Left Lane Cruiser (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

While deciding upon my Album of the Year 2010 (more about that later) I was reminded of a fine and unbelievable band I discovered only this year.
Their two official albums date  2008 and 2009 so they don't count as new. Pity.
Left Lane Cruiser is a two man guitar/drums outfit not unlike the Black Keys (hint!) but they're totally steeped in the Hill Country punk blues of R.L.Burnside.
Together they make an ungodly racket since Bren Beck not only plays the drums but also everything else he can knock on. He also provides a mean call-and-response to guitarist/vocalist Freddie J Evans IV with grunts, hollers and shouts in the background.

Their 2008 release. Lots of slide guitar and gravelly vocals, mostly up tempo numbers and every percussive instrument including the kitchen sink thrown in. The Black Keys almost seem tame in comparison while the Black Box Revelation can still learn a thing or two from this crew.
You can almost hear the fights breaking out in the barroom and the whiskey glasses shattering on the hardwood floor. Except the duo's raw blues sound would drown everything else out.

 
2009 and more of the same rough and ragged slide blues where Jon Spencer never dared to thread.
These guys are really really good even though they can be enervating after a while. But if you have a taste for this kind of music you're in for a nice surprise.