The Black Keys' new album, El Camino, is out now. The band celebrates with performances on The Colbert Report tonight and the Late Show with David Letterman Wednesday. "It feels a little funny to gush so outwardly about a record," says the Los Angeles Times in a four-star review. "But sometimes, a CD scratches an itch you didn't even know you had, and El Camino is that record ... Really, the only question is whether, this late in the year, this constitutes the best rock album of 2011 or 2012. It'll probably be both." Rolling Stone says "This is Their Moment," calling El Camino "the best record they've ever made." USA Today, in its four-star review, says the band's "talents coalesce with a fiery brilliance." Paste says that "by the time the record ends, there’s a good chance you’ll find yourself immediately wanting to start over again from the beginning." TIME says: "The album is packed so tightly with gems that it’s hard to pick out a favorite track."

The Black Keys, whose new album, El Camino, is just one day away, were featured on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, talking with host Audie Cornish about the new album. The Black Keys were musical guests on Saturday Night Live this weekend, performing two songs off of El Camino: "Lonely Boy" and "Gold on the Ceiling." Watch the performances here. The Evening Standard gives the album four stars, calling it “fiery, raucous and ferocious fun.” "The Black Keys have grown into one of the most exciting rock bands of our time," exclaims the Independent on Sunday. "Too late for those album of the year polls?"

The Black Keys will embark on the first leg of their North American tour this March, with shows in arenas like New York’s Madison Square Garden, Boston’s TD Garden, and Chicago’s United Center. The shows are in support of their new album, El Camino, out this Tuesday, December 6. Concert ticket and album packages will be available via the band’s site. The band will perform on Saturday Night Live tomorrow, The Colbert Report on Tuesday, and the Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday. MTV Hive will livestream their album release show at New York’s Webster Hall on Monday.

The Black Keys are featured in a cover story in this Sunday's New York Times Arts & Leisure section and in the Times' Popcast, which look at the band's new album, El Camino, and their rise to fame. A Guardian profile also examines how the band has "become a global pop phenomenon." The Guardian gives El Camino a perfect fives stars: "They sound like a band who think they've made the year's best rock 'n' roll album, probably because that's exactly what they've done."

There's still more than a month to go before 2011 comes to a close, but already the music magazines have begun to weigh in on the year's best music. American Songwriter, Paste, Uncut, Q, and Mojo have all published their lists of the Top 50 Albums of the Year, and included among them are a number of Nonesuch releases: the latest albums from Björk, Ry Cooder, Jessica Lea Mayfield, and The Low Anthem, as well as the soon-to-be-released album from The Black Keys, due out next week.

The Black Keys' new album, El Camino, is due out one week from today, December 6. No need to wait till then to hear music from the album. Click here to listen to five tracks from El Camino: "Lonely Boy," "Gold on the Ceiling," "Little Black Submarines," "Sister," and "Run Right Back." "This is both a supremely confident record and a ridiculously enjoyable one," exclaims Uncut. "El Camino feels like the dawn of greatness." Enjoy some of that greatness today by listening to the five album tracks here.

The Black Keys' new album, El Camino, is out in just one week, and the record has already begun to receive rave reviews. The Independent gives the album a perfect five stars, calling it a "tremendous, hook-laden, all-killer-no-filler collection, by some distance the most powerful, compelling rock album of the year." MOJO also gives the album a perfect five stars, making it an "instant MOJO classic," and names it album of the month. "Magnificent," exclaims Q in its five-star review. "This is unvarnished rock, primal and exhilarating."

The Black Keys are celebrating Record Store Day's "Back to Black" Friday with the release of a special limited-edition vinyl 12-inch of their new single, "Lonely Boy" exclusively at indie music retailers. Both the lead track and the B-side, "Run Right Back," are featured on the band's forthcoming album, El Camino, which hits stores on December 6. To get an idea of what to expect on the "Lonely Boy" 12-inch and to see how the vinyl got made, check out a behind-the-scenes video here.

The video for The Black Keys' "Lonely Boy," off their forthcoming album, El Camino, made a bit of a splash when it was released last month, as you may have seen. It's just the latest in a long line of unforgettable music videos the band has released over the years. Now, "Lonely Boy" and five previous music videos from the band—representing every studio album in the band's Nonesuch catalog—are available to download all in one place as part of The Black Keys Music Video Collection, out now on iTunes.

Following yesterday's news that The Black Keys will join Steve Buscemi on Saturday Night Live on December 3 comes word that the band will perform on The Colbert Report on Comedy Central on December 6, the release day for their new record, El Camino, followed by the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS December 7.

The Black Keys will perform on NBC's Saturday Night Live on December 3, just days before the release of their latest album, El Camino, due out December 6. This is the band's second time this year as musical guests on the show, a "rare distinction," says Rolling Stone, which broke the news in an exclusive this morning. Steve Buscemi will host. The Black Keys will perform at KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas extravaganza in LA on December 11; tickets go on sale tomorrow morning.

The Black Keys are featured on the latest edition of NPR's All Songs Considered, the show's last regular episode of the year. "Run Right Back," off the band's forthcoming album, El Camino, due out December 6, kicks off the show. All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen calls it "wonderful" and says of the band: "They're the pillars. You just know they're gonna put out really solid rock." Derrick Tuggle, the star of the video for the album's first single, "Lonely Boy," stopped by the Ellen show yesterday. Watch the segment here.