Dr. John - Revolution

Happy Friday everyone. Check out the track Revolution, by Dr. John below. His most recent album Locked Down, was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. The song has a great sound.



- Bryce

Calgary Concert Update

Buck 65 

Buck 65's (AKA Rich Terfry - CBC Radio) last album, 20 Odd Years, was released on February 21st, 2011.Here are some tour dates.

May 11 – Winnipeg – Pyramid Cabaret
May 12 – Saskatoon – Amigos
May 18 – Vancouver – Venue
May 19 – Calgary – Hifi Club



The Black Keys

Nuff' said.

May 4th - Oakland, CA- Oracle Arena
May 5th - Sacramento, CA - Power Balance Pavilion
May 7th - Portland, OR - Rose Garden
May 8th - Seattle, WA - Key Arena
May 9th - Vancouver, British Columbia - Rogers Arena
May 11th - Calgary, Alberta - Saddledome
May 12th - Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place
May 14th - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre




Calgary Folk Festival

July 26th - 29th: You can check the lineup over on their website.

Sled Island Music Festival

June 20th - 23rd: You can check the lineup over on their website.

B.B. King

The legend will be performing at the Century Casino on May 9th.



The Be Good Tanyas

This Canadian folk music act will be bringing a show to the Knox United Church on May 17th.



Bon Iver

Coming off a new album and a Grammy, Bon Iver will be at MacEwan Hall on May 22nd and 23rd.



Zeus

May 23rd at Broken City Social Club



John Mellencamp  

John Mellencamp will be bringing his No Better Than This Tour to Calgary for two shows at the Jubilee Auditorium. June 21st and June 22nd.



Sam Roberts (Support - Dan Mangan)

Canadian rock veteran Sam Roberts will be playing an outdoor show at the Shaw Amphitheater in Banff, Alberta. This is one you should not miss. 



Garth Brooks

The third best selling artist in the USA will be bringing his exclusive Las Vegas show to the Saddledome on July 12th. If you were one of the few that got tickets, congrats!



Steve Martin

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers will be performing at the Jubilee Auditorium on July 21st.



Red Hot Chili Peppers

You should know who I am talking about. These guys will be at the Dome on November 19th.

This list should give you a couple summer ideas. 


- Bryce

Deb 'Spoons' Perry - Lonely Boy (Cover)

Check out this cover of The Black Keys', Lonely Boy by Deb 'Spoons' Perry. It's something, that's for sure.



- Bryce

The Black Keys - Shout Out To Akron

The Black Keys are in Calgary on May 11, 2012 at the Scotiabank Saddledome. You should go see them.

- Bryce

The Black Keys - Gold on the Ceiling (Video)

If you live in Canada and wanted to watch the new Gold on the Ceiling video a couple days ago on MTV.com you may have got a message explaining that the video was unavailable in your area. I hate that bullshit.

Anyways, the video is now on The Black Keys youtube channel and you can watch it below!



- Bryce

The Black Keys - Canadian Tour

Hey Everyone.

The Black Keys have made some additions to their tour and several Canadian cities have been included. They have made a big jump in the types of venues they will be playing (ie: hockey arenas) so be sure to get good tickets if you're gonna go.

Tour:

01-23 Antwerp, Belgium - Lotto
01-24 Lille, France - Zenith
01-25 Paris, France - Zenith
01-27 Hamburg, Germany - Sporthalle
01-28 Berlin, Germany - Arena
01-30 Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
01-31 Zurich, Switzerland - Maag Hall
02-01 Eindhoven, Holland - Klokgebouw
02-03 Nottingham, England - Capital FM Arena
02-04 Edinburgh, Scotland - Corn Exchange
02-06-07 Manchester, England - O2 Apollo
02-09-10-11 London, England - Alexandra Palace
03-02 Cincinnati, OH - U.S. Bank Arena *
03-03 Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena *
03-04 Columbus, OH - Jerome Schottenstein Center *
03-06 Portland, ME - Cumberland Co. Civic Center *
03-07 Boston, MA - TD Garden *
03-09 Washington, DC - Verizon Center *
03-10 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center *
03-12 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden *
03-13 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre *
03-14 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre *
03-16 Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse *
03-18 Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena *
03-19 Chicago, IL - United Center *
03-20 Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena *
03-22 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden *
03-23 Norfolk, VA - Constant Convocation Center * 
 03-24 Charlotte, NC - Bojangles Arena *
04-24 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *
04-25 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center *
04-27 St. Louis, MO - Chaifetz Arena *
04-28 Tulsa, OK - BOK Center *
04-30 Denver, CO - 1stbank Center *
05-02 Salt Lake City, UT - Maverick Center *
05-04 Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena *
05-05 Sacramento, CA - Power Balance Pavilion *
05-07 Portland, OR - Rose Garden *
05-08 Seattle, WA - Key Arena *
05-09 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rogers Arena *
05-11 Calgary, Alberta - Saddledome *
05-12 Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place *
05-14 Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre *
05-15 Minneapolis, MN - Target Center *
05-16 Milwaukee, WI - Bradley Center *
 * - with Arctic Monkeys


The Black Keys - Lonely Boy (RSD Exclusive) from wbrdigital on Vimeo.


- Bryce

The Black Keys - Q with Jian Ghomeshi

Today The Black Keys were on Q with Jian Ghomeshi on CBC Radio 1. The Ohio duo is set to release El Camino in the coming days and Jian had a chance to sit down with Dan and Patrick. You can head over to the Q Website and listen to the stream at your leisure.
Also, check out The Keys on the topic of Selling Out below.



I will leave you with this great quote from Patrick Carney on the topic of selling their tracks for use on commercials and the like.

"Where else are they gonna hear it? Would you rather be surrounded by Nickleback and Fergie or whatever? If you're gonna have to be exposed to music randomly, I would rather it be our music" - Patrick Carney


- Bryce

The Black Keys - Listen to Five New Songs From El Camino

You give them an email address, they give you 5 songs to stream (2 of which have already been posted previously here). Pretty darn good deal in my opinion. You can listen to Lonely Boy, Run Right Back, Gold on the Ceiling, Little Black Submarines and Sister.

Get your ass over to The Black Keys website!

NOW!

- Bryce

The Black Keys - "Run Right Back"

We recently posted the first single "Lonely Boy" and it's awesome video from The Black Key's upcoming LP, El Camino for your listening enjoyment. In addition to "Lonely Boy", the second track was released today called "Run Right Back". You can stream it via Listen Before You Buy right now. Enjoy!

 - Spence

The Black Keys - Lonely Boy

First Listen. Nuff' Said.



- Bryce

The Black Keys - El Camino

The new Black Keys album El Camino is set for release December 6th of this year. Later this month the first single will be released which is called Lonely Boy.

Here is a humorous ad for the album:



All we have to do now is wait and see what they come up with this time!

For now, enjoy the track Countdown below.

The Black Keys - Countdown

- Bryce

The Black Keys @ The Corral in Calgary, Alberta

(Credit to the Calgary Herald for this picture from last nights show)

Myself and my good friend Davey were two of the very fortunate people that were able to attend the sold out Black Keys show last night at the Corral. Hear is a quick synopsis of the show for those of you that couldn't make the show. The Corral as a venue is questionable at best, and little small for The Black Keys but it did create a pretty awesome atmosphere. Anyway, Cage the Elephant opened the show at about 8:15 pm with six song set. We enjoyed "Shake Me Down", "Around My Head", and "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" and they gave it 110% but the sound quality just wasn't there. But with clean audio, I would definitely check them out again.

The Black Keys, not only did what Cage the Elephant couldn't do with the venue, they made The Corral their Bitch. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney understand what live music is and adapted to concrete tomb that is The Corral. They opened their set with four songs from albums including Attack & Release ranging to Rubber Factory. The show had pretty simple set up with Auerbach on the right of the stage, Carney perched up on the left and some average lighting until it revolutionized with bright light lettering of "THE BLACK KEYS" and some art house style video. This for all intents and purposes made it feel like a damn good rock concert. This continued as they crushed performances of Brothers tunes including "Howlin' for You", "Next Girl", "Everlasting Light", "She's Long Gone" and of course "Tighten Up". They finished up the show with encore performances of "Sinister Kid" and "Your Touch" from Magic Potion which was an epic closer. The one and only criticism of the Keys was their set was a little under an hour and half which could have been longer, offering maybe some tunes from Chulahoma and little more from the other albums. Or is this me asking for to much of good thing? Nonetheless, The Black Keys were one of the best live acts I have ever seen and if you ever get a chance to see them, there is no excuse worthy of missing The Black Keys.

- Spence

The Black Keys- Howlin' for You

In the latest video by The Black Keys, it looks almost as if Quentin Tarantino directed it, although it features the works of Chris Marrs Piliero. The video plays a trailer for what would be the best worst action movie ever called "Howlin' for You". "Alexa Wolff, a sexy assassin with a troubled past, unknowingly falls in love with the man who killed her father. He is not her first love, though. Two other men came before (Auerbach and Carney). But they would not have her. Now, all grown up with an appetite for revenge, Alexa’s leaving a trail of bloody corpses and broken hearts in her wake." It's pretty fantastic so head over to IMDb to check it out HERE.

- Spence

Hello 2011 and The Black Keys on SNL

Hello 2011.

Spencer and I were recently on our Christmas break from school so we also took a break from Blue Sloth but we're back for the new year and we're excited to see what 2011 brings. We have some new plans for designing and improving the blog this year and if any of you out there have any suggestions we are definitely open to them. Just fire us an email and let us know (contact info is in the side bar). Hope all of you had a great break from whatever is it you do and if you like what you're seeing and hearing here be sure to put us under your favorites and come check back every couple days.

We know we promised our year end lists to be done... however, they're not. Now that Spencer is back in Lethbridge and I am in Calgary you will have to wait a couple more weeks before you can see our picks. It's worth the wait.

Now back to the music.

Even though this happened weeks ago and some of you may have seen this performance already I still feel that it deserves a post. The Black Keys were on SNL and gave a great performance of two track off their newest album Brothers. Check out Howlin For You and Tighten Up Below via The Audio Perv.






-Bryce