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 album is available for pre-order now in the Nonesuch Store, where orders include an instant download of the first single, "Lonely Boy," and, starting release day, the complete album. You can also pre-order and get the single on iTunes and in The Black Keys' store.

Produced by Danger Mouse and The Black Keys, El Camino was recorded at singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in the band’s new hometown of Nashville during the spring of 2011. In advance of the release, the single “Lonely Boy” was released October 26, to acclaim from fans and press; the song has been climbing the radio charts rapidly. Rolling Stone calls it “a swift, sturdy hunk of all-American cool.” Additionally, the accompanying video has been viewed more than two million times on YouTube. A limited-edition 12” of the single will be available at independent retailers as part of Record Store Day’s “Back to Black Friday” a week from today, November 25, with another album track, “Run Right Back,” on the B-side.

Describing the sound of the album, drummer Patrick Carney tells Rolling Stone, “Every record, we figure out the mood and stick with that. With Brothers, we were listening to a lot of hip-hop and old R&B and drawing from that. This is the first record we’ve made where it’s all rock & roll.” And in an interview with Spin magazine Auerbach says, “I've never been into guitar solos. I really like when every instrument in the band is a rhythm instrument. This record has a lot of that going on—guitar, bass, drums, and keyboards all working together as a rhythm instrument. But unlike Brothers, which has more of these slower songs with an open feeling, [the new LP] is definitely fast.”