Sentence examples for playing low key from inspiring English sources

This group has been playing low key venues for over a year now, apparently to hone their chops, but they're so ready to do some real damage, evidenced by Saturday night's whatever-you'd-call-it.

Since 2003 the Little Willies have been playing low-key or unannounced gigs at small places around New York like the Living Room.

The band returned to performing in June 2000, playing low-key shows around Los Angeles under the pseudonym Goat Punishment, ensuring that Weezer would only perform for longtime fans who would recognize the name.

At the White House, inside the East Wing, members of the President's Marine Band, in scarlet jackets, played low-key jazz beneath a portrait of Bill Clinton.

Marooned by Island's subsequent implosion, Elbow retrenched, released a brace of independent-label EPs, played low-key concerts, tinkered with personnel and waited for the curious osmosis that is word of mouth to take its course.

Currently criss-crossing America to play low-key dates and festivals, the band's baggage manifest reads as follows: "1 WWI portable pump organ, 1 '73 Gibson J-50, 3/4 scrap metal drum kit, 2 clarinets, 1 German upright bass, 1 alto (E flat) horn, 1 Salvation Army electric guitar, crotales and enough harmonicas to summon a swarm of locusts".

Armisen played drums during the entire Yo La Tengo set, and Byrne joined the group to play low-key hits from Yo La Tengo and Talking Heads.

Mr. Pellicano, who sounded mean and ornery on some of the tapes the federal prosecutors played, was low key and folksy in court, even as he questioned his former close associate who was throwing him under a bus in question after question.