Hit up the Granada Theater for The Black Keys show on Friday night; see all of the photos from the event here. The show started simply enough with Dan and Patrick taking the stage and Dan simply saying “How ya doing?” then launching right in to another spectacular and electrically charged set. Before they even took the stage the capacity crowd was charged up to see the show, and I was certainly one of those very excited. After having seen a taste from their Lollapalooza set in Chicago last month, I was psyched to see them break down a full set and they did not disappoint. They blazed through songs from much of their history and each song was extremely tight and definitely got the crowd going. Hit the jump for the rest of the review and tourdates.

I previously described these guys as an ultra cool mix of Zeppelin, The White Stripes, and southern blues rock, and that is most certainly what they sound like, despite being from Akron, OH. This was certainly an energetic set, and there was no doubt who was in charge as the crowd did nothing but groove along for the entire show. I know I have commented on this before, but for being a two piece band, The Black Keys have an unbelievably deep sound wholly made up of one voice, one guitar and one drum kit. (At least, I never saw Patrick sing anything and there were no microphones near his head for him to sing into anyways.) You would never guess that it is simply one lead guitar banging it out on all these songs as there is no lack of range, giving the songs a complete sound. He depends on his voice to flesh out the higher ranges in contrast to the mostly deep blues rock riffs, but it works really well.

Through the nearly two hour set, the guys spanned their catalog, hitting just the ultra high energy rockers from their albums, playing the very bluesey I Got Mine and a fantstic Strange Times from Attack & Release, Your Touch from Magic Potion, and even reaching back to 2003’s Thickfreakness to play Thickfreakness, Have Love Will Travel and Set You Free.

The Black Keys certainly have some tunes that simply rock too hard not to be awesome, and that is pretty much how their entire show goes. Thundering blues guitar riffs over soulful belted out vocals mixed filled out by excellent drumming leaves the audience at the end of the night desiring nothing. The Keys rock, they party, their songs shake you to the bone, and everyone loves every second of it. Especially me.

The Black Keys – Psychotic Girl – Attack and Release

Remaining US tour dates:

9/30 – The Meridian – Houston, TX
10/1 – House of Blues – New Orleans, LA
10/2 – Tabernackle – Atlanta, GA
10/3 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
10/4 – House of Blues – Myrtle Beach, SC
10/5 – Disco Rodeo – Raleigh, NC
10/7 – Coyotes at City Block – Louisville, KY
10/8 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN
10/9 – LC Ampitheatre – Columbus, OH
10/10 – Th eMadison Theatre – Covington, KY
10/11 – EJ Thomas Hall – Akron, OH
10/30 – The Fillmore – San Fran, CA