The Arcs Full Concert | NPR MUSIC FRONT ROW

It speaks to The Black Keys’ popularity and stature as one of America’s finest working rock bands that the initial school of thought around The Arcs was that it’s singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach’s “side project.“ The Arcs’ debut album, Yours, Dreamily, may have begun as a solo excursion, but the group has turned into a soulful explosion. Those lucky enough to see the eight-piece band’s concert debut — recorded during a special First Listen Live performance at the Housing Works Bookstore Café on a humid Septem