Rolling Stone — Detroit garage rockers the Von Bondies popped by the Rolling Stone offices recently for a special acoustic performance — you can catch their stripped down versions of “Chancer” and “Pale Bride” in Rock Daily, and part of their interview rig... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Black Lips - Short Fuse (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Noel Heroux (Hooray For Earth) & DJ Die Young - With Every Heartbeat (Robyn Cover) (MP3) School of Seven Bells @ LPR in January (more by Natasha Ryan) today in NYC *... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Plus Little Boots, Cage The Elephant, Black Lips and many more are announced... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Free MP3 of the Day Artist: Crocodiles Songs: 'Neon Jesus'Album: 'Neon Jesus'Sounds Like: The Flamin' Groovies, The Black LipsDownload: 'Neon Jesus'(MP3)[Get Winamp] [Download Help] Next MP3 more info

NME - The Bands Blog — Last night Black Lips played a Shockwaves NME Awards show at the Carling Academy in Islington, London. Now, the last time the Atlanta rockers played in the capital, at the Heaven venue, they ended up battling security guards, having their sound pull... more info

NME — Black Lips headlined a Shockwaves NME Awards show in London last night (February 15) - with San Diego newcomers The Soft Pack playing their first UK show as a support act. more info

Stereogum — Black Lips are savvy motherfuckers, ostensibly building a successful career by playing '60s and punk-inspired, lo-fi garage rock (or, what they call "flower punk") that isn't better or worse than the inoffensive garage rock (not called "flower pun... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Who else but Black Lips! The kings of flower-punk are back on February 24th with their third LP for Vice Records, a little gem called 200 Million Thousand. The ruffian foursome continue their domination of the fading messy garage rock genre with mor... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Free MP3 of the DaySpinner.com: Artist: Black Lips Songs: 'Short Fuse' Album: '200 Million Thousand' [iTunes] Sounds Like: The Sonics, The Dwarves Download: 'Short Fuse' (MP3) [Get Winamp] [Download Help] Next MP3 Black Lips on the I... more info

Pitchfork — -- Jazz and cabaret great Blossom Dearie passed away from natural causes on Saturday, February 7 in New York City, the Associated Press reports. She was 82. During her 60+ year career, she contributed to a Parisian vocal group, recorded for Verve an... more info