PLAYLIST: Twilight Concert Series in SLC

I give you this year's Twilight Concert Series. Remember, all of these concerts are outdoors and FREE.

July 9:
Bon Iver - mp3: For Emma (from The Myspace Transmissions)
Jenny Lewis - mp3: Acid Tongue

July 16:
The Black Keys - mp3: Wicked Messenger (Bob Dylan cover)
Human Highway

July 23:
M. Ward - mp3: Chinese Translation
Land of Talk

July 30:
Sonic Youth - mp3: Sacred Trickster
Awesome Color

August 6:
Q-Tip
B.o.B.

August 13:
Toots & The Maytals - mp3: True Love is Hard to Find (w/ Bonnie Raitt)
N.A.S.A.'s Intergalactic Circus

August 20:
Iron & Wine - mp3: The Devil Never Sleeps (demo)
Okkervil River - mp3: Pop Lie

August 27:
Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears - mp3: Sugarfoot

Too bad I have to be at school, in INDIANA, on July 7th, two days before all this amazing-ness starts. Talk about bad planning.

ALSO: The Iron & Wine song I included above is from an EP of acoustic demos he's giving away for free on his site. Go grab it.

ARTIST: Calmin' restless mobs

I think its about time I wrote about these guys.
For the past two months I've found myself coming back to the Black Keys over and over again.

Could it be the raw chunky guitar,
the often distorted and always bluesy vocals,
or the surreal sense that perhaps you've been transported back in time to when men were men, women were women, and music was rock?

Ya, all of the above.

The Black Keys absolutely explode with energy.

The Black Keys - Strange Times
from the album Attack & Release (Amazon/iTunes)

If you're a fan of this, check out their 2004 release Rubber Factory. I was introduced to the Black Keys through this album.......pretty spectacular.