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Blacks Lips from punks to movie stars

Atlanta’s own quartet Black Lips 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 [...]

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

Both known as reciprocal fans Atlanta Black Lips 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 [...]

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/theblacklips The 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 [...]

New Black Lips single: ‘Cold Hands’

VICE Records, Atlanta indie quartet Black Lips’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 [...]

Black Lips on promotion tour this fall

Atlanta Black Lips 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 [...]

New Black Lips video: ‘Katrina’

Here’s a strange one from Atlanta flower punks Black Lips, 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 [...]