Black Keys + Sleigh Bells + Morning Teleportation - Crystal Ballroom (Portland, OR; Dec. 7, 2010)

About six hours prior to the December to Remember show that brought the Black Keys to the Crystal Ballroom stage for the third time in two months, I came across the Rolling Stone list that chose their 2010 release, Brothers, as the second best album of the year. Falling only to Kanye’s masterpiece of a record, it was immediately evident the Keys had cemented their place under pop culture’s gazing eye, and it’s been a long time comin’. Nine years of diligently toiling away had finally pai...

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