The band’s next album, the forthcoming “ No Rain, No Flowers, ” which is set to drop on Aug. 8, finds The Black Keys drawing ...

In this case, those partnerships came via songwriters Rick Nowels (Stevie Nicks/Adele) and Scott Storch (The Roots/Snoop Dogg/The Game). It was an effort to keep the creative process interesting.

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