Black Lips Date: November 2, 2013 Venue: Black Cat, Washington, DC 2011 was a pretty lackluster year for new music, save for decent albums from Mastodon, Beastie Boys, the Black Keys, and the Black Lips. The latter was a surprise favorite. In years when few new releases catch my ear I tend to catch up on older stuff I missed the first time. That year I got deep into mid-60's psych and garage rock, with the infamous and influential Nuggets box set as a guide. It was serendipitous that the Black Lips, a band I hadn't really paid much attention to prior, released their sixth album Arabia Mountain that year. Produced in large part by well known 60's sound fetishist Mark Ronson (responsible for Amy Winehouse's biggest Motown soundalikes), the album faithfully recreated the gonzo Animal House aesthetic of vintage Sonics, Kingsmen, and Wailers. Black Lips On Arabia Mountain the Atlanta, Georgia, based garage rock foursome sho...
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