The Black Keys Fan Lounge Forum

Alright well hopefully he doesn't mind me doing this, but my friend Mike Grant works for the Black Keys and he has a new band called Young Moons. I just recently found out about them, and it seems like everything is in the early stages, but they sound REALLY good. Check them out. Mike does the lighting for TBK. He's a super cool dude, and nice too.

http://www.myspace.com/youngmoons

Thanks for that Mirby. Sounds very promising.

that "been gone" is right up my street! well done to your man. on a personal note, i'm getting back in a jam room with some friends hopefully sometime next week, got some ideas for tunes which i'll try get recorded for opinions see what yas think. i've only been jammin with a mate of mine who sings n plays guitar as well, we're like total opposites in style n i havn't met the drummer and bass player so should be interesting. tell ya man to keep it up, the quality of his bedroom recordings are ace!

I'm sure most of these were already mentioned. But what the heck, right?

The Alive catalogue proved to be most enjoyable.

Left Lane Cruiser is most kinds awesome, attitude, simplicity, songs about food, come on, it's pretty hard not to love those guys.

Hacienda is another one. Great beatleasque sound and positive vibes.

Burnside and Kimbrough Despite being a dedicated blues scholar long before hearing TBK, I never had the opportunity (or interest, for that matter) to examine them in more detail. "Going Down South" cover and Chulahoma disc changed that.

Buffalo Killers great band, already mentioned, but I really had hard time getting into it, mostly because the lead singer's voice, perhaps unjustly, always happened to conjure the images of Axl Rose. I can't say I've completely got rid of that first impression.

Radio Moscow is a bit too derivative. But that Hendrix-like guitarwork is a fantastic marvel to behold.

Glenn Schwartz has been discussed before, I guess on the old board. We went to see him a bunch of times, and he even opened up for TBK at the old Limespider in Akron. He's an astounding guitar player, but a complete burnout. The story goes that he did too many psychadelics and just disappeared, only to show up in a christian cult outside of Cleveland. He rants and raves during his shows about japs, mexicans, loose women and armageddon. His brother Gino, is his bass player, and probably the only reason he has any career left. Gino, btw, was bass player for Robt. Jr. Lockwood.
Dan brought Matthew and Bruce up from Miss., to see if he might fit on Fat Possum, but they determined that he was even too nuts for them. If you get a chance to see him, you should.
Either Scene magazine or The Free Times did a long feature on him, a while back. It worth reading.

April - 3 minutes ago  » 
"I notice the Schwartz Brothers playing frequently at the Beachland Tavern."

I noticed that alot recently too. A buddy of mine has seen him play a few times over the years. He has an interesting story of one time during a show where Glenn just went on this incredibly long rant about anything and everything, (he's related to mirbs possibly?) then proceded to walk off the stage and end the show. We've talked a couple times about going to the Beachland and checking it out, but haven't yet done so.

After I heard about Tame Impala supporting TBK I got Innerspeaker and I was blown away-- so blown away in fact that I got tickets to see them in a couple months. I think these guys are gonna be huge, should be something to see em in a sweaty 400 person dive bar!