Though singer Glenn Tilbrook had grown General Custer’s beard (which also dangled a bit like Col. Sander’s bowtie), and I wished they could have talked Paul Carrack into reprising his vocal on “Tempted,” these guys sounded exactly the same as I imagine they would have in 1982. The timeslot was perfectly 80s, too, as the sun had just set, and the polo field palm trees behind them were lit up in neon colors that matched their evening jackets, like in a Miami Vice nightclub scene. There was a little weirdness here and there from keyboards that didn’t quite fit, but if awkward keyboards aren’t the Squeeze sound, I don’t know what is.

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At a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles, preparations are being made for the most ambitious and blasphemous Black Lips video to date. Director Kyle Safieh has drawn inspiration from the 1960′s Viennese Actionists, whose performance art led to public outrage, numerous arrests and eventual deportation. How perfect for the Black Lips, a band whose musical endeavors have been intermingled with arrests, self-imposed deportation from India and shenanigans on par with performance art.

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Georgia “flower punk band” Black Lips and Brooklyn wreckers Cerebral Ballzy are blowing through town tonight and we got two pairs of tickets to give away. We asked you to send us a YouTube of the best song Black Lips should cover, and we picked our winners early this morning after a long night of [...]

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You know ‘em, you love ‘em, you kinda fear ‘em … and now you can see ‘em free! To win tickets to Black Lips and Cerebral Ballzy on Fri., June 24 at the Fonda, email rsvp@larecord.com with subject line LIPS and a YouTube of the best song Black Lips should cover! Most truly fitting wins! [...]

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Black Lips have been to or narrowly avoided jail in more countries than many schoolchildren can even locate on a map and they do a ripping cover of Jacques Dutronc. They meet here between time and space to knock out this abridged print interview. Complete interview coming soon—both by Vanessa Gonzalez.

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The Dutchess and the Duke were already great when they came through Los Angeles almost exactly a year ago, but their beautiful new album Sunset/Sunrise (produced by Gris Gris’ Greg Ashley) has Lee Hazlewood smiling proudly down from somewhere above Sweden. They speak now to the Black Lips’ Jared Swilley, conducting his first interview ever.

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Time again for L.A. RECORD‘s release party—this time with Piper from Pearl Harbor (as seen on the cover of the new issue) and Cole from Haunted Graffiti (UPDATE: Cole can’t make it but don’t worry, we got plans…) joining us in the back booth with the turntables plus who knows what other special guests? Free [...]

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view more photos “Wavves was playing with Zach Hill as his drummer [at Market Hotel] and the sound was different and pretty cool. We were partying pretty hard, and as always seems to happen, the party moved to Daddy’s after everything was settled up. Daddy’s was packed and the remnants of the Beets (welcome home, [...]

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