Black Lips (music group)

Building a bigger Burger Records at the Burgerama festival

2013-03-22 00:00:00

At around 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sean Bohrman of Burger Records picked up the phone in his label's office and pleaded for mercy. “Can you call me back in a couple hours?” he asked a reporter. “We just drove 20 hours straight from Texas after...

S.S. Coachella 2012: It's a marathon, not a sprint

2012-12-18 09:48:00

Give Goldenvoice honcho Paul Tollett credit -- he knows how fans feel at the end of his festivals. "You need a full weekend. By day three, you’re tired, you’re hungry, and you're cursing Coachella. But then the sun sets and you're like 'Oh,...

Coachella on the high seas

2012-12-20 06:00:00

The S.S. Coachella cruise is the exact opposite of what the landlocked Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is for most fans. Imagine what that weekend in Indio would be like without the parking hassles and dehydration, but instead with breakfast in bed...

Friday marks the return of King Khan's fiery melding of punk and soul at the Echo

2011-07-14 21:36:24

The White Wires bring the Great White North to Southern California

2011-09-01 21:36:09

Full West Fest lineup: Mates of State, The Black Lips, Flosstradamus

2012-06-14 09:20:00

Indie-pop duo Mates of State has been added to the final music lineup on Sunday for this year's West Fest in West Town, July 7-8, according to a news release announcing the full schedule.� The festival, which includes music, family events and the area&...

Lollapalooza after-shows for 2011

2011-06-21 16:32:42

Like/dislike: Christopher Schafer

2011-09-07 12:21:00

Christopher Schafer designs three-piece suits for Ravens and Orioles as part of his eponymous tailoring business (deemed "best" by Baltimore magazine and City paper). The 39-year-old Perry Hall resident operates the Hour Haus music studio in Station...

CD Of The Week: 'Arabia Mountain' by Black Lips

2011-06-01 11:34:00

For their sixth album, self-proclaimed Atlanta, Ga., “flower punk” band Black Lips (who last released the excellently noisy 200 Million Thousand in 2009) have teamed up with an unlikely ally — pop mastermind Mark Ronson, the glittery...

Rockin' Detroit Bar celebrates 10 years

2011-10-13 21:13:00

Club Mesa, a popular Costa Mesa destination for punk shows in the 1980s and '90s, is long gone. A decade ago The Memphis Group transformed the old club at 843 W. 19th St. into Detroit Bar. It hasn't stopped rocking Orange County. On Saturday, Detroit...

Best week ever: local events, music, movies and more

2011-07-25 05:03:00

MOVIES OPENING (Friday) Cowboys & Aliens Crazy, Stupid, Love. The Smurfs NOTABLE TV Mongo Wrestling Alliance (season finale; 12:15 a.m. Monday; Adult Swim) There’s Something Wrong With Aunt Diane (special; 9 p.m. Monday; HBO) The A-List: New York...

Photos: Lollapalooza – Day 2

2011-08-08 16:22:42

Ashley Gorba - Fort Worth, Texas ; Ronda Haywood - San Antonio , Texas What brought them to Lollapalooza : "The line-up, specifically Muse, Foo Fighters and Death From Above 1979 " Best set: Muse, Perfect Circle, White Lies Biggest Disappointment: Black Lips Non-music highlight or best memory this

2011-08-07 20:05:31