That's D.I.Y.

On Christmas Day, while you were at your grandparents' house, I was in Nicaragua and I had one of the weirdest experience of my life. Some friends had told me about a punk show that was going to happen in the most infamous bar of Leon, so I found a couple of people who were also interested, took the cab to a dangerous part of town, and arrived to a strange place called 'El Tunnel' with the dirtiest toilet in the world, much worst than the one in Trainspotting. 

There were four locals bands, and, even if they were more emos than punks, they totally rocked the place. I don't remember a lot of things, because I was already drunk when I got there, and got even drunker because the beer there is so cheap, but when I saw this video of the Black Lips live in Tijuana, it brought me back some souvenirs of the crazy ambience that was there.

Talking about the Black Lips, these guys released an album late in February and the single 'Short Fuse' was released on Monday. It's a very good song, not as immediate as the very cool 'Veni Vidi Vici' or the very crazy 'O Katrina' from their breakthrough album 'Good Bad Not Evil', but once you get accustomed to their weird style that they call 'Flower Punk', it's very enjoyable. After having India set on fire in January, they are now touring USA until the beginning of May and I hope they're gonna come to Montreal just in time for my birthday.

Mediafire: The Black Lips - Short Fuse (192 kbps)