Dan Auerbach's newly released solo record, Keep It Hid, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart, a list of the week's best-performing albums from new artists. The Independent gives it four stars, citing the album's "broad sweep of blues styles" and Dan's vocals, channeling "the haunted quality of an authentic soul singer." The Cleveland Plain Dealer gives an A- to the new record, which sees Dan "cutting loose with a marvelous solo debut ... Crank it up."
Dan Auerbach's newly released solo record, Keep It Hid, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart, the listings look at the week's best-performing albums from new artists.
The Independent gives the album four stars. Reviewer Andy Gill says that, following "the psychedelic greatcoat blues-rock of last year's storming" Attack & Release, from The Black Keys, with Keep It Hid, Dan "ranges across the broad sweep of blues styles," mostly "leaning in the direction of Chess Records, as reinvented via Sixties Britain," and even referencing early Fleetwood Mac. Gill concludes by crediting Dan's voice with having "the haunted quality of an authentic soul singer."
Read the review at independent.co.uk.
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Closer to home, the Cleveland Plain Dealer gives an A- to the new record from Ohio's native son. On Keep It Hid, Plain Dealer pop music critic John Soeder finds The Black Keys' singer/guitartist "cutting loose with a marvelous solo debut." The new album has allowed Dan to "broaden his horizons," and succeeded such that Soeder can't help but conclude: "Crank it up."
Read that review at cleveland.com.
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Dan will be performing in Cleveland a week from Thursday at the Beachland Ballroom, March 5, as part of his two-week US tour with supporting bands Hacienda and Those Darlins. The first show is this Saturday at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC. For complete tour info, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
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