From The Back Row

well, not Arcadia per se and not really on fire (just brush as of this writing)… but we’re “monitoring” the situation as we’re not in the path but friends perhaps could be

Traveled down the Wilshire Corridor last night to The Black Keys show at the Wiltern. Opener Jay Reatard was solid and in fact I commented “It’s like they can’t help but rock”. They probably aren’t for everyone, including the usual LA poseur crowd that was in attendance (I’m calling them “The Wiltern Subscribers” because they are at every show). The Black Keys were phenomenal, totally blowing my face off. They could’ve played longer and at times I was wishing we were back at the Troubadour since even I had trouble seeing over people’s heads. The new stuff is just as teeth grinding as the old with catchy choruses you can jump in place to (I just bob my head).