Sonic Youth and The Black Keys on Austin City Limits

Did you see last Saturday's episode of Austin City Limits? It was an absolutely extraordinarily super excellent blast of rock music at its best, featuring, first, Sonic Youth and, then, The Black Keys. The video is embedded below from the ACL web site.

Sonic Youth has long been a favorite of mine. Even after all these years, they remain experimental rock's avant garde. I like their stripped down and unadorned style in performances for live audiences. They play rock the way it should be played on a stage and this particular performance was one of the best of their's that I have seen (on video). The Black Keys are an insanely talented new band. Their music sounds to me like straight-up guitar-driven blues. Both bands have incredibly gifted guitarists and frighteningly good drummers, in Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Patrick Carney of the Black Keys.

Curiously, the Black Keys chose not to play their big hit, "Your Touch." But, again, the video is available on YouTube and is embedded below.