Impose Magazine — King Louie is one of those musicians that makes me think, 'This guy's a genius, and everybody else is stupid,' simply due to the fact that really bad music gets notice, while King Louie has been the Kevin Bacon of the American garage scene for going ... more info

Culture Bully — "Arabia Mountain" is a sultry, melodic mix of low-fi, wiry sounds and guttural, dissonant vocals reminiscent of the Vibrators meeting the Beach Boys with a tad bit of Ramones thrown in for good measure. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Heralding a new attention to detail and craftsmanship, the self-described flower punk band's latest and most ambitious long-player, "Arabia Mountain," hit record stores Tuesday. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — "Guess what I'm wearing?" Black Lips bassist Jared Swilley asked at the beginning of a recent phone interview, leaving an imaginative listener to fear the worst. After all, the scrappy Atlanta garage punk band has gained notoriety over the years... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Times critics review the latest pop music releases, including the Arctic Monkeys, Death Cab for Cutie, the Black Lips and more. Times critics review the latest pop music releases, including the Arctic Monkeys, Death Cab for Cutie, the Black Lips and ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Mark Ronson knows a thing or two about handling boozy, misanthropic musicians (he produced Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black,” after all). But on the Atlanta rock band Black Lips’ latest, he plays less of a cleanup man and more of... more info

Guardian Music — (V2)There's a good reason garage rock thrives in compilation form: it all sounds more or less the same, so placing different voices and tones alongside each other is an easy way to introduce the variety single bands usually lack. Black Lips, from At... more info

Nialler9 — The best of recent album streams in A-Z. Plenty more in the Album Streams category. Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See Bachelorette - Bachelorette Black Lips – Arabia Mountain Cults  - Cults Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys Eddie Vedder –... more info

Guardian Music — Not only has Kate Bush just released the album Director's Cut, but she's even been talking about releasing another one. New material may be on its way, but chances of seeing Bush live are slim; the singer famously only ever performed one tour, the 19... more info

Scotsman.com — THE BLACK LIPS STEREO, GLASGOW **** more info