Guardian Music — Hip-hop heavyweight recording follow-up to seminal solo album. Fingers crossed it won't include Devendra BanhartOne of the most legendary albums in hip-hop is about to get a sequel. Wu-Tang Clan's GZA has announced that he is working on Liquid Swords... more info

Pitchfork — Screen shot from of Montreal's video If you've ever wanted to see a dude in a lobster costume execute an earthshaking 360 dunk over a popular rapper, you just might get your chance on May 1. That's when Converse's Band of Ballers basketball tournamen... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Black Lips @ Brooklyn Bowl in March (more by Chris La Putt) Rock Off have updated their summer schedule of NYC Boat Cruise shows, which, like always, has focus on punk & garage (though there are other genres too). It... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: I Fought the Law, CanadaWhen the Black Lips fight the law, the law usually wins. The Atlanta group made headlines in January of last year when a feisty, obscene performance in Chennai, India turned the garage rockers into a band on the r... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Black Lips @ Brooklyn Bowl (more by Gabi Porter) It's all things Scion (the car) and Black Lips (the band) around here lately and that trend continues in this post. The next Toyota-sponsored garage rock show in Brooklyn will take... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Gabi Porter Black Lips & fan @ Brooklyn Bowl On Tuesday night (3/23) Atlanta's Black Lips played Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg. One night later they played Bowery Ballroom. For a band as well known for outrageous stage shows as... more info

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Pitchfork — Last year, when the fabled Black Lips/Wavves beef was still raging, Black Lips member Jared Swilley followed up an inter-band bar brawl in Brooklyn by giving an interview to Buddyhead in which he used the word "faggot" four times in reference to Wavv... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jessica Amaya "The title of this video is "The Black Lips' Jared Swilley apologizes for homophobia, kisses gay blogger" which made me worried that someone had forced Jared into a Michael-Richards/Dog-the-Bounty-Hunter public shaming situati... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Box Elders @ Market Hotel - Jan. 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Nebraskan's Box Elders are touring with Black Lips this March. They both play Maxwell's on March 21st, Brooklyn Bowl on March 23rd and Bowery Ballroom on March 24th.... more info