or doesn’t depending on your view of the Grammy’s nomination process. By any measure I’d always thought of Black Mud as an after thought album filler, a soundscape to transition the song order on Brothers. It was recorded at Dan’s Easy Eye Studios after the main Muscle Shoals session.

Whoever would have thought this would have happened, eight years ago, not least even a year ago? Strange times, indeed.

The full list of nominees in The Black Keys categories:

Best Rock Song

“Angry World” — Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)
“Little Lion Man” — Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)
“Radioactive” — Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
“Resistance” — Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
“Tighten Up” — Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

“Ready To Start” — Arcade Fire
“I Put A Spell On You” — Jeff Beck & Joss Stone
“Tighten Up” — The Black Keys
“Radioactive” — Kings Of Leon
“Resistance” — Muse

Best Rock Song

“Angry World” — Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)
“Little Lion Man” — Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters
(Mumford & Sons)
“Radioactive” — Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters
(Kings Of Leon)
“Resistance” — Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
“Tighten Up” — Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney, songwriter (The Black Keys)

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

“Hammerhead” — Jeff Beck
“Black Mud” — The Black Keys
“Do The Murray” — Los Lobos
“Kundalini Bonfire” — Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
“The Deathless Horsie” — Dweezil Zappa

Best Alternative Music Album

The Suburbs — Arcade Fire
Infinite Arms — Band Of Horses
Brothers — The Black Keys
Broken Bells — Broken Bells
Contra — Vampire Weekend