Black Lips - All photos by Bill Shouldis

The Black Lips are a circus on stage by themselves, but add King Khan & The Shrines and Deerhunter to the mix and you’re going to going to have pure mayhem. Sunday’s show at McCarren Pool was just that. It was hard to find a focal point most of the time. TP was flying while an old dude were skating on stage. Pillows were being ripped apart while flowers were placed in butt cheeks and spit was being swapped. When can you say you saw all that at a show? Some dumbasses have been asking where rock ‘n’ roll has gone? Well, maybe if you listened to all these bands more, you’d realize it hasn’t gone anywhere. Viva The Black Lips!

Check out more photos after the jump.

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Tags: Black Lips, Deerhunter, King Khan and the Shrines, photos, show review, shows by Matthew
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Jaguar Love, one of the latest signings to Matador, have released their first video for the song “Highways of Gold” from their debut Take Me To The Sea. Catch them on tour now with The Faint and playing at Southpaw in Brooklyn on August 19th.

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Sure, the suburbs of New Jersey may not be the newest hot spot for rap, but that doesn’t mean that the occasional freestyler can’t come up from the land of manicured lawns and polluted air. For example, take West Orange’s own Matt Miller aka GDP. Full disclosure, I’ve known the man/myth/legend for quite a number of years at this point, but that doesn’t take away from his true dedication and commitment to the rap game. We here at LNWF sent off a couple of questions for GDP while he was on his tour with Gainesville punks Dirty Money back in June.

You talk about New Jersey a lot in your lyrics. What is it about NJ that inspires you so much and how do you see the current rap scene in NJ?

GDP: I rep NJ because I think it is an interesting place to grow up. Its the diversity of New Jersey, particularly my hometown West Orange that makes for such well-rounded, crazy emmer effers. The punk rock scene here is one of the best, if not the best, in the country and world right now. There’s some talented cats coming out of NJ and repping worldwide. Hip hop shows actually taking place in NJ are hit or miss, usually miss. A lot of acts suck too.

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Mission of Burma has announced two gigs at the Bowery Ballroom in June. Awesome, regardless, BUT they will also being playing two of their classic releases in full. June 14th will see the band playing Signals, Calls, and Marches and on June 15th, Vs. will be spotlighted. Man, I’m pumped. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Check out the info here and here.

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The date and initial lineup for the 2008 edition of the Superbowl of Hardcore has been announced. The show will take place on April 5th at Brooklyn’s Studio B. The lineup so far is packed to the gills with hardcore heavyweights, including Agnostic Front, Madball, Terror, a reunited Breakdown, Bloodclot, among many others. Be on the lookout for a few more additions and a surprise guest.

Starting today, tickets will be available at Generation Records for $26 (cash only and no phone transactions).

Check Black N Blue Productions for more details updates and check the lineup after the jump.

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Tags: Agnostic Front, Bloodclot, Breakdown, Generation Records, John Joseph, Madball, News, Superbowl of Hardcore, Terror, shows by Matthew
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