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Black Lips paid their own tribute to the late Bo Diddley whilst on tour with The Raconteurs last night with a special verison of "Mona". Check it out here
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After our show with the Raconteurs in New York I decided to go to see my friend DJ. My friend happens to be homo sexual, and he was DJing at a gay bar. After a drink or two I decided to go outside and have a cigarette. After a couple of puffs I felt a strange sensation on my leg, then I heard somebody scream "faggot". I looked down and my legs and shoes were covered in egg goo, and there were a dozen or so more hanging in the air above my head. I have been called a faggot many times, but I think this was my first official "hate crime" little did those dudes know that they didn't even get a gay man. I dig chicks.
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I was so sad when i read this that i tried to commit suicide but cole stopped me. The band almost broke up....I saw you guys last night at Terminal 5, opening for the Raconeturs. With all due respect, you guys SUCKED. Seriously. I don't usually go out of my way to criticize, and I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, but in all honesty, your guys' set may have been the most awful experience of my life. Too much yelling, too much use of that stupid echo mic, too much sounding like the 4th place contestant at my high school battle of the bands. I actually boo'ed you guys but you were so loud and obnoxious that nobody else could hear it. And another thing, when the lights come up, and the PA music starts playing, GET THE FUCK OFF STAGE. You are the shitty opening act, nobody wants to hear another shitty song from your repertoire. Thanks, and good luck!
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Earlier this year the Lips dropped by Rhapsody to record an exclusive live session. And now it's finally available! Click here to get it now.
Earlier this year the Lips dropped by Rhapsody to record an exclusive live session. And now it's finally available! Click here to get it now. -
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Mt. ranier was huge and bearing down on us as we boarded the van in the morning . It was hot and that made me feel sick and the ice blue on the peak of Mt Ranier reminded me of the booze I"d been drinking the night before which also made me feel sick. We were in the pink van headed east by southeast and northern soul blasted from the am radio. In eastern Oregon there is nothing but flat land and scrubby brush that looks like blonde chest hair. I wrote my mom a letter and mailed it from a town called Hard Grounds. "Dear Mom,Hope you are not worrying about me too much. I am in the Pacific Northwest. I have seen the wonders of Gods Creation and they have placed peace and joy in my soul. If for the state of my soul you should fear remember that a man must walk through dark valleys at some point during his life. Did you believe that I would not become a man? We have played music throughout this nation and I think it is good and some people think we are funny and ugly and stupid but some people like us. Cole says that we will flourish some day and all these dark times will pass and our mothers will no longer fear for the state of our souls. As we bear our bodies and our equipment across the land I think of you and father and I know that I must bring you no peace, but I know I must bear on. As the peaks rise over the horizon and as the Phoenix rises from the flames so will the pink van rise in heavenly glory from its once lowly state.With Love Your Son,Jack We continued our eastward course into Idaho and crossed the jagged platueas and mesas of that land and became sickened by the violent bobbing of the roadways. The bottom of the state, before passing into Utah, brought us gentle valleys and the need for a rest from our travels. We pulled the pink van into one of the gentle valleys for to make our camp. The pragmatic Joe Bradley sent me to gather logs as he stoked the kindling into flames. Jared tried to build a beaver trap in the nearby creek. Cole set out to get the lay of the land. As our fire reached a sustainable burn and the cheese within our frozen burritos began to sizzle Cole returned with some people he had met at a truck stop across the valley. Two lovely native squalls knelt down among us at our fire and we offered up to them our humble foodstuffs. In return they offered tidings of good weed and strong drink and as we reached intoxication the register of the girls voices descended and it became clear that fair maidens these were not. I don't know quite how nature took it's course but soon Jared and I found ourselves alone by the fire with Trani-tribes stash laid out before us. As we smoked an enormous fatty I fell back on my log and listened to the hooting owl and the ecstatic guttural moans of an Indian fag in mid coitus. I don't know if it was the voice of my God fearing mother or the Great Spirit of that valley but I received a vision. As I stared into the night sky and gazed upon the crescent moon the universe changed to negative, like the negative of a photograph. The black abyss turned blinding white and the stars and the moon turned inky black. The din of the valley rose as all the creatures cried out. The she-males screeched in horrific abandon. A deep peace like death passed over my soul.
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“Bad Kids/Leroy Faster” is the new double-a-side single from Black Lips out on May 12th. It features fan-favourite “Bad Kids” from the current album “Good Bad Not Evil” as well as brand new exclusive track “Leroy Faster”. Its available on limited editon 7” and digital download click here
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Black Lips hit the UK on Thursday May 1st for a two week tour starting in Cardiff and ending at The Great Escape in Brighton on May 17th. Tickets available by clicking here
1st May The Point - Cardiff, Wales
2nd May Club NME - Swansea, Wales
3rd May Crawdaddy - Dublin, Ireland
4th May Barrowlands 2 - Glasgow, Scotland
6th May The Plug - Sheffield, England
7th May The Brudenell Social Club - Leeds, England
8th May Club NME - Birmingham, England
9th May ATP v Pitchfork - Cambersands, England
11th May The Junction 2 - Cambridge, England
13th May Thekla - Bristol, England
14th May 100 Club - London, England
15th May Kings College - London, England
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Black Lips to support Raconteurs
Black Lips are set to support The Raconteurs on the following dates in the U.S.:
27th May Washington DC 930 Club
28th May Washington DC 930 Club
30th May New York City Terminal 5
31st May New York City Terminal 5
1st June New York City Terminal 5
3rd June Boston B of A Pavillion
7th June Detroit The Fillmore
9th June Columbus LC Amphitheater
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they say that we learn from history. Thats's mostly appopriated to holocaust talk. shit that went down in germany and rwanda, and the world wars in europe. but outside war mongering there is art. There are a few people that saved this art. and i commend them. for without them there would be no black lips. there would be no rock and roll as we know it.it started with alan lomax and his father recording the desparate blues and soul that was the american south. what followed was a wave of white motherfuckers in a procession of awe, devouring theses strange beautiful sounds for years to come. I love amaerica for this, and all its many flaws and faults. NORTON records, CRYPT records and BOMP records have documented american roots and pop music. these people are not only music lovers but historians of the utmost degree. they are vital to the continuation of what we love. i love them and you shuold too. they are all we've got left to remember our fathers