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If you live in Austin, Seattle or San Diego come on down to some of our favorite record stores for free Black Lips jams before the balls out night shows.
Friday Oct 5 AUSTIN
5pm In-store at Waterloo Records
Friday night show at Emo's
Saturday Oct 13
1pm In-store at Sonic Boom in Seattle
Saturday night show at Dante's in Portland
Thursday Oct 18 SAN DIEGO
6pm In-store at M-Theory
Thursday night show at The Casbah
For the show in Detroit tomorrow night at the Magic Stick Harley-Davidsons' hopped on board to make the show even crazier than your usual Black Lips show. If you're old enough to drink booze, there's an open bar from 8-10pm and the burly people at Harley-Davidson will be doing a special giveaway. Like, a real special giveaway that you can vroom off on. It's going to be a time, so if you're Detroit-inclined, get ready for your Tuesday night to feel like a Saturday.
Justice's "D.A.N.C.E." has been nominated for another MTV award - this time on the world wide wow. mtvU.com's Woodie Award nominees have been announced and "D.A.N.C.E." has been nominated for the Best Video Woodies. Justice is up against Say Anything, TVOTR, RJD2 and Motion City Soundtrack - stiff competition, but a field full of gentlemen from what we can tell. So get over and vote for Truth, Justice and the "D.A.N.C.E." way. You'll be glad you did. Democracy feels great. Justice will also be on the boob tube on October 9 on Kimmel. Set your TiVo and get ready for a French Spectacle to rival the storming of the Bastille.
There's nothing like a collection of weirdos, gold pants, gold teeth, newspaper hats, a shawl made of balloons, a dude with a big black furry phallus, a chick with pasties, a sousaphone, a trumpet, a couple of drummers, a dude that likes to light himself on fire, a confetti shooter (once used for feathers) and a whole bunch of jazzed kids to really kick off a record release party. The Bad Kids Parade from Soundfix on N11th and Bedford to the Music Hall of Williamsburg on N6th and Kent was one of the coolest times around. If you weren't there, check out the pix and check out the weirdo little clip MTV shot of the whole thing.
And who knew Cole could skateboard?
Black Lips are trekking across the border and are playing a handful of shows and instores. Northern neighbors, check it out:
Saturday Sept. 22nd at Sala Rossa (4848 St. Laurent) $15.00
Sunday Sept 23rd at 4pm Acoustic in-store at Criminal Records (493 Queen
st.w)
Sunday Sept. 23rd at The Horseshoe Tavern (370 Queen St. W) $15.50 Adv
@Tm-Hs-Rt-Ss. $18.00@Door.
Monday Sept. 24th 6:00pm at MTV LIVE (888 Yonge st.)
Black Lips aren't your average band, so if we're doing an instore, we have to switch it up a bit. When Black Lips come to NYC, after they slay Bowery, they'll be swinging by Sound Fix before the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Here's the party line:
The Black Lips Circus and Bad Kids Parade at Sound Fix
Come on down and join in the revelry at the Black Lips Circus at Sound Fix in Williamsburg (110 Bedford Ave Brooklyn, NY), Wednesday September 19 at 7:00 PM.
What is the Black Lips Circus? You'll have to come to Sound Fix and find out. But keep in mind, it's the Black Lips we're talking about here....
Afterward, lace up your deck shoes for a rollicking trip up Bedford Ave as the band leads the Bad Kids Parade to the brand new Music Hall of Williamsburg (66 North Sixth St Brooklyn, NY) , where the Black Lips will truly christen Brooklyn's newest venue with their unparalleled rock stylings.
And wear costumes. It's a circus, dress up for the occasion.
Today's the day! Black Lips'Good Bad Not Evil has arrived. For the momentous occasion, Black Lips are doing a special show at MJQ in Atlanta TONIGHT. How do you get into the show? Well, it's easy. Head on over to Criminal Records today, get a spiff-tastic DVD of Black Lips Live in Israel which you can't get your paws on anywhere else, and get the secret handshake invite to the show on tonight (as long as you're over 21). There will be CDs available as your ticket in at MJQ tonight, but why would you risk it? Head down to Criminal and pick up the gem and get ready for the show.
Joe, Ian and Cole went over to 99x this morning, chatted and played an acoustic version of "Bad Kids." If you weren't up at 9:30 you can download the segment as an MP3 here.
Acrassicauda is a band that used to call Baghdad home. They play some gnarly heavy metal, love Metallica and Sabbath and seem like pretty cool guys. In their six years as a band they have only managed to play 6 concerts in Baghdad. The war has now all but destroyed their dream to live in peace, grow their hair long, bang their heads and play metal as loud as they want. They currently reside as refugees in Damascus, Syria, and all of their visa applications to foreign countries have been denied. VICE Films and VBS.tv have made a movie about them called Heavy Metal in Baghdad and it's premiering this week at the Toronto Film Festival. It's a pretty amazing film that the many hands of VICE have been involved with since 2003. There will be much heard about this film in the coming months, but check out the trailer, check out their MySpace, explore the site and meet Acrassicauda.
Chromeo's here to prove that festivals aren't just for the summertime. On September 29, Chromeo will be headlining the Neighborhood Festival in LA while whipping all the fashionable kids into a frenzy with The Faint, Spank Rock, A Track, Kid Sister and a bunch more dance inducers. On November 10, Chromeo will be headed down to Miami for the Bang Music Festival. Kanye might have bum rushed the stage when Justice was on it, but we're hoping he'll be all about sharing with our purveyors of "Tenderoni," Smashing Pumpkins and the Bravery.
Winning the 2006 video of the year award at the MTV Europe Music Awards seemed like a pretty solid accomplishment for a couple of underground French DJs, but 007 has been the year of Justice, "D.A.N.C.E." and showdown #2 between Justice and Kanye videos as was witnessed in Vegas this weekend. Although Rihanna's ubiquitous "Umberella" took the trophy home, if you sat through the two hour ceremony you no doubt heard Justice's music bumping amidst the fist fights. Not to shabby.
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