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how fuxcking ggreat is this?!>!??

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Saturday, 6 September 2003 12:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I liked their split single with Erase Errata...

― Joshua Houk (chascarrillo), Saturday, 6 September 2003 16:53 (twenty-one years ago)

well, half of it, anyways.

― mohair (jon kapper), Saturday, 6 September 2003 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

More attitude than talent, which means they're apt to go far.

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Sunday, 7 September 2003 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Classic.

...Yeah but I'm biased. Anyone else here live in ATL?

― Adam Bruneau, Tuesday, 9 September 2003 05:06 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

i'm voting for "ain't no deal" for president of songs this year

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 23 November 2003 03:21 (twenty-one years ago)

the ponys "I wanna fuck you" for v.p.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 23 November 2003 03:34 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...

"When the group finally do get into the swing of things it is like a yelping cheetah freezing to death in the depths of old, cold, lonely Alaska." courtesy of www.bomp.com

― Joe Mama, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0329/chute.php

― chuck, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

i will never surrender until ilm recognizes their greatness

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 15 April 2004 16:15 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

OK, is ILX ready to talk about the Black Lips yet?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 17:44 (eighteen years ago)

i will talk about how awesome they are, yes

― in praise of wakka-wakka (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 17:46 (eighteen years ago)

also yr enjoyment of "IWFY" is noted and appreciated since that song is also awesome

― in praise of wakka-wakka (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 17:47 (eighteen years ago)

Hey I like them. I've only heard one of their albums though. I missed them when they played the Dirty Water Club recently, unfortunately.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 17:49 (eighteen years ago)

heard Let It Bloom on a car trip this weekend and liked most of it. got "Dirty Hands" stuck in my head now. i'm guessing they're a blast live (it's gonna be either them or nomeansno in a few weeks).

― alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 17:52 (eighteen years ago)

Great band.

― disappointing goth fest line-up (orion), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 17:55 (eighteen years ago)

They are awesomeness. I'm sure it's been said elsewhere better but I love how they're able to capture that Back From The Grave sound blah blah blah.

If you go here

http://www.factotumproduction.com/Black_Lips_Summer.html

there are some pics and some smart person is trying to make a doc about these sickos.

― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 17:59 (eighteen years ago)

Love 'em. Let it Bloom is a big ball of fun.

― Will (will), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 17:59 (eighteen years ago)

be careful with that link, it's sorta NSFW, as you may imagine

― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 18:00 (eighteen years ago)

love love love this band, especially 'dirty hands'.

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 18:06 (eighteen years ago)

tour trailer (also NSFW. penises, etc.):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJrGj-DXJYw

― Will (will), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 18:11 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, i remember my friend telling me about their piss-in-their-mouth stunt so i was careful not to click on that link. what's the info on the documentary though?

― alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 18:14 (eighteen years ago)

I sure do love 'em! Considering seeing them at the end of the month. (the only hesitation is I'm not sure I want to see them as an opener.)

― TRG (TRG), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 18:17 (eighteen years ago)

I like how Fritz's faith is documented through the years.

― TRG (TRG), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 18:18 (eighteen years ago)

I love them too. The best of all the new bands with Black in the name.

― Jeff K (jeff k), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 18:50 (eighteen years ago)

victory is mine!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 18:51 (eighteen years ago)

Black Lipstick are better.

― Flopsy (Flopsy), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 18:57 (eighteen years ago)

that is not even remotely true

― in praise of wakka-wakka (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 18:58 (eighteen years ago)

Their first Chicago gig was in my basement!

― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 13:22 (eighteen years ago)

did you have to clean up pee?

― Will (will), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 13:36 (eighteen years ago)

It wasn't really the type of household where cleaning up pee was a priority.

― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 18:56 (eighteen years ago)

I liked their split single with Erase Errata...

I tried googling it, what was it released on?

― alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Friday, 8 September 2006 22:44 (eighteen years ago)

Uh they're talking about Black Dice there, a joke or a mistake or something.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Friday, 8 September 2006 22:46 (eighteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Black Lips are playing an acoustic-ish set at Academy Records in Brooklyn at 6pm (that's an hour from now.)

96 North 6th St.
Brooklyn NY 11211

L train to Bedford

― disappointing goth fest line-up (orion), Friday, 29 September 2006 20:00 (eighteen years ago)

wow i bet they'd be good acoustic-ish!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 29 September 2006 20:02 (eighteen years ago)

I think the bass is gunna be electric.
I'll report back.

― disappointing goth fest line-up (orion), Friday, 29 September 2006 20:29 (eighteen years ago)

this was great.
sorry about the short notice.

― disappointing goth fest line-up (orion), Friday, 29 September 2006 22:30 (eighteen years ago)

i am totally seeing them this thursday

― mango selassie (teenagequiet), Sunday, 1 October 2006 02:28 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ytASH1vgJU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPvdrU90G-E

― disappointing goth fest line-up (orion), Monday, 2 October 2006 14:44 (eighteen years ago)

some photos from Academy records:
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missed them there and at Southpaw later because of my Stupid Job.
hoping to catch them tomorrow night in Philly.

― Will (will), Monday, 2 October 2006 15:26 (eighteen years ago)

they're playing tonight with be your own pet in my town. should i go? sounds like a fun time.

― Stingy (stingy), Friday, 6 October 2006 16:01 (eighteen years ago)

they were sooooooo rad last night in D.C. be yr own pet sucked though. you should go.

― mango selassie (teenagequiet), Friday, 6 October 2006 16:05 (eighteen years ago)

the venue's website makes it look they're sort of co-headliners. did they play for an equal amount of time?

― Stingy (stingy), Friday, 6 October 2006 16:24 (eighteen years ago)

yeah i guess they played for around 45/50 minutes or so. i left a few songs into byop so i can't compare though

― mango selassie (teenagequiet), Friday, 6 October 2006 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

thanks for the tip

― Stingy (stingy), Friday, 6 October 2006 16:29 (eighteen years ago)

six months pass...

Love the two new tunes they put up on Vice's myspace: http://www.myspace.com/vicemagazine

― alex in montreal, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 06:38 (eighteen years ago)

three months pass...

New album leaked

― alex in montreal, Friday, 27 July 2007 12:07 (seventeen years ago)

four weeks pass...

So they're good live? I was going to see them without a doubt, but I just found out I'm going to be driving for 8 hours the night before the show and then it's a 2 hour drive to the show, so it better be pretty kickass because I'm going to be exhausted...

― Reatards Unite, Friday, 24 August 2007 13:22 (seventeen years ago)

that's a shitload of driving. but yeah they were pretty great when i saw em in new york.

this is pretty representative of their show i'd say. they're fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENBoLpaRl5Y

― dmr, Friday, 24 August 2007 14:39 (seventeen years ago)

they're great live. not sold on the new album yet, though.

― pretzel walrus, Friday, 24 August 2007 15:07 (seventeen years ago)

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Heard it, liked it, don't think I heard any bleeps. But yeah, the album does loose steam toward the end.

― xhuxk, Sunday, 8 February 2009 20:23 (sixteen years ago)

(Actually think I liked that track more than the other two slowish ones that came before it, though.)

― xhuxk, Sunday, 8 February 2009 20:26 (sixteen years ago)

i dont know man, i heard the album and the end is the fucking bomb. that die slaughterhaus "hooooo!" chant in "i saw god" is one of the best moments on there. they recorded a whole ton of songs and there are some really amazing things that didn't end up on the album.

― Adam Bruneau, Monday, 9 February 2009 04:54 (sixteen years ago)

"Drugs" is my jam right now. That song is catchy in like 20 different ways.

― Adam Bruneau, Monday, 9 February 2009 19:05 (sixteen years ago)

i like it, more of the same

― vain_bowers, Monday, 9 February 2009 20:41 (sixteen years ago)

especially the one that sounds EXACTLY like "dirty hands"

― vain_bowers, Monday, 9 February 2009 20:43 (sixteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

really liking the fucked-up sound of 200 million thousand

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 27 February 2009 16:23 (sixteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

200 Million Thousand is sounding really good this sunny morning, "Drugs" in particular.

― legendary North American forest ape (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 March 2009 13:43 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, i like it, glad they brought back the shitty production and didn't get any more cleaned up like the last album sort of threatened. still just listening to the leak of this, gonna buy it at the weekend, does the proper version still have those bleeped out bits on the last track?

― vain_bowers, Thursday, 19 March 2009 15:11 (sixteen years ago)

does the proper version still have those bleeped out bits on the last track?

my favourite moment! (i don't know if the bleeps are included on the proper release)

― Ludo, Thursday, 19 March 2009 15:24 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, my official copy on CD has those bleeps and backwards scrambles on that last track.

― legendary North American forest ape (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 March 2009 15:31 (sixteen years ago)

"The Drop I Hold" is brilliant, there's always one moment that makes me think they're geniuses and on 200 Million it's this one

― preview& potmXII& chinchillas& surfboar (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:16 (sixteen years ago)

yeah i really like 'the drop i hold'

― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:19 (sixteen years ago)

Cole said the bleeps are intentional, so they should be on all versions.

it's far cooler than not, if you ask me..

― Adam Bruneau, Thursday, 19 March 2009 17:02 (sixteen years ago)

i like a couple of their psych-garagey tracks, but i cannot stand the dude's voice and it prevents me from getting into them

― k3vin k., Thursday, 19 March 2009 17:11 (sixteen years ago)

put me down as another one for 'drop i hold', love it, also that 'whoooooosh' noise on 'short fuse' love this album

― vain_bowers, Thursday, 19 March 2009 17:50 (sixteen years ago)

some clips up on youtube of GZA joining them on stage!

― vain_bowers, Sunday, 22 March 2009 14:11 (sixteen years ago)

New Spooks music video:

http://vimeo.com/3872448

― Adam Bruneau, Friday, 27 March 2009 20:58 (sixteen years ago)

two years pass...

How funny is this:

http://www.vbs.tv/watch/vbs-music-specials/go-out-and-get-it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMhzNdeb1c4&feature=related

(also...how fucking bad does the song blow?)

― Reatards Unite, Saturday, 9 April 2011 03:45 (fourteen years ago)

Just to make sure people notice...there's two links there. I didn't realize Youtube links are automatically embedded.

― Reatards Unite, Saturday, 9 April 2011 03:46 (fourteen years ago)

i know like, what the hell

― flopson, Saturday, 9 April 2011 04:16 (fourteen years ago)

LOL that is hilarious.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 9 April 2011 21:40 (fourteen years ago)

one month passes...

New album leaked. I really like "Bone Marrow" the most out of all the songs. "Raw Meat" is really great too, reminds me a lot of the Ramones. "Family Tree" is rad too. "Don't Mess Up My Baby" has a nice Bo Diddley beat that i wish they did more of.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 26 May 2011 16:13 (fourteen years ago)

not hitting me hard. feels a bit sluggish and missing something.

― brio, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 19:04 (fourteen years ago)

that track Modern Art is ok. I'm pretty stuck on Let It Bloom / Los Valientes / Good Bad Not Evil and haven't been able to get into their new stuff from 200Mil on.

― dmr, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 19:46 (fourteen years ago)

Good Bad Not Evil still a sort of pinnacle, I agree

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 20:23 (fourteen years ago)

I like this album more than I've ever liked an album by them, but it could be because "Family Tree" knocks me for a loop at the beginning and I'm in an altered state for the duration of the rest of it.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 20:30 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah - "Family Tree" is a good one.
Agree about Good Bad Not Evil. Maybe that was like their End Of The Century or something - the last one to be in any way neccessary.
FWIW the Ronson production seems fine - that's not what's bugging me at all.
I'll give it another shot.

― brio, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 21:01 (fourteen years ago)

Good Bad Not Evil still a sort of pinnacle, I agree

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:23 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

nah, it is a great album but let it bloom/forest spirit are both better. prob not going to listen to the new one because i hate them so much now

― flopson, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 21:46 (fourteen years ago)

flopson OTM. Quality of songs & recording on Let it Bloom is insane. All killer no filler.

They should really just say fuck these big producers let's record on a boombox like Cole has always said.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 10 June 2011 17:10 (fourteen years ago)

flopson OTM. Quality of songs & recording on Let it Bloom is insane. All killer no filler.

flopson & AB OTM. one of my favorite modern garage albums, maybe the best of the 00s.

― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Friday, 10 June 2011 17:16 (fourteen years ago)

I absolutely love Arabian Mountain, easily their best and most consistent since Let It Bloom. I was really nervous about the Ronson production, but I think it sounds great.

― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 16 June 2011 21:55 (thirteen years ago)

Yea it's really great. Wasn't expecting much but glad I gave it a shot

― thistle supporter (mcoll), Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago)

Forgot how well these guys could just write a tune, you know

― thistle supporter (mcoll), Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago)

Oh, exactly.

― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:13 (thirteen years ago)

Second listen, I liked this more. "Family Tree" is still fucking great, easily the best tune on here, and I now kinda love "Modern Art," "Mad Dog," "Dumpster Dive" and the last song (I like that their last songs have been pretty weird lately, ie "I Saw God" and now this new one which is all helium psychedelia or something) but this is still like 6 songs too long. Lotta filler and unmemorable / insubstantial tunes, and the one shameless Ramones rip just plain bums me out. Still prefer GBNE but I'll be jamming this one again.

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 18 June 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago)

I think they recorded like two dozen tracks and actually whittled it down to this. They record alot of stuff that doesn't end up on the albums.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 18 June 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago)

"Family Tree" is the best on here, that's for sure! So huge and epic and yet still very rockin'.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 18 June 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago)

ok im going to listen to this

― flopson, Sunday, 19 June 2011 02:45 (thirteen years ago)

The Ramones song ("Raw Meat") sounds so much like the Ramones that I can't not be in total love with it, because the Ramones are so often my favorite band of all time.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 19 June 2011 07:01 (thirteen years ago)

one month passes...

I really love these guys to death, but after hearing "Don't Fall Down" by the 13th Floor Elevators tonight (I know, I know), I feel like I found the source of 85% of the inspiration for this band.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 29 July 2011 03:10 (thirteen years ago)

ten months pass...

Are we discussing Arabia Mountain anywhere? It's a good record!

― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 15:41 (thirteen years ago)

I enjoyed wearing my Black Lips shirt until a friend said she thought it was racist.

― skip, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 15:42 (thirteen years ago)

It's a reference to black lips you get when you drink too much red wine. Tho that connotation is probably the reason why brilliant side-project The Spooks never went anywhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00aAzkrYAZ8

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 16:39 (thirteen years ago)

"that connotation" + dudes' casual racism in interviews

ps i admit i nonetheless love a bunch of black lips songs

― 69, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 16:49 (thirteen years ago)

two months pass...

Seriously, Arabia Mountain is excellent - really catchy pop riffs. Very surprised at the lack of talk here.

― Remember you can talk to me any time, asshole (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 12:23 (twelve years ago)

maybe it counts as last year's news...

― Remember you can talk to me any time, asshole (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 12:24 (twelve years ago)

eight months pass...

here to apologize for ever doubting whiney

― 乒乓, Friday, 10 May 2013 15:25 (twelve years ago)

nine months pass...

Anybody hear the new one yet? Funny (and relevant!) thread title, now that the Black Keys have produced this.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 02:34 (eleven years ago)

three months pass...

http://incoqnekro.bandcamp.com/album/incoqnekronomicon

This is actually pretty old stuff but i had no idea it was up on bandcamp until yesterday.

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