Black Lips to play The Earl as The Renegades tonight

It's rare for the The Earl's calendar page to sport no description whatsoever for a particular night's event. But the listing for tonight's show doesn't explain anything because, by all rights, the headlining band doesn't exist.

That's right: The Renegades, a semi-fictional band portrayed by the members of Black Lips in the forthcoming Athens-centric film Let It Be, will put on a show tonight, accompanied by Jack of Heart, The Goodnight Loving and The Stolen Minks. (According to some, a few Black Lips folks briefly played in a local Atlanta band called the Renegades, but whether that act has any relation to the film's fictional group isn't clear.)

All other bands on the ticket seem to be real, however; they're all on the roster of Rob's House Records, which is presenting the show.

What exactly will comprise the Renegades' setlist is still up in the air. The trailers for Let It Be contain 100 percent Black Lips music, but whether that's the way tonight's show will go, we can't be certain. Perhaps the band will resurrect some old Renegades tunes?

Might this just be an elaborately veiled Black Lips secret show? Maybe. Will it be some kind of hybrid event that's much less predictable and most likely insane or moderately hazardous? Probably. With this band, you never can tell. Guess there's only one way to find out.

Thanks to Cable & Tweed for the tip.

Related links:

Black Lips on MySpace

LetItBeTheMovie.net

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