Britain's James Blake released his self-titled debut album this year and it was well received in the U.S. upon its emergence. Resulting from this high acclaim, Blake extended his live shows and made his live American debut in March of 2011 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Tickets sold out incredibly fast and unfortunately, Evan and I got shut out of the show. Tickets for the event were selling for over $100 each on Ebay and StubHub which was completely out of our budget. Luckily enough, he announced another set of U.S. dates for the spring/early summer, two of which were to occur in New York. We attended his performance on May 11th at the Bowery Ballroom.
