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Music DVD Review: The Black Keys - Live at the Crystal Ballroom

Dec 9, 2008, 10:29pm

The Black Keys make it look easy. Recorded on April 4, 2008, The Black Keys - Live at the Crystal Ballroom offers the Akron duo at their best. Knocking out a raw, bluesy, minimalistic set in front of a sold-out crowd at the Portland venue, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney offer up unyielding gobs of get-up-and-go. Auerbach's guitar is a weapon of distortion and vigorous licks...

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