Blog: L.A. RECORD

There were so many deserving bands playing in the early hours on Saturday, but fuck ‘em—the first band I saw was the Black Lips , and they were worth waiting for. I was wondering why the Black Keys the night before had failed to move me, but now I remember: there are two kinds of garage rock, just like there’s a difference between modern country and roots country. And though I shudder at talk of “authenticity” in music, because it’s usually code for hating the kids with their new-fangled contraptions, there’s no argument that there’s something irreproducible [...]