Went to the concert in Brooklyn tonight and it was going great but about the last third of the concert, starting when they sang “Chevrolet” the security started coming to anyone in the front row and saying the band didn’t want us filming if we were in the front row. Never seen this before, it kind of was a bummer, I filmed later anyway and my gf backed up to the second row to film lol. So odd.
I've just finally received my Chulahoma vinyl, probably one of my favorite albums of all times, Have Mercy on Me has been on repeat lately 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻
Let’s keep the posters for this tour in this thread.
Pitchfork already deleted his comments))) Truth be told I cant blame him, they are fucking delusional out there in general and this author of the review in particular. For my money, Peaches is probably the strongest TBK release in this decade.
I've been wanting to make one of these... maybe recency bias, but as of now I think Peaches! is surprisingly great.
My friend bought the tour t-shirt at the Niagara Falls show last night - and both Niagara Falls and Ottawa are misspelled!! For the price they charge for merch, they could have put the design through spell check!
Just me or was Tuesday nights crowd a bit dead? Band were good, but couldn't get into it....
Did they really open with Little Black Submarine and encore with I’ll be your man?
That’s what setlist fm says
Front row, met some of the guys on stage. Incredible setlist. Both bands were amazing. Lots of stories on our podcast.
The Keys have been bringing back some old tunes, and playing a lot of covers lately. What songs from their catalog, or covers would you love to hear them play with their new and improved live band??
A few that came to mind for me are “Eagle Birds”, “Run Right Back”, “Sinister Kid”, “Didn’t I Love You” and “Midnight in Her Eyes”.
The Keys are on a hot streak with switching up the set list lately, so maybe we can compile suggestions for more set list additions. Maybe we can comment on their socials and get their attention.
So happy to be witnessing this era of the band. I have never seen them look happier on stage or sound more positive in interviews! We’ve come a long way from the past few years of ups and downs!
We didn’t have a general discussion thread so here it is.
A Clip of the black keys playing not fade away
Here is the amazing Philly poster from last nights show which was amazing!
One of the merch people said they only had about 50 to 100 total posters available as some of the boxes were damaged so this one may be hard to find for any of the poster collectors out there as fyi.
In two words: it’s ok.
And it kills me to say it. The Black Keys are and always will be my favourite band of all time, and as someone who prefers their earlier work I was so hyped for this one after two awesome lead singles, and I feel so privileged that 25 years later I still get to enjoy new albums by my favourite band and that they still tour. But it hasn’t landed for me.
The negatives:
The worst issue here is that Pat really, really drags this album down for me. We all know he’s never been an elite drummer but this is unforgivable from him. It’s the same fills and drum patterns he’s used a million times, it was really, really distracting.
Dan is hard to understand at times, he is at times really pushing his voice into a range that doesn’t work for him, especially at this stage of his career. I also wasn’t blown away by his guitar work on this album when he really could have ripped hard on an album like this which was marketed as their grittiest and loosest work since debut (which they also need to stop doing because it’s plain disrespectful to albums like Thickfreakness and Rubber Factory). I don’t know why he’s scared to just unleash, we all know he can like on “Little Black Submarines” and “Weight of Love”.
A lot of these songs never really pick up when you feel like they should. And I know the boys didn’t write them, but I dunno man, half of this album is genuinely background music, it doesn’t make me feel anything at all and the album just meanders at times.
The production is also lacking; I don’t understand how Dan is such a good producer for other bands but struggles with the Keys. The drums are always compressed way too much and the vocals haven’t been mixed well since “Let’s Rock” among other things.
The positives:
When it’s good, it’s really good. “She Does It Right”, “Fireman Ring the Bell” and the lead singles are awesome listening. The boys still have the juice. I also enjoyed this as a follow up to what was essentially two party concept albums; they can bounce from genre to genre and just have a blast doing it.
I would like to see a few years between now and their next album, just give it some time to really marinate and get something great. Their best is still within reach; “Down To Nothing” came out last year and is one of their very best songs, but right now it seems like we’re getting some gems in albums with a few throwaways (think “Man on a Mission” on the same album as “The Night Before”) when instead we could have an album of pure bangers if they just have some more patience.
Overall:
Delta Kream was a much, much better version of this, it felt so smooth and flowed so well, and I don’t ever see myself coming back to this album as a whole, which is unfortunate because album listening is the best way to do it and I put on a Keys album daily, but this one is never getting another spin except to see if it grows on me.
If 10/10 is Rubber Factory, 5/10 is No Rain, No Flowers and 1/10 is Ohio Players, then Peaches! gets a 3/10 from me, but only because their discography is insanely stacked and mostly no skips.
Here are all the Billboard positions for Peaches!:
#3 – Indie Store Album Sales
#4 – Vinyl Albums
#6 – Top Album Sales
#7 – Americana / Folk Albums
#9 – Top Alternative Albums
#14 – Top Rock Albums
#16 – Top Rock and Alternative Albums
#72 – Billboard 200