The Black Keys Already Planning Next Album

The Black Keys have announced plans to head back into the studio later this year.

The band, who released latest album 'El Camino' in December', said the follow-up is "already on the books''.

"We don't know when it would come out, but we want to try to get in the studio this year just to start working," Auerbach told Billboard.

"We won't know 'til we get in there. We don't get to practice together on the road. We're always trying to write and keep ideas going, but where we're most comfortable is in the studio. I can't wait to get back in there."

Meanwhile, The Black Keys recently blasted the Grammy Awards and pop acts like Justin Bieber.

The duo, who performed three sold-out shows at London's Alexandra Palace last week, said that he had grown frustrated with their lack of mainstream success.

"There's so much good music in the US and there is just a small section that gets recognized at the Grammys," he said. "I don't have any patience and I can't bulls*it myself by sitting through a Justin Bieber song. I am not interested in that s*it. I am an adult and really I don't know who the f*ck listens to Justin Bieber."