Danger Mouse Provides The Holiday BBQ Soundtrack

Here in the U.S., we're heading out the door for a long Independence Day Holiday weekend. Thoughts turn to backyards, apartment porches or parks, with mondo grills or tiny hibachis, along with coolers of one's favorite beverages. Now all you need is a soundtrack.

Producer extraordinaire Danger Mouse (aka Brian Burton of Gnarls Barkley and Broken Bells fame) has come up with a summer soundtrack of 147 (count 'em!) records for your listening pleasure. The fine Irish music site Nialler9 took things a step farther and looped the entire list onto YouTube.

So point your speakers out the window, click and turn it up. Happy 4th, everybody.

Oh, and here's our favorite Independence Day song to add to the list. In the immortal words of Mr. Chuck Berry, "Let It Rock!"

The Black Keys Prep New Album & Tour

The Akron, Ohio sonic assault duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, known as The Black Keys, release their sixth full-length LP on 18 May. Entitled Brothers, it is the follow up to 2008's lauded Attack & Release. This go-round was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and is self-produced, save for the first single release, "Tighten Up," which finds DJ Danger Mouse at the controls.

And if you haven't caught The Black Keys live, do yourself a favor and catch them this summer on tour. In addition to opening for Kings of Leon on a handful of dates, the boys headline at some pretty great venues around the country, joined by The Morning Benders, Nicole Atkins or The Whigs.