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Black Keys leave Fat Possum, pay tribute to Junior Kimbrough 
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 The Black Keys Split With Fat Possum, Prep Releases

Kati Llewellyn and Amy Phillips report:
The Black Keys and Fat Possum Records seemed like a match made in blues-rock heaven, right? But as Jack and Meg (or Puffy and J.Lo or Britney and Justin) will tell you, sometimes couples that look like they're perfect for each other just aren't meant to be. Sigh...

Black Key Dan Auerbach told Billboard.com recently that his band and Fat Possum have parted ways, and they are currently shopping around for an American home for their forthcoming album, which they hope to
release on September 12. (V2 will put the record out in Europe, and Modular will handle it in Australia.) Although the album is untitled at the moment, songs slated to appear include "Your Touch", "The
Flame", and "It's Just Got to Be". 

Auerbach assured Billboard.com that the Fat Possum split was "amicable." Yeah, yeah, they all say that, but this time we actually believe it, for quite a few reasons. First of all, Auerbach and his
bandmate, Patrick Carney, will leave the Mississipi imprint with a parting gift in the form of the Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough EP. A six-song tribute to the late bluesman (with an
answering machine message from Kimbrough's wife tacked on at the end), the disc hits stores May 2. It includes "The Black Keys - My Mind Is Ramblin'", which
the Keys covered on last year's Fat Possum Kimbrough tribute album, Sunday Nights.

Tracklist:

01 Keep Your Hands Off Her
02 Have Mercy on Me
03 Work Me
04 Meet Me in the City
05 Nobody But You
06 My Mind Is Ramblin'

Also, Fat Possum will continue to distribute Carney's Audio Eagle label, which has so far put out the Gil Mantera's Party Dream album
Bloodsongs. Future releases include stuff by two Carney side projects, 10% Animals and Marble Arches. The latter also features guitarist Jamie Stillman (ex-party of helicopters), who co-runs Audio Eagle.

That's kind of the rock and roll equivalent of seeing the kid every other weekend, right?

The Black Keys are currently in the midst of an Australian tour, which has them playing some weird festivals with people like Femi Kuti and
Buddy Guy. In May, they'll head to England to rock The Shins-curated date of All Tomorrow's Parties.