black keys info Black Keys leave Fat Possum pay tribute to Junior Kimbrough Tuesday 11 April at 18 43Connections Buddy Guy Junior Kimbrough party of helicopters Femi Kuti The Shins The Black Keys The Black Keys My Mind Is Ramblin 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