Pucker Up, Buttercup: It’s The Return Of Black Lips

Alas, America’s greatest garage-rock band is no longer vomiting, pissing and setting its instruments on fire (we can confirm this, having seen a kinder, gentler Black Lips on 2007’s Good Bad Not Evil tour), but that’s no reason to miss the Hotlantans on their upcoming jaunt. Check out a preview of their sloptastic February 24 release, 200 Million Thousand (Vice), below. Why not make a game of it? Try to guess how many beers the band members had before hitting the record button. (We figure about 10 each.) In conjunction with the new record, Black Lips are holding a video contest, the winner of which will claim an “extra special” seven-inch (we assume this means vinyl, not a, uh, never mind) and an autographed copy of 200 Million Thousand. Tour dates after the jump. "Starting Over" from 200 Million Thousand: [audio:StartingOver.mp3] Black Lips Tour Dates 02-26 Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree 02-27 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse 03-04 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle 03-05 Washington, DC - Black Cat 03-06 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's 03-07 Cambridge, MA - Middle East 03-09 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom 03-10 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg 03-12 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom 03-13 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick 03-14 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium 03-15 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom 03-16 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club 03-17 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room 03-18 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck 03-20 Austin, TX - SXSW 03-21 Austin, TX - SXSW 03-23 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks 03-25 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder 03-26 Tampa, FL - Orpheum 03-27 Miami, FL - Churchill's 03-28 Gainesville, FL - Common Ground 03-29 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits 03-30 Orlando, FL - The Social 04-15 Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar 04-16 San Diego, CA - Casbah 04-17 Tempe, AZ - Clubhouse 04-18 Tucson, AZ - Plush 04-20 Colorado Springs, CO - Black Sheep 04-21 Denver, CO - Bluebird 04-22 Salt Lake City, UT  - Urban Lounge 04-23 Boise, ID - Neurolox 04-24 Portland, OR  - Berbati's Pan 04-25 Seattle, WA  - Neumo's 04-27 Eugene, OR - Wow Hall 04-28 Sacramento, CA  - Blue Lamp 04-29 Santa Cruz, CA - The Blue Lagoon 04-30 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall 05-01 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey 05-02 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse