Black Lips: Los Valientes del Mundo Nuevo

Man- when it rains, it pours, and it seems like all of a sudden some fucking kick ass records are coming out. I don't know how I almost passed up the Black Lips' new live record... probably because it came out on Vice of all fucking record labels, but anyway, it fuckin' rips! Recorded in the dirty capital of the world, TIAFUCKINJUANA, by the legendary John Reis (of Hot Snakes and Drive Like Jehu fame) there is no way on earth that this record wouldn't be good. Reis makes no effort to clean up the crowd noise or the band's sometimes embarrassing between song banter- which totally works and successfully creates the best goddamn live punk rock album I've heard in ages. Unfortunately, these dudes are going on tour with snore-core Matador band The Ponys, so I highly doubt they'll be able to re-create what's going on in this record in front of a bunch of pitchdorks, but if John Reis is involved, then we're down- no questions asked. Click it or ticket, hombre.

Black Lips - Not A Problem