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***When not hanging out in food courts, drinking spiked Icees or huffing spray paint behind the laundromat, Black Lipstick finds the time to make some of the most serious, heartfelt and contemplative par-tay rock in recent memory. These guys are the geeky white answer to Nellie, except with Charlie Watts drums and huge, VU-inspired guitargasms all over the place. Few have said "We rule, so lets get fucked up and party" with greater eloquence and sensitivity. -Pinchelada Fanzine Black Lipstick - the greenhorns who, at least on this critic's notepad, stood out most impressively at this spring's SXSW music conference - have refined taste buds that indicate a strict diet of the Velvet Underground, Modern Lovers, Television and early Talking Heads. The Austin, Texas-based outfit traces the work of its forerunners with aplomb. Listeners feeling nostalgic for VU should find this prime feastin' material. -Time Out New York Austin quartet The Black Lipstick - all clad in black button-downs and trousers - were strumming carefully through a set of cool-headed retro-pop. I'm certain these guys (and girl) have a few Television and Velvet Underground albums at home. They even closed with a tidy version of "Sister Ray." -Athens Flagpole Black Lipstick, a new four-piece featuring former Kiss Offs Phillip and Travis, couldn't make [the weather] any warmer, but musically they brought a steaming batch of happy-go-lucky garage sunshine. They set the tone with a ramshackle version of the Stones' "Let it Bleed," and followed with nearly an hour of melodic, upbeat basement noise loosely knitted together by Travis' guitar. A lot of it smacked of the Velvet Underground, but that could have been the skeletal drum kit and the trenchcoat-and-shades-clad young woman behind it. The audience was visibly disappointed when Phillip announced time constraints prevented the group from unfurling its 15-minute version of "Casey Jones." -The Austin Chronicle |
