the black lips always seem to induce a near riot every time they place in chicago--a state of frenzied enthusiasm most bands can never ask for from a crowd.
and that edge of mayhem might stem from the all ages audience mixing with the hard drinking older kids, but when the black lips break into 'bad kids' it doesn't matter where the show is or who's in the audience, no one wants to behave.....
the black lips played their hits, and songs from across their catalog as always. the black lips aren't one of those bands that refuses to play anything older than the last album....
they rocked quite a few new jams from their upcoming arabia mountain lp....which has them leaning more towards power pop and jangling garage than the lo-fi killed by death influenced garage punk of the past.
the new songs garnered less excitement from the crowd, but i dare say that once everyone has the new lp that won't be the case....'go out and get it' could be their next raucous anthem......
anyway, the black lips are always worth the cover charge.
make sure you go see them if you can, and even if you have to drive a couple of hours. not every band plays shows like it might be their last.....
the video below is the black lips' last song of the evening, and yes it's a shit video, but i don't have a real camera, so try to enjoy it anyway......
(ps thanks to gaper's block for the additional photos, you know the better of the two photos in the post had to be borrowed from someone who is a professional.)
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