{"id":172,"date":"2008-05-14T11:46:50","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T19:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evolvingmusic.wordpress.com\/?p=172"},"modified":"2008-05-14T11:46:50","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T19:46:50","slug":"the-black-keys-at-the-930-club-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/2008\/05\/14\/the-black-keys-at-the-930-club-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Keys @ The 9:30 Club, DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I attended <a class=\"xLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackkeys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Black Keys<\/a> concert at the world famous <a class=\"xLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.930.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">9:30 Club<\/a> in DC. The Keys are on a small US tour promoting <a class=\"xLink\" href=\"http:\/\/theblackkeys.com\/albums\/\" target=\"_blank\">their new album<\/a>. It was the second of two sold out shows in a row. Freakin&#8217; packed on a Tuesday night, unreal. So yes&#8230; I should have brought my camera but it sooo didn&#8217;t fit in my purse. Sorry, that was pretty lame\/girly of me but&#8230; it&#8217;s true. You&#8217;ll have to excuse the pic. It was taken with my phone. Although, I felt a picture was very important.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"vertical-align:middle;\" src=\"http:\/\/i93.photobucket.com\/albums\/l48\/Waterbug23\/BK.jpg\" alt=\"30 Club, DC\" width=\"640\" height=\"434\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You see, I saw The Black Keys probably a year and a half ago. Same club, same night of the week. Probably a quarter of the fans that showed up last night were there. The stage was literally set up with nothing but a drum set and mic stand with bright white lights beaming on them. Last night was a whole different story. They had crazy 70&#8217;s style rock n&#8217; roll lights, a huge blow up &#8220;Good Year&#8221; looking tire that said, &#8220;The Black Keys &#8211; Akron, OH&#8221; and their drum set was crazy electric sparkle blue. Basically, since they&#8217;ve signed with Warner Brothers their live performance has stepped up a notch. Usually, I get upset at this but it did them well. They&#8217;re truly musicians, not much of a stage presence if you&#8217;re a band wagon fan. Seriously, the singer&#8217;s guitar skills alone had me captivated. For those who just wanted to get drunk, bob their heads and twitter to their friends&#8230; the dog and pony show was necessary. The lights and background definitely added a new ambiance that wasn&#8217;t there before.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, there was this shirt at the merch stand&#8230;. it was fantastic. Nothing but a black t-shirt with iron-on, white, crushed velvet, block letters that said, &#8220;The Black Keys Akron Ohio.&#8221; OH, <a class=\"xLink\" href=\"http:\/\/theblackkeys.shop.musictoday.com\/Product.aspx?cp=10119_10277&amp;pc=K8CT18\" target=\"_blank\">here it is<\/a>. My birthday is June 23rd.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned&#8230; <a class=\"xLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MixMatch<\/a> may be working with this raw rock n&#8217; roll duo soon! More to come on that.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, to everyone that read my very first post!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I attended The Black Keys concert at the world famous 9:30 Club in DC. The Keys are on a small US tour promoting their new album. It was the second of two sold out shows in a row. Freakin&#8217; packed on a Tuesday night, unreal. 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