Chris’s Top Songs Of Twenty-Twelve

The Barbaras – these dudes created some of my favorite songs released in 2012

As with every year, I’m listing off my favorite songs (in alphabetical order) and keeping to a three song maximum per band, because there’s just way too many to list all of them! And we’re off.

A:

Adam Green & Binki Shapiro- “Here I Am”
Atlantic Thrills- “Foreign Lands” “Acid Rain” “Give It Back”

B:

The Barbaras- “Breathing Underwater” “How Many Times” “Only One”
Bent Shapes- “Bites and Scratches” “Leave It Till You Need It”
Best Coast- “The Only Place”

C:

Cumstain- “Ghost Love” “Rollin Wrong” “Sit and Twist”

D:

Dangeresque- “Walking Dead”
Diamond Rugs- “Blue Mountains”
Dirty Virgins- “Cheap Talk”

E:

The Electric Street Queens- “Beefcake Baby” “She’s Gotta Bruise” “Doncha Wanna Work At the Brewary”

F:

Fagettes- “If I See Him Again” “On Drugs”
Fat Creeps- “700 Parts” “Nancy Drew” “Secrets”

G:

Gangbang Gordon- “Life At the ABC” “QMI Fatties”
Ghetto Cross- “Still”
Gravys Drop- “Made to Love” “Runaway” “Happy Birthday”

H:

Hunx
- “Private Room” “Always Forever” “I’m Not The One You’re Looking For”

J:

Jacques Le Coque- “Grow Up”

K:

King Khan & The Shrines- “Bite My Tongue”

M:

Maine Coons- “Ghetto Queen” “Tired and Inspired” “Uniform Choice”
The Migs- “You and Me” “Fuzzy Son” “Take Take Take”

N:

Natural Child- “Faces of Death”
The New Highway Hymnal- “Hey Kid (Gotta Run)” “More” “Blackend Hands”
Nobunny- “Assholes” “At the Mall”

O:

The Orwells- “Halloween All Year” “Mallrats (La La La)”

P

Peach Kelli Pop- “Panchito Blues II” “Dreamphone”

S:

Saba Lou- “Until The End”
Shannon and the Clams- “Angel Baby”
SKIMASK- “Get U Back” “Fine China”
Slimers- “Spaghetti Ann”
Squall- “Repulsor” “No Life Here”

T:

Ty Segall- “Thank God For Sinners” “You’re The Doctor”
Ty Segall Band- ”Wave Goodbye”

Y:

Yankee Power- “Stray” “Adopted Love Doll” “Real Folk”

Flashback: Black Lips Live in Strasbourg (6/10/04)

Tis time for yet another band flashback. In this segment, if you will, I like to take a time machine back to an earlier period in one of our favorite artist’s (most likely the Black Lips) careers. This here is one of my favorite Black Lips live videos! I love seeing this ancient, early footage of the band. Wish there was more out there, so let’s cherish what we got. This is part 1 of the Lips performing a set at a place called the Zanzibar in Strasbourg, France and it took place on June 10, 2004- just weeks after the release of their sophomore effort, We Did Not Know The Forest Spirit Made The Flowers Grow. Of course, something is missing here or should I say someone- no Ian!  :(  not for a few more months I believe… ahh but Richie Hayes (correct?) takes care of lead guitar duties.  I also find it interesting that the band opens with “I’ve Got A Knife” here, because I’ve seen a few videos from this era where they start the show with this same number; I wonder if that was a standard for them like “Sea of Blasphemy” has been a signature show opener for the past few years? Well anyway, enjoy. But don’t stop at just 1!

Part II- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyFf1B8zkQ8&feature=relmfu

Part III- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFvDmSmuqhU&feature=relmfu

P.S. Pause it at 5:16 a poster for King Khan & The Shrines- Three Hairs and Your Mine. If my history is correct then this is the exact same European tour where the Lips met Khan! Ohh God, I know way too much about this shit than any healthy child should…

Black Lips At Their Finest

Entrevista a Black Lips from ariadna cebrián on Vimeo.

I’ve been really digging these most recent interviews! Characters haha.

Black Lips Interview @ Lors De Plage/ Chick-Fil-A Protest

Once again, many inspirational quotations from the brains of Ian and Jared.

Meanwhile, Jared and Cole stage a humorous protest against Chick-Fil-A’s recent homophobic media uproar.


“Can’t decide what’s gonna taste better, A chicken sandwich,or Jared’s tongue shoved down my throat”- Cole

Black Lips @ Empty Bottle (7/6/12)

Yo, watch Ian sing his heart out on “Time,” classic! I haven’t seen this in their sets yet. This is a recent video of a show at the Empty Bottle in Chicago. You can find the other parts on You Tube as well. I recommend you do that.

Diamond Rugs Day Trotter

Check it out!
http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/diamond-rugs/20055686-37382892

Diamond Rugs- “Blue Mountains” On Letterman (6/25/12)

Damn, I must say Ian looks great at the center of the stage! Nice voice, nice sound all around really. Glad to see such a sick band on national television.

Black Lips and Biggie- Coachella 2012

Haha nice! Here’s another video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkyEUKOXYEI

Noisey Black Lips Interview

Ha Ian! Who doesn’t love Tom Hanks?

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Let’s not go without posting “New Direction” featuring SI model Jessica Gomes. Better than the official “Newd Irection” video!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012_swimsuit/music/jessica-gomes.html

Diamond Rugs – “Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant”

https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F29378897 Diamond Rugs – Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant by Partisan Records

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