Kevin Bronson on April 16th, 2011

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Who: Black Keys on the main stage
In 3 or Fewer Words: Garage closed today.
I’ll Remember This Until: Jack and Meg reunite at Coachella 2015. Can the dirty blues be wrought clean and still be all they can be? The Akron sludge-slingers used their prime spot on the main stage to make a claim on something beyond the primordial stomp that’s endeared them to the same audience that venerated the White Stripes’ embrace of the raw. No slaves to the concept, drummer Patrick Carney and singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach had no problem keeping the volume down and the chaos far away, nor with having bass and keyboard along for most of the set.  It seemed designed to put the spotlight was Auerbach’s singing, a supple take on raw blues and soul that was nuanced, almost elegant, and invariably gripping as he took on the desperation and longing of their genre-rooted originals. Case made, case closed. Next step: figure out how to sling some sludge at the same time.
What I’d Tell My Friends Who Were at Brandon Flowers: At least I got more sludge than you did.
– Richard Cromelin
Photo by Jim Donnelly