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[Photos by Laura M. Gray]
By Lizz Kannenberg
The Artist: Oklahoman masters of the never-say-die rock spectacle.
Their Latest Release: At War With the Mystics (Warner Bros., 2006)
The Set in a Few Sentences: So what if Wayne Coyne and company’s Vegas carnival/acid trip schtick is a few years and several festivals old? It still works, and Coyne’s preacher-meets-cracked-out-carney-barker routine still makes you feel like you’re the guest of honor at the most awesome 6-year-old birthday party ever. The set started predictably (“Race for the Prize”) and ended the same (“Do You Realize??”), but the Lips brought their A-game with two brand new tunes and several rarities like studio B-side “Enthusiasm for Life (Defeats Internal, Existential Fear).”
And a Letter Grade: A
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