Black Lips / 200 Million Thousand
Album: 200 Million Thousand   Collection:General
Artist:Black Lips   Added:Mar 2009
Label:Vice Music Inc  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2009-07-19 Pull Date: 2009-09-20
Week Ending: Sep 20 Sep 6 Aug 30 Aug 23 Aug 9 Aug 2 Jul 26
Airplays: 2 1 2 2 3 2 4

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 21, 2022: Down in the Basement (rebroadcast from Feb 17, 2022)
Drugs
4. Aug 09, 2013: Tunes
Short Fuse
2. Feb 17, 2022: Down in the Basement
Drugs
5. May 16, 2013: Daydream Disaster
Again & Again
3. Aug 17, 2017: moodswings
Drugs
6. Apr 04, 2013: Daydream Disaster
Body Combat

Album Review
Basil
Reviewed 2009-07-12

The band's self-described "flower punk" - psychedelic mixed w/ garage rock – sounds like the Sex Pistols mixed w/ the Beach Boys and topped off with a side of dirge & silliness. Band is from Atlanta, GA & is known for their wild shows (vomiting, urination). this is their 5th album.
FCC: 3, 11 Try: 6, 1,3,2,5

1) ** high energy, jangly, chaotic opener. Makes u want to rattle about
2) *vox like the Ramones w/ boppin surf guitar; “flower punk” at its peak
3) **FCC accessible track w/ catchy chorus + maracas in the rhythm section.
4) dissonant grief & dragging guitars
5) *Haunting & Howling mixed w/ a bit of psychedelic flavor
6) **Lead single: upbeat, communal, lo-fi southern rock a la Black Keys, The Who
7) slower song, mourning lyrics
8) pokes fun at Jack Johnson!
9) name of song (“again & again”) precludes the guitar riff; great energetic yet droning punk
10) Less scratchy & echoed than others; focuses on southern jangle & surf guitars
11) FCC “fuckin”; grungy slow RAP! Gets kooky & screamy
12) driving, chunky guitar chords a la The Vines, dissonant vox
13) Oh the dirge! Play it if you sense a craving for dumb despair
14) Little interlude about becoming religious; wild, drunken exclamations about seeing god

Track Listing
1. Take My Heart   8. Big Black Baby Jesus Of Today
2. Drugs   9. Again & Again
3. Starting Over   10. Old Man
4. Let It Grow   11. The Drop I Hold
5. Trapped In A Basement   12. Body Combat
6. Short Fuse   13. Elijah
7. I'll Be Withyou   14. I Saw God