Comments on: The Black Keys releasing live DVD, Win an autographed album now!

By: oz

oz — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:00:40 +0000

I was onto them fairly early on after The Big Come Up. Saw them at what I think was their first show at the metro and it was pure magic. People were walking buying tix at the door and every stranger I spoke to was asking me who the band was. 90% of the crowd had just heard something about the band. The Keys destroyed the place. To this day I’ve still never seen anything like it. People I spoke with that had never heard of them were turning to me saying “Holy Shit.” Jaws dropped, eyes popped. Subsequent shows I’ve seen haven’t matched that night, but I’m sure the energy of their live shows is what has won them legions of fans. I could watch Patrick all night. The guys get into a zone and it’s like they are in another universe…we just get to watch them take flight.

By: DBT Chicago

DBT Chicago — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:43:03 +0000

a very good friend of mine who was born and raised in ohio first turned me on to the black keys about five years ago, when i first moved to chicago. being from georgia, with access to so much other music, i had not heard of the duo. after listening to one of their songs, i was addicted, a bad kind of dependence. this was a band i felt like i would have digged even if i grew up decades earlier. the keys deliver a sticky kind of blues rock that won’t let you go.
of course, i already own attack and release and i’ve been lucky enough to win other of hearya’s giveaways. don’t give it to me, but to someone who, perhaps, has never really absorbed this type of jigginess.
this is nothing more than an endorsement of the band and a thanks for continuing to spread the word.
cheers.