With his Black Keys bandmate Patrick Carney, Auerbach has recorded five critically acclaimed full-length albums, beginning with 2002’s The Big Come Up. In 2008, Attack & Release debuted on the Billboard Top 200 chart at 14, marking The Black Keys’ highest position to date. The New York Times called it a “savage, bitter concoction built on a snarling punk-rock riff,” while the Los Angeles Times called it “without doubt the Keys’ most dynamic effort yet.” Auerbach also has been busy with his own record label, Polymer Sounds, for which he produced the 2008 debut from Jessica Lea Mayfield, With Blasphemy, So Heartfelt; Pitchfork praised Mayfield’s album as “fascinating and endlessly listenable.”
Asheville, NC show @ The Orange Peel (11/16) CANCELED
Tonight’s show at The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC has been canceled as Dan tries to shake the flu. We’ll see you back there next time
New York Times, October 4, 2009
“Rodriguez — the nom de rock of Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, originally from Detroit — played a respectable set, though it dragged at times. (His signature song, “Sugar Man,” arrived with a shrug.) But then Mr. Auerbach took the stage, around midnight. Stomping through songs from his fine solo debut, “Keep It Hid” (Nonesuch), released this year, he raised the energy level by several notches, and kept it there. His guitar playing was raucously astute; his singing was urgently soulful. And his backing band, chiefly made up of members of the country-soul group Hacienda, tackled every groove with an avid snarl."
Nate Chinnen/New York Times Click to read the whole article
MTV names Keep It Hid among The Best Albums of 2009
"makes the best...(most somber, rousing, dusty, creaky, pretty, dank, horny, focused, swampy, sweaty, spooky, funky) album yet.”
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"Heartbroken, In Disrepair" lands at No. 4 on NME’s Top 10 this week
"We feel a resonance with the sweaty, desert-haze…biblical in its lusty intent…with gritty guitars shimmering over bedrock-hard drums and Dan’s wildcat yowl”
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Dan Auerbach & The Fast Five kick off their European tour, this Tuesday, May 12th at Club Academy in Manchester, UK
Dan Auerbach & The Fast Five have been added to this year’s Lollapalooza Festival, taking place August 7th – 9th in Chicago, IL
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NPR's Fresh Air, March 25, 2009
"He's created not a Black Keys film noir, but his own kind of film — a melodrama with mellow humor, a mood piece about a hero who feels most comfortable delivering monologues in the dark, sitting on the side of a motel bed, looking out at a cold parking lot and a warm, full moon"
By Ken Tucker Click to read/listen to the whole review
Keep It Hid lands at 2 on KCRW’s Top 50 chart for the week of 3/23/09
The Boston Globe, March, 4, 2009
"The sold-out crowd certainly got what it came to hear: 90 minutes of blissfully loud, fiercely focused rock 'n' roll with heart and soul"
By Jonathan Perry Click to read the whole review
New York Times, March, 2, 2009
" I can hear Neil Young in there, and I can hear Tom Waits in there. The blues are always present, but it feels like a songwriter’s record"
Nic Harcourt
"Keep It Hid often sounds as if sprung from a psychedelic vault...But the album doesn’t quite feel retro or especially arcane...The tone of the songs is dark...but their effect is rousing"
Nate Chinnen/New York Times Click to read the whole article
Due to a death in the family, Bob Cesare won't be hitting the road with Dan, instead being replaced by the thunder that is Patrick Hallahan of My Morning Jacket. They're holed up at Akron Analog Studio to rehearse before their first show this Saturday (2/28) at The 9:30 Club in DC
Keep It Hid moves up to 4 on this week’s CMJ top 200 chart
The Village Voice, February, 24, 2009
"Dan Auerbach, the singing and guitaring Black Key, never needs a band with his main gig. But the breadth of his solo joint Keep It Hid, with its blues-psych syrup brewed from intuitive touches of analog fuzz, parlor organ, and other voices supporting his own hardwood Midwestern keen, further establishes Auerbach as a dude with the vision to reach beyond the boundaries of a blues rock duo and Bonnaroo beard. Frailties are in play, as are demons, destruction, and the blood of his Akron, Ohio home. Get drenched"
By Johnny Loftus
Keep It Hid debuts with the greatest sales percentage of vinyl since the release of Radiohead’s In Rainbows
Keep It Hid debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Album chart!
San Francisco Chronicle, February, 13, 2009
"Auerbach has made a deeply personal piece that goes into dusty corners never explored by the Keys...he is a master at creating surprising, shadowy textures with reverb and repeated riffs"
By Joel Selvin Click to read the whole review
Paste, February, 11, 2009
Rating: 85 out of 100
"He’s a gifted songwriter, and his experience behind the microphone lends a melodic anchor to his guitar riffs, which blister and burn but rarely muddle their hooks in waves of amplified skuzz"
By Andrew Leahey Click to read the whole review
Pop Matters, February 2009
Rating: 9 out of 10
"Keep It Hid offers further evidence that the music Dan Auerbach has so obviously, and voraciously, absorbed makes him who he is, pure and simple"
By Sean Murphy Click to read the whole review
THE GUARDIAN, February 4, 2009
"He has the ability to unleash passion and anger through his playing, creating a rock'n'roll aesthetic that is defined not by its purity, but rather the soulfulness and essential fun of pure, drone-heavy electric blues” - By Alan McGee (founder of Creation Records, who managed The Jesus and Mary Chain, and helped mold the careers of My Bloody Valentine & Teenage Fanclub) Click to read the whole article
UNCUT, March 2009
****, four stars
This is heavy rock with it's roots still evident: shades of gospel and soul, even bluegrass...It's redemption, heaven, and rebirth, though not necessarily in that order.
By Alistair McKay Click to read the whole review
MOJO, March 2009
****, four stars
"And although it heads off in all directions, from country to musique concrete, it's atmosphere - brooding, close - that holds it all together."
By Will Hodgkinson Click to read the whole review
Q Magazine, March 2009
****, four stars
"Accompanied by a rhythmic thump, these slow-rolling tales of bad moons, black dogs and night fevers achieve a natural-born boogie."
By Paul Moody
BILLBOARD Magazine
"Solo, with soul: The year of the Ox is already shaping up to be the year of Dan Auerbach"
By Lavina Jones Wright Click to read the whole review
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December 3. Milwaukee, WI. You will be missed. Hope things are alright. I was really looking forward to the show, especially that it was going to be on my 25th birthday. You are my favorite musician, ok one of the top, really love. Love love. Peace and blessings.
I traveled from San Diego, CA to see you at the Cats Cradle. What an amazing show! You were brilliant & the band was fantastic! Thank you for playing your heart out!
didn't know you had the flu dan, really appreciate you playing. i've had my ticket for three months. but thanks for stoppin' by atlanta guys, great show. minus a couple drunk idiots... "sometimes... it's good to be quiet." haha, thanks again.
Great show at The Majestic in Detroit! Black Keys and Dan Auerbach slideshow pics here: http://s736.photobucket.com/albums/xx9/dustyreeds/The%20Black%20Keys%20slideshow/?albumview=slideshow
Hey Dan great show last night in Carrboro honestly if you hadn't said I don't believe I would have known that you were feeling so under par, couldn't tell at all from your performance....
Anyway, thanks for giving us the show, you are a trooper & hope you are feeling better very soon.
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