Black Lips have always seemed ready to throw down and bang out some tunes pretty much whenever, so they look right at home here on this episode of "Juan's Basement". We get good versions of a couple of older songs, namely the howling "You're Dumb", from their 2003 debut Black Lips!, and "Buried Alive", which was found on their 2007 album Los Val...

Deerhunter lead singer Bradford Cox once posted an "unused vocal take" from the recording sessions for Microcastle at Rare Book Room. The clip, presumably created for the "sound collage" on the album's Cole Alexander (Black Lips)-featuring "Saved by Old Times" (here is how that came together), found Cox quoting the movie Annie. Not Annie Hall, A...

The second part of Pitchfork.tv's look at the making of Microcastle is up today. Yesterday we talked creative process with the band as they worked with Nicolas Vernhes in Rare Book Room Studio, and today we get the inside scoop on the creation of "Saved by Old Times". Cole Alexander of the Black Lips contributes vocals to the track via instant m...

Diplo will release a compilation called Decent Work for Decent Pay: Collected Works: Volume One worldwide on January 26 via Big Dada/Ninja Tune. True to Diplo's eclectic and collaborative form, the disc is loaded with original tracks and remixes he has produced for Daft Punk, M.I.A., Hot Chip, Bloc Party, Black Lips, Peter Bjorn and John, Kano, ...

Black Lips played a chaotic gig last night (September 16) at London's Heaven venue, resulting in a stage invasion and the plug being pulled on the sound.