Documentary clip features The Black Keys returning home to Akron

George M. Thomas, Akron Beacon Journal
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Akron natives Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach, The Black Keys, will have a documentary about the band, "This is a film about the Black Keys," debut at SXSW Monday, March 11 in Austin, Texas.
Akron natives Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach, The Black Keys, will have a documentary about the band, "This is a film about the Black Keys," debut at SXSW Monday, March 11 in Austin, Texas.
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Beginning Monday at the prestigious SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, The Black Keys will begin another period in the spotlight.

The documentary “This Film is About the Black Keys” will debut at the festival and the band, which features Akronites Dan Auerbach on guitar and Patrick Carney, will release its new album, “Ohio Players,” April 5 on Warner Bros. Records. The album comes two years after the band's last release. The first single from the album, the funky, danceable "Beautiful People (Stay High)," which was co-written with Beck, came out a month ago.

In the first clip from the documentary, Auerbach and Carney recount the band’s formation and how they came up with the name. It begins a recognition of the band’s 20th anniversary of existence.

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