Video Fun: Dan Auerbach "Trouble Weighs a Ton"

Have we mentioned how much we are digging Keep It Hid from The Black Key's Dan Auerbach?

Black Keys' Auerbach Readies Solo Album

Guitarist/singer Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys is preparing to release his first solo album in early 2009. According to a press release from Nonesuch records, Keep it Hid will be released on February 10, 2009, and be supported by a tour.

"This record is a mixture of things I like to listen to, psychedelia, soul music, country harmonies," Auerbach says in the release. Recorded at Auerbach's personal studio, Keep It Hid features contributions from Auerbach's friends and family.

Tracklisting:

1 Trouble Weighs a Ton
2 I Want Some More
3 Heartbroken, In Disrepair
4 Because I Should
5 Whispered Words
6 Real Desire
7 When the Night Comes
8 Mean Monsoon
9 The Prowl
10 Keep It Hid
11 My Last Mistake
12 When I Left the Room
13 Street Walkin'
14 Goin' Home

Dan Auerbach solo dates:

2-28 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
3-01 Boston, MA - Paradise Club
3-02 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
3-03 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
3-05 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
3-06 Chicago, IL - Metro
3-07 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
3-10 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
3-11 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
3-13 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club
3-14 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre

Black Keys to Release DVD

"Live at the Crystal Ballroom" DVD to be released November 18th



The Black Keys will release a live DVD documenting their sold-out April 4, 2008 show at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR through their label Nonesuch Records. Directed by Lance Bangs (who directed R.E.M.'s Road Movie) the DVD will include 17 songs, plus original music videos for "Your Touch", "Just Got To Be" and "Strange Times", as well as behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the band's 2008 album Attack & Release.

Setlist:
1. Same Old Thing
2. Girl Is On My Mind
3. Set You Free
4. Thickfreakness
5. Stack Shot Billy
6. Busted
7. You're The One
8. Remember when (side B)
9. Your Touch
10. Oceans and Streams
11. Strange Times
12. Psychotic Girl
13. 10 AM Automatic
14. No Trust
15. I Got Mine
16. All You Ever Wanted
17. Till I Get My Way