g.raphaelli's webloghttp://g.raphaelli.com/categories/personal/feed.atom2009-01-07T03:42:20ZZineDr. Dog, Gomez, The Black Keys at The Arena, Brisbanetag:g.raphaelli.com,2009-01-06/entry:2009/1/6/dr-dog-gomez-the-black-keys-at-the-arena-brisbane2009-01-07T03:42:20Z2009-01-06T10:17:00Zg<p>Dr. Dog, Gomez, and The Black Keys played <a href="http://www.arenaonline.com.au">The Arena</a> last night. It was the best rock show I've been to in a long time.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/graph/3170085517/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/3170085517_531bd4f186.jpg" alt="Dr. Dog Photo at The Arena, Brisbane" title="Dr. Dog on stage"></a></div>
<p><a href="http://www.drdogmusic.com/">Dr. Dog</a> opened and I'm pretty sure they played Worst Trip, The Ark, The Beach, The Old Days, and a few others. They were easily my favorite new-to-me band of 2008. I first heard them on <a href="http://www.xpn.org/yrock-on-xpn/home">yrock on xpn</a> and soon after bought their new album, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fate-Dr-Dog/dp/B0018TAFW0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1231207997&sr=8-1">Fate</a>. They rocked.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/graph/3170090719/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3091/3170090719_1ea4a4b5a2_m.jpg" alt="Gomez Photo at The Arena, Brisbane" title="Gomez"></a></div>
<p>While I went to the show to see the opening act, the second opener <a href="http://www.gomeztheband.com">Gomez</a> turned out to be awesome. I'm definitely going to need to check out some more of their work.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/graph/3170105327/"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1146/3170105327_1f46b54d12_m.jpg" alt="The Black Keys Photo at The Arena, Brisbane" title="The Black Keys"></a></div>
<p><a href="http://www.theblackkeys.com/">The Black Keys</a> headlined and were incredible - those two guys had so much energy. They're touring a bit more in Australia and then heading back to my hometown area. They'll be at the Electric Factory in Philly in Feb - word is they sold out the TLA so quickly the show got moved.</p>