I spoke with my friend, Krister, today. He is an old roommate of mine from Rochester who now lives in Portland, ME. Now, this bit of news may not be relative to you all, but I’ll get to a recommendation in a moment. He is launching a website in the near future, dogandponymusic.net, that will promote the local music scene in the Portland area. The website will promote music through concert videos as well as videos of bands in their practice spaces.

Anyways, he suggested a musician to me that I found it is playing in Brooklyn/New York on March 2-3. Here’s the suggestion via G-chat.

Krister: Have you heard any of the Dan Auerbach album? He’s the guitarist/singer from The Black Keysjust released a solo albumme: no, but I love the Black Keys2:45 PM I’ll have to grab itKrister: Yeah it’s totally awesome2:48 PM Perhaps the best review I’ve ever given2:49 PM me: he plays guitar and that’s it, no drums or rhythmKrister: He plays everything! The album explores a lot of areas The Black Keys don’t normally goHe’s on tour soon and has a whole backing band2:50 PMas opposed to just drumsme: wow2:51 PM Krister: Indeed! It’s got everything from alt-country to Tom Waits-esque stomps to psychedliait’s quite excellent2:52 PM me: i believe it and will have to find a copy of itKrister: A worthy mission

Needless to say, this post shows I trust his taste. He’s the one that initially turned me on to such great things as Juggling, Tom Waits and the Onion, where I now work on Tuesdays for free. He’s playing at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Monday, March 2nd and at the Bowery Music Hall on Tuesday, March 3rd. I’ve seen the Black Keys in concert before and they were amazing, so this could be a great event for $20.

Here’s a song to ease you out of this post: