They’re best known for their insane onstage antics — things like making out with each other and pissing into their own mouths. I mean, I can’t make this stuff up folks — I’ve seen it in action (…pause).

But on top of that sideshow freakishness, Georgia’s self-proclaimed “flower punk” band Black Lips are a stunning live rock experience unlike anything you’re likely to ever see. High energy, a group dynamic that is unprecedented, and hey — they can play their instruments in the nude without blinking. Wait a minute….paused again.

Recently, they escaped the jaws of death on a trip to India (in which members attempted a couple of the previously mentioned stage tricks to the chagrin of locals). They survived long enough to give us a chance this aptly-titled track from their highly anticipated upcoming album, 200 Million Thousand, entitled “Short Fuse”.

EDIT: If you tried to download the song before and got a 1 minute clip, try again. It’s fixed (thanks @ViceRecsChris)

Black Lips – Short Fuse

More after the jump.

Amidst fall-out from an abruptly canceled Indian tour (more on that in a second), Atlanta-based madmen The Black Lips have premiered yet another song from their highly-anticipated follow-up to 2007′s Good Bad Not Evil. “Short Fuse,” the second track released from 200 Million Thousand (due February 24th via Vice Records) landed early praise from KEXP, Pitchfork and a host of others. As Stereogum notes, it draws on “state-mates R.E.M.’s jangly salad days in the verse, with plenty of weird whooshing space sounds to keep tight to their ‘flower-punk’ self-descriptors.” Hear for yourself below.

In other news, the Lips ran into a spot of trouble over the weekend while making their touring debut in the great nation of India. Turns out on-stage nudity doesn’t go over so well there and got the band booted from stage, and essentially chased out of the country. Yesterday we finally caught up with Joe Bradley, holed up in King Khan’s house in Berlin, to get the skinny, which can be found at the link below.

Vice Interview With Joe Bradley
http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2009/01/black-lips-indi.html

And don’t forget. The Lips’ official Vimeo.com video contest (http://www.vimeo.com/blacklipscontest) is still going strong – just a few Million Thousand more submissions to go. Entries will be accepted on Vimeo until February 15th. And, of course, there’s a never-ending tour slated to kick off only days later on February 26th at the Bottle Tree in Birmingham.

Black Lips Tour Dates
02-26 Birmingham, AL – Bottle Tree
02-27 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse

MySpace Music Presents Tour:
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

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