My Siren Pick! Black Lips!

The band I'm most looking forward to this weekend when the Village Voice Siren Music Festival rolls into town has to be the Black Lips(they're on something called myspace). They've been given kudos by Deerhunter and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, everyone seems to think they're amongst the best live bands around, just today Pitchfork called their Vice Records released live album one of the Most Overlooked Albums of the Year So Far. Here's a taste:


Other than that I'm looking forward to M.I.A., the Twilight Sad, and Nathan's Hot Dogs. Plus sun-burn and swamp ass! Don't get no better than that.