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Don’t know how much of a coincidence, but this week is like Black Lips Week here at NRBW HQ. Not only did their newest album, the mostly Mark Ronson produced Arabia Mountain, drop via Vice Records, but they’ve also come out with a new Daytrotter Session. Featuring three raw and tumble cuts off of the album, the real gem here is the long-lost Black Lips classic ‘Make It‘ which originally came off a Dirtbombs split 7″. Grab this new version below, or nab the full set via Daytrotter.

mp3: Black Lips – Make It (Daytrotter Session)

Welcome back to our first coloumn that we ever started for this blog, for one of the bands we truly love the most. Black Lips Singles Club returns with the full live performance that ended up being called Live at Rob’s House. A great show and live recording for any Black Lips fan featuring a great King Khan & The BBQ cover which doesn’t get played live much these days and mainly the early shambolic tracks. It’s pretty freakin’ rad.

01 Too Much In Love
02 Oh Katrina
03 Born To Be A Man
04 Five And Ten
05 Boomerang
06 Ain’t Coming Back
07 Sea of Blasphemy
08 I’ve Got an Uzi
09 Stranger
10 Not A Problem
11 Hippie Hippie Hoorah
12 Take Me Home (Back To Boone)
13 Make It
14 MIA
15 Dirty Hands
16 Workin’
17 Juvenile
18 Freakout

DOWNLOAD -> Black Lips – Veni Vidi Vici (Mumdance Remix)

Okay, so do y’all remember a couple of weeks ago the Black Lips put out a single or free download or whatever of “Before You Judge Me” through Adult Swim? Well, something tells me they’re gearing up to do more stuff (hi, album? it’s only been TWO years!) because they’re releasing another free download – which happens to be a 7″ split with Pierced Arrows. Their song is called “Best Napkin I Ever Had”, which inspired the amazing tweet: Best Song about a Napkin I Ever Heard, which will be out through Scion A/V which apparently has a great partnership with Black Lips and Vice so download the track below.

DOWNLOAD -> Black Lips - Best Napkin I Ever Had

I’m pretty sure it was just yesterday that I was lamenting the loss of my obsessive love for Black Lips and wishing they’d do something to reignite my love for them and hopefully tour etc and then this morning I wake up and what do I see?

Black Lips are up on Adult Swim’s 8 Singles in 8 Weeks series. Before You Judge Me is raw and bluesy.

DOWNLOAD -> Black Lips - Before You Judge Me

Have you missed Black Lips Singles Club? I’m almost out of things to post for you…. but I do have the Daytrotter session that Black Lips did during their stint at SXSW 2009. It’s an excellent one. Enjoy

DOWNLOAD -> Black Lips – You Must Be A Witch (Lollipop Shoppe Cover)
DOWNLOAD -> Black Lips – Drugs
DOWNLOAD -> Black Lips – Take My Heart

Amazing song that came off the ‘Does She Want’ 7″ that was exclusive to Slovenly Records, but which you can now get a hold of for only $4.50 at Goner Records (great deal, tbh). This shit sounds way cleaner than their 2005 selves really were but with all that kind of racuousness that they seem to have forgotten since they’ve really learned to play their instruments. As with all early Black Lips cuts, Joe has a strong hold over this song and just punches it forward letting Cole’s frankly rudimentary guitar skills kind of slide along. There’s a fantastic riffage moment towards the end, but the shouting is what really gets me. I love this side of Black Lips. Get this.

DOWNLOAD -> Black Lips – Stoned

Git yrselves ready for this weeks edition of the Black Lips Singles club. The one I’ve got for you today is called ‘B52 Bomberboy’ and its a really early cut from the Ain’t Comin’ Back 7″. It sounds much bluesier than the Black Lips ever ended up sounding later on – unfortunately. It’s like an early, much less proficient, much more awesome Strange Boys track. Get on this while it’s hot.

DOWNLOAD -> Black Lips – B52 Bomberboy

DOWNLOAD -> Black Lips – Starting Over (Bandstand Busking Session)
DOWNLOAD -> Black Lips – I’ll Be With You (Bandstand Busking Session)
DOWNLOAD -> Black Lips – Bad Kids (Bandstand Busking Session)
DOWNLOAD -> Black Lips – Bow Down And Die (Bandstand Busking Session)

I have been working these past couple of weeks to ensure that I have everything that Black Lips have ever done and now, I think my collection is finally complete and I can share with you the final pieces to the puzzle. Todays is a wonderful classic called ‘Hippys’.

DOWNLOAD -> Black Lips – Hippys (from Hippys 7″)