The Black Keys - Recording new album in Michigan

The Black Keys have been busy working on the follow up to their Grammy nominated 2011 album El Camino. The band spent some time last week in Benton Harbor, Michigan, recording tracks for the album. Patrick Carney revealed in an interview with Australia's Triple J radio that the Black Keys were drawn to Benton Harbor's Keyclub Recording Co after learning the studio's mixing console is a a rare Flickinger console originally custom built for Sly Stone:

"We went to the studio in Michigan because they had this really cool mixing desk that used to belong to Sly Stone. We actually found out about the studio from The Kills who are friends with us and they've made their last three records there."

According to Carney, the album is far from done but there's a "90 percent" chance the album will be finished by the end of 2013. Read the full interview with Patrick Carney here.

The Black Keys are in Nashville for the time being, but will be heading to Los Angeles to perform at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. The ceremony takes place February 10th at the Staples Center and airs on CBS at 8pm ET.