Dropout Boogie LP fg_Label_Partisan Record CBGB was the modern-day salon

CBGB was the modern-day salon for the disenfranchised youth of New York City and Kristal gave these young local bands a stage

and Mikey Pascuzzi [drums]—trace their union back to high school

picking up lessons from a decade prior is the strange route Cloud Nothings took to create their most fully-realized album

based around a loose theme of renegade mutant MC talents running wild

Yet it’s been a long journey to where the band is now

Dropout Boogie LP fg_Label_Partisan Record CBGB was the modern-day salonAs they've done their entire career, The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney wrote all of the material for their new album, Dropout Boogie, in the studio, and the album captures a number of first takes that hark back to the stripped down blues rock of their early days making music together in Akron, Ohio, basements. After hashing out initial ideas at Auerbachs Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville, the duo welcomed new collaborators Billy F.