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In the wake of a 15-song outing lasting just over 40 minutes, the Black Lips vocalist/bassist Jared Swilley knocked back a shot of Jameson at the upstairs bar; he should have brought enough to share with the class. The band rolled through their set, sandwiched in between Philly's The Mountain High and Chicago headliners The Pony's, to a packed house at the cozy Johnny Brenda's, barely stopping to introduce themselves or their songs. Not that it mattered, because their set was so tight nobody really noticed.

Drunken calisthenics. That's really the mental image that the Black Lips imparts on Phillyist. See for yourself, then come back. Let the whole clip play, even the bits at the end, then tell us that this band won't be freaking awesome live.

Be Your Own Pet are endorsed by Sonic Youth (Thurston Moore's label is putting out their records), which is practically enough right there to make us like them. But it turns out their music is good, too! As R5 Productions says, they sound like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs when the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were still good. Crazy, brutal rock with a lead singer who even sounds a bit like Karen O. But they rock in their own right, delivering pure, full volume, head-banging thrash music. And they're playing the First Unitarian tonight at 7:30PM with the very '60s retro rock Black Lips (whose live show is apparently crazy wild, involving violence, nudity, arson, and flying bodily fluids - so be warned!) and "demented and manic" local band Clockcleaner. Doesn't sound like an appropriate group of bands for an all ages show in a church, but...whatever! Rock and roll!!!

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