Jim Keller

Four decades after he and his band, Tommy Tutone, topped the charts with “867-5309/Jenny,” Jim Keller continues his prolific, late-career renaissance with his latest album, End Of The World. Produced by Adam Minkoff (Graham Nash, Doyle Bramhall II) and co-written with Byron Isaacs (The Lumineers, Levon Helm), the record offers a wry, sardonic take on modern life, balancing sharp wit and earnest sincerity as it reckons with loss, mortality, resilience, and hope. The songs are lean and intoxicating, driven by tight, playful arrangements, and the performances are punchy and raw, infusing Keller’s distinctive mix of pub rock, new wave, and power pop with a defiant optimism that insists on finding joy and beauty, even as the walls come tumbling down.

Keller, a regular on the scene in New York City and Nashville, is bringing band members west to McCabe’s and also welcoming LA friends to join the set. In the past five years he’s cut two albums with Mitchell Froom producing, By No Means (2021) and Daylight (2024). Those records include California royalty David Hidalgo, Michael Urbano and Bob Glaub.