After the success of Good Bad Not Evil, the Black Lips last full-length 200 Million Thousand seemed to come off as a disappointment to fans, some critics, and even the band. The album didn’t even get a full-fledged vinyl release in the States (it was a UK only release). 200 Million just seemed messy, rushed and lacking overall.

The band obviously paced themselves this time around, hiring famed producer Mark Ronson to work on their latest Arabia Mountain, out today via Vice Records. The move definitely raised a few eyebrows with fans, who were probably concerned that Ronson would polish the band up too much. But this is not the case at all.

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Yeah, I know, it’s shocking that I’m posting the new Black Lips video here. Just watch the vid for “I’ll Be With You” and hush up sucker.

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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Vice has announced the details of their 2008 photo show at the Vice Gallery in Williamsburg. The show will be open to the public for the entire month of August. Click on the photo above to see the large version of the flyer.

Reminder: Two great Vice bands, The Black Lips and King Khan and The Shrines, will be performing at the Jelly NYC pool party in Brooklyn this Sunday. King Khan will also be playing the night before at the Mercury Lounge. Pick up tickets here. 

For their “It Feels Alright” video, The Black Lips show what makes those “Magic City titties” in the ATL so song-worthy. Check it out below. The boys are on the road with The Raconteurs for the next few weeks so check out their tour dates at their Myspace.