Review: The Black Keys @ 94.9 Independence Jam 2009 including Set List

A review of The Black Keys at the 94.9 Independence Jam 2009, Oceanside, California including the set list played.

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3 Days, 3 Festivals: The Black Keys @ Three Rivers, Roots Picnic, Independence Jam

The Black Keys have just spent 3 big days, 5-7 June 2009, performing at The Three Rivers Festival (Pittsburgh), The Roots Picnic (Philadephia) and the 94.9 FM Independence Jam (Oceanside, California). The Black Keys haven’t done much touring this year, but they have cherry-picked significant festivals of choice in advance of recording in August. Consequently, [...]

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The Black Keys @ Coachella Festival 2009

One of these days I’ll go to the Coachella Festival in California, USA. Hopefully The Black Keys will be playing the year I go. They have, of course, played this year. The best I can do this year is ‘listen’ to people tweet about it via their phones on Twitter in real time. Not a [...]

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Dan Auerbach’s Set List

I saw Dan Auerbach and the Fast 5 live on Thursday, 9 April. A fine show it was. By chance, after the gig I was able to take this photo of Dan’s set list. This random girl appeared when I was taking photos of the playing times on the Corner Hotel window. She showed me [...]

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Review: Dan Auerbach @ The Corner Hotel, Melbourne, 9 April 2009

Easter is always a good time for live blues and roots music in Australia. It’s a time when the best artists arrive to play side shows around the annual Byron Bay Blues and Roots Festival. This year Dan Auerbach was in Australia to perform a string of shows including the festival supporting the release of [...]

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