Dan Auerbach brings the music from Keep It Hid, his recently released sol debut, back home to Ohio tonight for a concert at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland with Hacienda and Those Darlins. Just in time for tonight's show, there's a profile of Dan in the latest issue of the Cleveland Scene arts weekly, at freetimes.com, and in Spinner as well.

The Boston Globe's Jonathan Perry reports from this past Sunday's show at that city's Paradise Rock Club that "the sold-out crowd certainly got what it came to hear: 90 minutes of blissfully loud, fiercely focused rock 'n' roll with heart and soul." Dan clearly seemed to be having a good time as well, "dipping down and jumping up with each joyful riff, all of it a heady mix of concentration and loosed glee."

After Hacienda played its own opening set, the guys from that "excellent four-piece Texas-based outfit" joined Dan as his backing band, as did My Morning Jacket's Patrick Hallahan on a second set of drums, whose inclusion "only added to the sustained sense of hoodoo magic being conjured."

Perry continues:

His guitar solos were compact, penetrating bursts of roughed-up chords that chopped predictable blues-rock cliches to ribbons. And while easy to overlook, Auerbach's voice proved an invaluable asset. It sounded right at home with belted blues shouts, naturally, but also held soulful embraces on the soft, gospel-tinged opener, "Trouble Weighs a Ton."

Read the full review at boston.com.