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White boy blues duo the Black Keys have taken to generating so much racket, they're resorting to giving it away. The Magic Potion-makers have issued a free four-track EP of live performances culled from a pair of 2006 shows. Despite its somewhat staid title, The Live EP rips, and those looking to unlock the down-home donation can do so via the band's MySpace page.

In other Black Keys news, there's been no further word on their role in the Danger Mouse-helmed Ike Turner comeback album that Keymaster Patrick Carney talked to us about in March, but we sorta can't wait. We do know their tune "If You Ever Slip" will grace the soundtrack to the Ethan Hawke novel-turned-flick Hottest State, and that they'll tour through June in a run up to their set at Lollapalooza. And that's plenty for now.

The Live EP:

01 No Trust
02 Girl Is on My Mind
03 10 AM Automatic
04 Elevator

Keys to the highway:

06-13 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
06-15 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival
06-16 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
06-17 Houston, TX - Warehourse
06-18 San Antonio, TX - Lonestar Pavilion at Sunset
06-19 Dallas, TX - The Ridglea Theater
06-21 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
06-22 Nashville, TN - City Hall
06-24 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
06-25 Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre
06-26 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theater
06-28 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
08-03 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)