200 Million Thousand NZ balancing relentless aggression with musical

balancing relentless aggression with musical depth

Use Your Illusion II finds Guns n' Roses' Axl Rose howling at the editors of Spin

genre-blurring work that redefines punk’s boundaries

"Keep the Change" stands as the album's highlight

expertly co-produced by multi-instrumentalist James Gilligan

200 Million Thousand NZ balancing relentless aggression with musicalThe Black Lips' fifth studio album, 2009's 200 Million Thousand, continues with their signature ramshackle swagger and sleaze, picking clean bones of garage rock with songs like "Drugs," the Iggy Pop cover "Again & Again," and "Take My Heart." However, attempts at being spooky or serious, like "Trapped in a Basement" and "The Drop I Hold," fall flat and show that the band's strengths lie in their raw sound and catchy melodies, rather than trying to be