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The BLACK LIPS – ” Apocalypse Love “

Posted: September 8, 2022 in MUSIC
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Singer and saxophonist Zumi Rosow muses, “It’s a weird dance record, one that reflects the moment that the world’s in right now…”

“Apocalypse Love” is an album that emanates from a dive bar jukebox in the back of your mind; with a playlist that bends between tub thumping doom- glam, Plastic Ono singalongs, cocktail-shaken space age pop, Morricone reverberations and lo-fi outsider acoustic-punk, with mariachi horns, theremins, drum machines and harmonies filtering through the infectious melodies.

Stand-out number ‘Among The Dunes’ is an amorphous platform-heeled anthem, a signature sax-fuelled stomper filled with trippy swagger. While opener ‘No Rave’ proffers a hypnotic locked groove, with Cole Alexander’s trademark snarl delivered over a sulphurous wall of distorted hedonism, a dystopian anthem for an apocalyptic manifesto. Meanwhile, the twisted exotica of ‘Whips Of Holly’ with its silver screen façade is like the soundtrack to a classic Theda Bara vamp-fest.

As the band venture into their third decade, Apocalypse Love is proof that The Black Lips show no sign of slowing down…

Stand-out number ‘Among The Dunes’ is an amorphous platform-heeled anthem, a signature sax-fuelled stomper filled with trippy swagger. While opener ‘No Rave’ proffers a hypnotic locked groove, with Cole Alexander’s trademark snarl delivered over a sulphurous wall of distorted hedonism, a dystopian anthem for an apocalyptic manifesto. Meanwhile, the twisted exotica of ‘Whips Of Holly’ with its silver screen façade is like the soundtrack to a classic Theda Bara vamp-fest.

Released October 14th, 2022

The BLACK LIPS – ” Live At Third Man Records “

Posted: February 10, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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The Black Lips bring the party to Third Man – a day we’d been waiting for for some time. Back in June, Black Lips performed a live set at Jack White’s Third Man Records in Nashville. That set was recorded and has been released this week as The Black Lips Live at Third Man, available on 12″ and digitally. It features a cover of “You Must Be a Witch” by Fred Cole’s pre- Dead Moon/Pierced Arrows group the Lollipop Shoppe.

Recorded live to analog tape on 06/11/12.

Setlist
Family Tree
Stuck In My Head
Oh Katrina
Make It
Lock and Key
Modern Art
I Saw A Ghost (Lean)
You Must Be A Witch (F. Cole)
Fad
Dumpster Dive
Drugs
I Got A Knife
Bow Down And Die

The BLACK LIPS – ” This Sick Beat ” EP

Posted: February 3, 2018 in MUSIC
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THE BLACK LIPS RELEASE 10″ VINYL, Only available through Chimera Records

This sold out quickly on Record Store Day. This second pressing of the Sean Lennon-produced record is limited to only 500 limited edition copies, on cloudy white vinyl. This limited edition 10″, produced by Sean Lennon, with two new songs and two new mixes from the band Pitchfork describes as “Like a group of road-tripping teenagers who’ve scored a Groupon for the five-star hotel and opt to take a dump in the bidet.”

“Ask For The Wolfman”, “58 Drops”, “The Last Cul de Sac” (new mix), “It Won’t Be Long” (new mix)

The release includes two non-album tracks and two new mixes, including a cover of The Beatles’ “It Won’t Be Long”.

BLACK LIPS – ” Can’t Hold On “

Posted: November 16, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Black Lips will release new album Satan’s Graffiti or God’s Art? on Vice Records. The album was produced by Sean Lennon and features guest appearances by Sean’s mom, Yoko Ono, as well as Saul Adamczewski of Fat White Family. You can check out first single “Can’t Hold On,” along with album art and tracklist, below.

The band will be on tour later this spring, playing Birmingham’s Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath. Tickets for that show are on sale now. All dates are listed below.

Saul of Fat White Family is also in The Moonlandingz, whose new album was also co-produced by Sean Lennon and also features Yoko Ono, and came out today. Black Lips were born of DIY ethic, working their way from sweaty basement shows in Georgia to huge crowds at international music festivals (including a performance at Fun Fun Fun Fest that appears in Terrence Malick’s forthcoming film Song to Song) to tours in such far flung locales as India, Jordan, Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraqi Kurdistan, the United Arab Emirates, and many more. Their latest album, Satan’s graffiti or God’s art? vindicates Black Lips for sticking it out through many years of shifting trends and buzz bands; a sonically captivating document that is as creatively unhinged as it is precisely executed, one of the rawest and most expansive albums in the band’s storied history.

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FLUFFER RECORDS PIT PARTIES – The BLACK LIPS Megapit Party Coronet Theatre London 24th November 2017

Posted: September 7, 2017 in MUSIC
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The BLACK LIPS – ” Can’t Hold On “

Posted: May 20, 2017 in MUSIC
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Atlanta flower punk pioneers Black Lips have announced that their first album in three years, Satan’s graffiti or God’s art?, is set for release May 5th on Vice Records. Produced by Sean Lennon at his studio compound in upstate New York throughout 2016, the album is the group’s most musically evolved to date, while still staying true to their original blistering take on fuzzy, dirty rock n’ roll.

During the recording the band isolated themselves from the outside world, infusing the album with a focused liveliness similar to the spirit that brought them together in the first place. On Satan’s graffiti or God’s art? founding members Cole Alexander and Jared Swilley teamed with former guitarist Jack Hines (who played in the group from 2002-2004) and recent additions Oakley Munson on drums and Zumi Rosow on saxophone. The album also features contributions by Saul Adamczewski of Fat White Family and guest vocals by Yoko Ono.

New album Satan’s graffiti or God’s art? out now on Vice Records.
http://www.black-lips.com