The Black Lips are what you could call true visionaries of a skeptical age. Even from their very first 7" EP, you could tell they were doing their own thing on their own terms, and of course it didn't sit well, even with the dawning of the 21st century and all it promised. Wildly cross-eyed broken stars destined to waver in their importance in the cosmos, they know no boundaries and they take no pretense. Like a volatile and teetering amalgamation of the SWELL MAPS trying to cover the SWINGIN' MEDALLIONS, it's just not right for this world. Unless you long for theunhinged freedom that comes with music that challenges everything without becoming an unlistenable mess of sound. It's a dazzling catastrophe that needs to be absorbed before it vaporizes into thin air. The fun these guys have is hard to hide either live or on record. Seriously slurred swashbucklers living out the ultimate teenage dream, yet breaking through another layer of remarkable idiocy, transcribed through hallucinations, exasperation, and perfectly casual dick fumbling. Such perennial sophistication causes the very foundation of "FLOWER PUNK" to be lysergisized, germinated, fertilized, and fully pollenated. Let it Bloom, and it's fruit, will feed the next generation of off-centered, slop-a-licious rock'n roll pioneers for years to come. How the Black Lips manage to walk through the perfumed garden of life is a miracle of modern bullshit, but a miracle nonetheless. Their validity is overwhelming and so refreshing, it almost makes me dizzy, and the way they can find their way through the mundane darkness of modern music and discover their own notes and chords between the lines is unparalleled by their peers. Their substance is real, their new album is prerequisite, and their message is disturbingly clear. Rock'n Roll is soul-stirringly powerful and unpredictable, and there's nothing more important than that. It's noteveryday that a band can exorcize such an atrociously beautiful THIRD album, so it may be hard for you to grasp, like the rest of us. These boys have tapped into a very secret well that everyone wants to drink from. Too bad it's got weird bent rainbows and chunks of shit floating in it.

 

All acts on this roster are represented by Solar Penguin worldwide, except (*)

LIVE ACTS
Amos (Sounds Of Subterrania)
Arrested Development (Edel) *
Bauchklang (Klein) *
Bubble Beatz *
Buscemi (Labels) *
Chromeo (V2) *
Club Of High Eyebrows *
Daniel JOhnston
Dan Deacon *
!dELAdAP (Chat Chapeau)
De La Soul *
Dub Trio *
Fancy *
George Clinton *
Hacienda (Ministry of Sound)
Holiday Fun Club
IAMX (Major Rec)
iPunx
King Automatic
King Khan & The Shrines (Hazelwood)
King Khan & BBQ Show (In The Red)
Kosheen PA/DJ-Set (Universal) *
Ladytron *
Lapko (Fullsteam) *
Llorca (Fcom) *
Mardi Gras.BB (Hazelwood)
Mezcaleros *
Mo` Horizons (Agogo)
Mon Roe (Roasting House)
My Robot Friend (Soma) *
Neo (Warner) *
New York Ska Jazz Ensemble *
Pest (Ninja Tune)
Pop Levi (Counter) *
Racoon (PIAS)
Reverend's Revenge (Hazelwood) *
Russkaja (Chat Chapeau)
Rummelsnuff (Zick Zack) *
Smokestack Lightnin (Emi) *
Stateless (!K7) *
The Black Lips (In The Red) *
The Blue Sinners
The Casanovas *
The Fashion *
The Great Bertholinis (Hazelwood) *
The Heavy (Counter) *
The Low Frequency In Stereo *
The Lemonheads (Vagrant) *
Toni L & Safarisounds
Ultra Orange & Emanuelle *
Urban Delights (Unique)
Velveteen (Unique)

DJs
4 Hero (Talkin` Loud) *
Adam Freeland (Marine Parade) *
Alex Gopher (V2 Music) *
Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode) *
Aphrodite (Urban Takeover) *
Birdy Nam Nam *
Buscemi (Labels) *
Commix (Metalheadz) *
Cyantific (Hospital) *
Dani Siciliano (!K7) *
Danny Byrd (Hospital) *
DJ Cam (Columbia) *
DJ Jazzy Jeff (Various) *
DJ Krush (Sony) *
DJ Marky (Brazil) *
DJ Patife (Brazil) *
DJ Premier (Gang Starr) *
Dub Pistols (Distinctive) *
Eddie Thoneick *
Etienne de Crecy (V2) *
Freddy Fresh (Sony) *
Gilles Peterson (Talkin` Loud) *
Goldie (Metalheadz) *
Guns`n`Bombs (Kitsune Maison) *
Hacienda (Ministry Of Sound)
Hexstatic (Ninja Tune) *
High Contrast (Hospital) *
Julie Marghilano
Kenny "Dope" Gonzales (MAW) *
Knee Deep (Clubstar)
Kosheen DJs (Universal) *
Llorca (Fcom/Pias) *
Logistics (Hospital)*
"Little" Louie Vega (MAW) *
London Elektricity (Hospital) *
Louis Osbourne (Kingdome Come)
Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode) *
Masters At Work (MAW) *
Michael Rütten (Compost)
Mickey Finn (Urban Takeover) *
Miguel Migs (Naked Music) *
MJ Cole *
Mo` ?????????a#Horizons (Agogo)
My Robot Friend (Soma) *
Nu:Tone (Hospital) *
Paco de la Cruz (Brazilectro)
Peter Hook (New Order/Joy Division) *
Plump DJs (Finger Lickin) *
Shy FX (Digital Soundboy) *
Skream *
Smith & Mighty (!K7) *
Syncopix (Hospital) *
Talvin Singh *
The Buttbrothers
The Freestylers DJs *
The Happy Mondays DJs *
Tomahawk (Hospital)
zero dB (Ninja Tune) *

MCs
J.MC
MC Tali (Full Cycle)
MC Wrec (Hospital)
Stamina MC*




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