My name is Darren Keen. I am from Chicago and I do the one person band called PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS Has toured Europe, New Zealand, and America extensively. I have opened for Peaches, Dan Deacon, Lightning Bolt, Wolf Eyes, Pictureplane, Plack Blague, and many others. I have played at Meow Wolf in Denver, and several fests including Camp A Low Hum (NZ), Laektro (DK), No Coast Fest (TX) and the Petfest and Lincoln Calling fests in Nebraska.
My new 12” LP “Enter The Annals” was released this year on The Record Machine. I have previously worked with Orange Milk Records and Geertruida (NL).
I make composer driven electronic music with live vocals that is sometimes very fun and is sometimes very beautiful and is always interesting.
dkbadspeler@gmail.com
SHOWS
11/15 Chicago, IL // Fallen Log w/ MaryMary!
11/25 Chicago, IL // Cafe Mustache
11/28 Regen, DE // Oberstuebchen
11/30 Amsterdam, NL // UIUI Festival
12/1 Benicarlo, ES // Plug in the Gear
12/3 Barcelona, ES // TBA
12/4 Valencia, ES // Octubre CCC
12/5 Berlin, DE // Madame Claude (DJ SET)
12/6 Berlin, DE // Madame Claude
12/7 Ostrava, CZ // Provoz
12/8 Istanbul, TR // Arkaoda
12/ 11 Bucharest, RO // Filaret 16
12/12 Rome, IT // Circolo Fanfula 5/a
12/13 Padova, IT // Circolo Nadir
12/14 Reggio Calabria, IT // Undead
12/17 Milan, IT // Combo
12/26 Omaha, NE // Oleavers
12/27 Des Moines, IA // Lefty’s
12/28 Davenport, IA // Raccoon Motel
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PAST TOUR DATES (221):
PROBLEMS 2024 SHOWS
(70 so far)
1/4 Chicago, IL // Fallen Log
1/9 Chicago, Il // Empty Bottle
1/19 Milwaukee, WI // High Dive
1/20 Madsion, WI // Mickeys
1/26 Chicago, Il // Coles
1/27 Omaha, NE // Oleavers
2/1 Raglan, NZ // Yot Club
2/3 Auckland, NZ // Wine Cellar w/ Michael Logie
2/4 Palmerston North, NZ // The Stomach w/ Michael Logie
2/8 Napier, NZ // Paisley Stage
2/9 Christchurch, NZ // The Loons w/Michael Logie & Eyeliner
2/10 Dunedin, NZ // Morning Magpie w/Michael Logie
2/14 Wellington, NZ // Valhalla
2/16 Camp Wainui, NZ // Camp A Low Hum
2/17 Camp Wainui, NZ // Camp A Low Hum
2/23 Camp Wainui, NZ // Camp A Low Hum
2/24 Camp Wainui, NZ // Camp A Low Hum
4/19 Chicago, IL // Wolf Village
4/20 Chicago, IL // Bric A Brac Records
5/3 Lincoln, NE // Lincoln Calling
5/10 Kansas City, MO // Lemonade Park w/ Flesh Produce
5/11 Lawrence, KS // Replay Lounge w/ Flesh Produce
5/12 Omaha, NE // Reverb w/ Flesh Produce
5/13 Davenport, IA // Raccoon Motel w/ Flesh Produce
5/14 Des Moines, IA // The Lift w/ Flesh Produce
5/16 Minneapolis, MN // Cloudland w/ Flesh Produce
5/17 Madison, WI // Mickeys w/ Flesh Produce
5/18 Iowa City, IA // PS1 w/ Flesh Produce
5/19 Bloomington, IL // Space w/ Flesh Produce
5/20 Chicago, IL // Empty Bottle w/ Flesh Produce
5/21 Indianapolis, IN // State Street Pub w/ Flesh Produce
5/22 Cincinatti, OH // Comet Tavern w/ Flesh Produce
5/23 Columbus, OH // Cafe Bourbon St w/ Flesh Produce
5/24 Pittsburgh, PA // Little Giant w/ Flesh Produce
5/25 NYC, NY // Radio Nublu w/ Flesh Produce
5/26 Boston, MA // Obriens w/ Flesh Produce
5/27 Richmond, VA // Beach w/ Flesh Produce
5/28 Reading, PA // Pleasuretone DIY w/ Flesh Produce
5/29 Philadelphia, PA // Haus w/ Flesh Produce
5/31 Centre Hall, PA // Rhoneymeade Fest
6/1 Columbus, NE // Power & Progress Festival
6/13 Sonora, CA // Waterwheel w/ Chaki
6/15 San Fransisco, CA // Knockout w/ Chaki & Science in Nature
6/16 Oakland, CA // Thee Stork Club w/ Chaki & Science in Nature
6/20 Long Beach, CA // Supply & Demand w/ Science in Nature
6/22 San Diego, CA // Til Two w/ Science in Nature
6/25 Los Angeles, CA // Gold Diggers (dj set)
6/27 Pomona, CA // DBA256 w/ Science in Nature
6/28 Los Angeles, CA // Permanent Records w/ Science in Nature & Frankjavcee
6/30 Lancaster, CA // Transplants w/ Science in Nature
8/1 Chicago, IL // Not Not w/ Pagan Athletes & Gay Cum Daddies
8 / 17 Omaha, NE // Petfest w/ Heet Deth
8/18 Lincoln, NE // Duffy’s w/ Heet Deth
9/12 Chicago, IL // Sleeping Village w/ Wolf Eyes & Lynyn
9/26 Chicago, IL // Coles w/ Steef, Pal, & Clickbait
9/28 Chicago, IL // Tritriangle w/ Public Speaking
10/10 St. Louis, MO // Moshmellow w/COCOJOEY
10/11 Springfield, MO // House Show w/COCOJOEY
10/12 Memphis, TN // Lamplighter w/COCOJOEY
10/13 Nashville, TN // Random Sample w/ COCOJOEY
10/14 Athens, GA // The World Famous w/ COCOJOEY
10/15 Mobile, AL // Shadynasty’s w/COCOJOEY
10/16 Charlotte, NC // The Milestone w/ COCOJOEY
10/17 Atlanta, GA // Inner Space w/ No Eyes w/COCOJOEY
10/18 Louisville, KY // Portal w/COCOJOEY
10/19 Columbus, OH // Rambling House w/ COCOJOEY
10/20 Detroit, MI // Job Stoppers
10/24 Chicago, IL // Liars Club w/ Bussy Kween Power Trip
PROBLEMS 2023 SHOWS (70)
1/15 Lincoln, NE // Bennet Martin Library (Production & Composing Class)
1/20 Omaha, NE // 415 w/ Angie Spence (DJ Set)
1/28 Omaha, NE // 415 w/ Elusyve & Bumpadump
2/3 Omaha, NE // Maloney’s
2/24 Lincoln, NE // Bourbon Theatre // PUSH (DJ Set)
2/25 Kearney, NE // The Otherside w/ Otis Julius
2/26 Lincoln, NE // Bodegas w/ Otis Julius
3/11 Omaha, NE // The Waiting Room w/ Otis Julius
3/16 Madison, WI // Mickeys
3/17 Chicago, IL // Burlington
3/18 Des Moines, IA // Gas Lamp w/ Heligoats
3/19 Lincoln, NE // Duffy’s w/ Heligoats
3/20 Denver, CO // Glob w/ Heligoats
3/21 Fort Collins, CO // TBA w/ Heligoats
3/24 Boise, ID // AI Studios (Treefort Festival)
4/2 Lincoln, NE // Bourbon Theatre w/ Moon Pussy & DUG
4/18 Omaha, NE // Petshop w/ Friendly Spectres & Teetah
4/25 Lincoln, NE // The Void w/ System Exclusive
4/27 Lawrence, KS // Replay Lounge w/ System Exclusive
4/28 Kansas City, MO // Club Sandwich w/ System Exclusive
4/29 St. Joe, MO // Sk8 Bar w/ System Exclusive
5/3 Des Moines, IA // xBk w/ Larry Wish
5/4 Dubuque, IA // The Smokestack w/ Larry Wish
5/5 Minneapolis, MN // Palmers w/ Larry Wish
5/6 Milwaukee, WI // High Dive w/ Larry Wish & The Demix
5/7 Chicago, IL // Golden Dagger w/ Larry Wish & Heet Deth
5/8 Columbus, OH // Half Baked Brew
5/9 Pittsburgh, PA // Collision
5/10 New York, NY // Berlin w/ Tits Dick Ass, Pons
5/11 Brooklyn, NY // Wonderville w/ Still Teddy, Slugbug, Itch Princess & Mike Videopunk
5/12 Washington DC // The Public Option w/ Still Teddy
5/13 Philadelphia, PA // The Pouch w/ Still Teddy & Andy Loebs
5/14 Baltimore, MD // The Crown w/ Still Teddy & Andy Loebs
5/15 Asheville, NC // Static Age w/ Dot Com Bubble
5/16 Athens, GA // The World Famous w/ Dot Com Bubble
5/19 Charlotte, NC // The Milestone
5/25 Omaha, NE // Bemis Center (Low End) w/ Princess
5/27 Lincoln, NE // Bodegas
6/1 Lincoln, NE // Royal Grove w/ Peaches
6/6 Moscow, ID // Humble Burger
6/7 Portland, OR // High Water Mark w/ Sea Moss & Flesh Produce
6/8 Olympia, WA // The Crypt w/ Sea Moss & Flesh Produce
6/9 Seattle, WA // Belltown Yacht club w/ Sea Moss & Flesh Produce
6/10 Tacoma, WA // The Valley w/ Sea Moss & Flesh Produce
6/11 Corvailis, OR // Interzone w/ Sea Moss
6/12 Eugene, OR // John Henry’s
6/13 Sacramento, CA // TBA
6/14 Oakland, CA // Golden Bull w/ Chaki
6/15 San Fransisco, CA // Knockout w/ Chaki
6/16 Los Angeles, CA // HM 157 w/ Chaki, Major Entertainer
6/17 Lancaster, CA // The Britisher w/ Chaki
6/18 San Diego, CA // Che Cafe w/ Chaki
6/19 Phoenix, AZ // Trunk Space w/ Terminal 11
6/20 Tucson, AZ // Groundworks
6/23 Wichita, KS // The Dam w/ DFITD
6/24 Kansas City, MO // Farewell w/ DFITD
7/14 Lincoln, NE // Duffy’s Tavern
7/16 Omaha, NE // The Sydney
8/25 Madison, WI // High Noon Saloon w/ Screaming Cyn Cyn & The Pons
10/19 Chicago, IL // Fallen Log
10/21 Chicago, IL // Scuttlebutt
11/3 Indianapolis, IN // State St. Pub
11/11 Chicago, IL // VCR
12/18 Chicago, IL // Cafe Mustache w/ Cocojoey, Lynyn, Manual Pollination
12/21 Lincoln, NE // Duffy’s w/ FACE, Ulcer Twins, Plack Blague
12/22 Omaha, NE // 10 Forward (DJ set)
12/26 Omaha, NE // The Waiting Room w/ Icky Blossoms & Mowed Sound
12/31 Chicago, IL // Bricktown w/ Heet Deth & Edging
PROBLEMS 2022 SHOWS (81)
2/5 Lincoln, NE // Royal Grove w/ Vectre & Sumthin Sumthin (DJ SET)
3/11 Omaha, NE // The Sydney w/ Gore-Txt
3/12 Lincoln, NE // Bodegas w/ Grim Ether, Odinson, $pencelove
3/15 Des Moines, IA // The Lift w/ DJ DJ Tanner
3/16 Milwaukee, WI // Cactus Club w/ The Demix & Hot Science
3/18 Chicago, IL // Burlington
3/19 Chicago, IL // Subterreanean w/ Schaeffer the Darklord
3/20 Chicago, Il // Punch House (DJ SET)
3/21 Chicago, IL // Thalia Hall w/ Lightning Bolt
3/23 Denver, CO // Lost Lake w/ Lightning Bolt
3/25 Lawrence KS // Replay w/ Cheery
3/26 Kansas City, MO // Minibar w/ Cheery
3/27 Springfield, MO // Odyssey w/ Cheery
4/22 Kearney, NE // The Otherside
4/23 Grand Island, NE // Glass Bar
5/8 Omaha, NE // Slowdown w/ 81355
5/10 Lincoln, NE // 2smoov w/ Rovar17 & The Three Brained Robot
6/3/ Columbus, NE // Power & Progress Festival
6/4 Omaha, NE // Bar 415 (DJ SET)
6/9 Phoenix, AZ // Trunk Space w/ Terminal 11
6/10 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom (NEW NEW WAVE DJ PARTY)
6/11 Pasadena, CA // House Show w/ TV-MA
6/12 Los Angeles, CA // Late Breakfast
6/13 Oakland, CA // Golden Bull
6/16 Salt Lake City, UT // Kilby Court
6/17 Denver, CO // Hoochie Hotel w/ F-Ether
6/18 Boulder, CO // Trident w/ F-Ether
6/21 Omaha, NE // Slowdown (College World Series DJ set)
6/25 Omaha, NE // The Sydney w/ Cultplay & Money Marcs
7/1 Minneapolis, MN // Palmers w/ C. Kostra
7/2 Des Moines, IA // xBk
7/3 Lincoln, NE // Royal Grove w/ Plack Blague
7/15 Grand Island, NE // Hear Grand Island Festival
7/19 Los Angeles, CA // Ham & Eggs
7/23 Los Angeles, CA // Palacio Palace
7/23 Los Angeles, CA // Blipsy Bar
8/13 Omaha, NE // Petfest w/ Hide
8/16 Brooklyn, NY // Wonderville
8/18 Brooklyn, NY // The Broadway w/ Pictureplane
8/19 Providence, RI // Mayday
8/20 Philadelphia, PA // Pharmacy
8/21 Reading, PA // Gnome Hutch
8/22 Washington DC // DC9
8/23 Pittsburgh, PA // Collision w/ County Conservation District
8/24 Canton, OH // The Auricle w/ County Conservation District
8/25 Cincinnati, OH // The comet w/ County Conservation District
8/26 Columbus, OH // Skylab w/ County Conservation District, Jacoti, Galen Tipton
8/27 St. Louis, MO // Bar-K
8/28 Chicago, IL // Punch House (DJ SET)
8/29 Chicago, IL // Empty Bottle
8/30 Milwaukee, WI // Last Rites
8/31 Minneapolis, MN // Palmers
9/1 Ames, IA // Alluvial
9/3 Omaha, NE // The Sydney
9/21 Denver, CO // Glob w/ Andy Loebs & Goo Age
9/22 Denver, CO // Meow Wolf w/ Dan Deacon
9/24 Lincoln, NE // Lincoln Calling Festival w/ MVTANT, Plack Blague
10/8 Waverly, NE // Paloogaloo (DJ SET)
10/21 Lincoln, NE // Royal Grove w/ Borgore (DJ SET)
10/25 Omaha, NE // Reverb w/ Bit Brigade
10/29 Denton, TX // No Coast Fest w/ Metz, Protomartyr, Psychic Graveyard
10/30 Springfield, MO // Odyssey w/ Modal Zork
10/31 Kansas City, MO // Farewell w/ Modal Zork & Rose Perez
11/04 Omaha, NE // B Bar w/ Specter Poetics
11/05 Omaha, NE // Waiting Room (DJ SET)
11/11 Lincoln, NE // Bodegas w/ Pagan Athletes & Jacoby
11/21 Ostrava, CZ // Otvar v Docku
11/23 Frankfurt, DE // Xerox Exotique
11/24 Budapebst, HU // The Aurora
11/25 Cluj-Napoca, RO // A.Casa
11/26 Vejle, DK, // Laektro
11/27 Vejle, DK // Laektro
11/28 Berlin, DE // Madame Claude
12/1 Bern, CH // Kapitol Bollwerk
12/2 Winterthur, CH // Kraftfeld w/ Neybuu
12/3 Milan, IT // Combo w Neybuu
12/4 Bologna, IT // Spazio w/ Neybuu
12/17 Omaha, NE // Oleavers w/ Solid Goldberg
12/23 Lincoln, NE // Duffys
12/27 Omaha, NE // Slowdown w Garst
12/31 Omaha, NE // Fontenlle Art w/ Las Cruxes