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MUSIC REVIEW

The Black Keys show swagger

By James Reed

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 08, 2012

Right in the middle of the first song, “Howlin’ for You,’’ when the guitar riffs caromed off the heavy crash of drums, the unthinkable came to mind: The Black Keys weren’t always this big. Not their songs, their popularity, or even their stage presence.

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