Boston Globe: The Black Keys Play "Searingly Superb" Set; "Tighten Up" Video Receives MTV VMA Nomination

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The Black Keys played the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston over the weekend, and the Boston Globe called the show "a searingly superb 85-minute set." In his review, Jonathan Perry describes the band's style as a "sizzling fusion of hill-country blues and indie-rock attitude." The Boston Herald, too, complimented the show: "In the best of ways, The Black Keys can make a multimillion-dollar venue sound like a dive-bar stage." The video for "Tighten Up" has been nominated for Best Breakthrough Video at MTV's Video Music Awards.

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The Black Keys played the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston over the weekend, and the Boston Globe called the show "a searingly superb 85-minute set." In his review, Jonathan Perry describes the band's style as a "sizzling fusion of hill-country blues and indie-rock attitude," and writes that "it remains both astounding and heartening to hear what can be accomplished with just one electric guitar and a bare-bones drum kit with the right people at the helm." Read the full review at boston.com.

The Boston Herald, too, complimented the show: "In the best of ways, the Black Keys can make a multimillion-dollar venue sound like a dive-bar stage." Herald writer Martin Caballero notes the band's "stellar show and warm reception" from the Boston crowd. Read more at bostonherald.com.

In other Black Keys news, the band's video for "Tighten Up," from their recent release Brothers, has been nominated for Best Breakthrough Video at the MTV Video Music Awards; it is the band's first nomination. Visit mtv.com for more info.

The band continues their summer tour, visiting Toronto tonight and Wednesday, before heading to Chicago for Lollapalooza. See more tour dates at nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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    Boston Globe: The Black Keys Play "Searingly Superb" Set; "Tighten Up" Video Receives MTV VMA Nomination

    The Black Keys played the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston over the weekend, and the Boston Globe called the show "a searingly superb 85-minute set." In his review, Jonathan Perry describes the band's style as a "sizzling fusion of hill-country blues and indie-rock attitude," and writes that "it remains both astounding and heartening to hear what can be accomplished with just one electric guitar and a bare-bones drum kit with the right people at the helm." Read the full review at boston.com.

    The Boston Herald, too, complimented the show: "In the best of ways, the Black Keys can make a multimillion-dollar venue sound like a dive-bar stage." Herald writer Martin Caballero notes the band's "stellar show and warm reception" from the Boston crowd. Read more at bostonherald.com.

    In other Black Keys news, the band's video for "Tighten Up," from their recent release Brothers, has been nominated for Best Breakthrough Video at the MTV Video Music Awards; it is the band's first nomination. Visit mtv.com for more info.

    The band continues their summer tour, visiting Toronto tonight and Wednesday, before heading to Chicago for Lollapalooza. See more tour dates at nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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