Download: Black Lips – ‘Short Fuse’

Your favorite indie party animals/swamp rats, the Atlantian quartet Black Lips, are prepping the release of their upcoming latest LP, “200 Million Thousand.” The band’s last studio effort, Good Bad Not Evil, was packed with loads of Southern canon run fun, and, from the looks of it, 200 doesn’t sound any lower, quality and fun-wise. The first single is called “Short Fuse” and it just got released and offered for free download today. Hectic vocals…

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Blacks Lips from punks to movie stars

Atlanta’s own quartet [tag]Black Lips[/tag] have had the year of their lives, in 2007, with a excellent fifth album in the form of Good Band Not Evil, now they’re set to star on the silver screen, in their own movie titled Let It Be. Apparently the movie plot revolves around a fictional mid ’80s punk rock band called “The Renegades,” navigating the choppy, cultural waves of those wild years. Let It Be, which will be…

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Download: Black Lips – ‘Veni Vidi Vici’ (Diplo remix)

Both known as reciprocal fans Atlanta [tag]Black Lips[/tag] and fellow southern DJ Diplo have finally crossed paths artistically, as the later remixed the wacky quartet’s sluggish garage jam “Veni Vidi Vici.” Diplo has definitely raised the song’s tempo through the infused synths and up beats, high rhythm suiting the song well. There’s still a lot of things to be told about this catchy remix, but there no use in dwelling into details, better check for…

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Black Lips: ‘Good Bad Not Evil’

Artist name: Black Lips Album name: Good Bad Not Evil Label: Vice Records Gender: Alternative Rock/Garage Rock Release date: September 11, 2007 ZMErating: 7.5/10 Website: http://www.myspace.com/theblacklipsThe term of garage rock revival seems to get tossed around a bit easily, few bands really follow up to their label so to speak, but a band of witty post-teenagers that jams in dark basements to Stooges songs, such as early [tag]Black Lips[/tag], might deserve their tag line. Although…

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New Black Lips single: ‘Cold Hands’

VICE Records, Atlanta indie quartet [tag]Black Lips[/tag]’s label, has just put their newest single ‘Cold Hands’ out for free download. I just love their some what southern vibe and stoner like sound, I gotta tell you this guys seem to get better and better every day. Did i mention they make the wickedest videos? Their upcoming album “Good Bad Not Evil” is set to be released on September 11, so don’t forget(like we’ll let you)…

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Black Lips on promotion tour this fall

Atlanta [tag]Black Lips[/tag] are almost ready with their new album “Good Bad Not Evil”, with just a few recordings left. The LP is set to go out on September 11 and to better publicize their record, the Black Lips will embark on all North American tour the day after the release. If you haven’t seen Black Lips live until now, you better ready yourself. On their last performance on Saturday at the Siren Music Festival…

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New Black Lips video: ‘Katrina’

Here’s a strange one from Atlanta flower punks [tag]Black Lips[/tag], named Katrina, a lover’s call to his lady friend ( err a hurricane i guess) . The single is extracted from their upcoming album “Good Bad Not Evil”, due to be released on September 11. The video is extremely catchy, with a lot of closeups (actually mustache closeups, yuck), and background set changes in color. Oh and is the drummer banging with fish or with…

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