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The Black Keys Rock Lollapalooza |
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Written by ALANA GRELYAK
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Saturday, 04 August 2007 |
Only two men took the enormous Bud Light stage and while their presence didn’t fill the space, their sound definitely did. Ohio band The Black Keys is only two people but most listeners wouldn’t have a clue as to their sparse number.
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The Black Keys
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 Entertainment
 Art
Bud Light Stage
Friday, Lollapalooza 2007
6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
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Singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach ran around the stage, shaking his head and crooning passionately into the microphone while drummer Patrick Carney gave the drum kit a good what for. Sweating and grimacing and giving it their all, The Black Keys gave an excellent performance to an excellent number of fans.
While they held onto the 6:30 timeslot, the one complaint that I might have for this band is that this was a little premature for them. They put together a great set, but so did many other bands in earlier slots that probably deserved a later gig. The bottomline was that day two was much thicker and more deep than day one – and that was with the help of bands like The Black Keys.
Waving their arms and singing along, fans made The Black Keys feel more than welcome. Listeners seemed to recognize the songs as they came up and the band obviously fed off the energy that was being directed toward them. The performance was vigorous, raucous, and definitely great.
Last summer, The Black Keys opened for Radiohead after writing their fourth album and plan to be collaborating with Ike Turner and Danger Mouse in the near future. Keep an eye out for them; they aren’t even halfway to where they’re going to end up, and they have already played Lollapalooza twice. Powered by AkoComment 2.0! |
