Posted in Videos on Aug 15th, 2010
Busted is one of those tunes that is almost a signature song for The Black Keys when playing live. It’s hard to find a fan who doesn’t love it. Busted is so ecstatic when it’s played as a longer drawn out version around 4 minutes in length – it builds and falls and stalls and [...]
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Posted in Opinions, Photos, Videos on Aug 11th, 2010
The effect of good lighting at any live concert shouldn’t be under-estimated. At The Black Keys’ New York Terminal 5 show the light was like purple paint poured all over the punters. The purple lighting was dominant pre-show and between songs. Songs were dominated by other shades and the general stage lights and bright strobes. [...]
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Posted in Interviews, Videos on Jun 17th, 2010
In 2002 The Black Keys mailed a demo recording to many record labels hoping to get a record deal. One of those labels was the small independent Los Angeles-based Alive Records. Patrick Boissel from Alive Records not only took the time to listen to the un-solicited recording, he offered to release The Black Keys’ first [...]
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