Rumoured to have mellowed out at their live shows somewhat, due to previously-induced moral panic amongst crowds, Black Lips are coming to town. Not buying this ‘rumour’ we will secretly prepare for some crazy antics; chickens, vomiting, maybe just a little bit of nudity. We can only hope.

What you can definitely expect is a rendition of their latest single “Drums”, released shortly before this Concorde2 gig (24 August) and taken from this year’s “200 Million Thousand” album. “Drugs” typifies their style exactly – 1950s rock ‘n’ roll, space-y guitars, shed loads of reverb to incite swaggering hips, gyrating feet – y’know, sucking on a cherry-topped milkshake type music.

Laura Sherwood

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