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:

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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