black keys info   Black Keys leave Fat Possum pay tribute to Junior Kimbrough  Tuesday  April at Connections    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 bluesrock heaven right But as Jack and Meg or Puffy and JLo or Britney and Justin will tell you sometimes couples that look like theyre perfect for each other just arent meant to be Sigh  Black Key Dan Auerbach told Billboardcom 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  V 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 Its Just Got to Be   Auerbach assured Billboardcom 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 sixsong tribute to the late bluesman with an answering machine message from Kimbroughs wife tacked on at the end the disc hits stores May  It includes The Black Keys  My Mind Is Ramblin which the Keys covered on last years Fat Possum Kimbrough tribute album Sunday Nights  Tracklist   Keep Your Hands Off Her  Have Mercy on Me  Work Me  Meet Me in the City  Nobody But You  My Mind Is Ramblin  Also Fat Possum will continue to distribute Carneys Audio Eagle label which has so far put out the Gil Manteras Party Dream album Bloodsongs Future releases include stuff by two Carney side projects  Animals and Marble Arches The latter also features guitarist Jamie Stillman exparty of helicopters who coruns Audio Eagle  Thats 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 theyll head to England to rock The Shinscurated date of All Tomorrows Parties