The Black Lips are kind of like a traveling circus made up of rowdy musicians. You never know what to expect when they roll into town, but you’re pretty certain they’ll break a lot of stuff and sleep with your sister before they leave. This past Sunday, the Georgia rockers brought some chaos to the pool, along with King Khan and his Shrines. Deerhunter didn’t really destroy/break/throw anything, but that doesn’t mean their set was any less impressive. More photos after the jump.

Also, today is the 8/8/08 Boadrum, so you know, go to that.

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Finally, some gorgeous weather! After one show that consisted of 90% monsoon and another that threatened rain for most of the time, it’s nice to finally have a pool party where the weather holds out, the pool fills up, and every loses their mind.  The Whip started things off with their own take on dance rock with some heavy electro undertones. Although we kept wondering how the hell is the keyboardist STILL wearing his mesh hoodie? I think it’s safe to say that after their set, the group had won over quite a few new fans (we’re looking at you shirtless yelling dude).

Next up were Matt & Kim, who came on stage, flipped off the audience and went into an hour long jam session filled with blast beats and heavy growling. We’re kidding. If you look up the word happy in the dictionary, you’d see a giant, smiling picture of Matt & Kim holding a puppy or something. The most upbeat duo in the world played one of the most fun, energetic sets at the pool EVER (take that, I’m From Barcelona!). People were crowd surfing, dancing, singing and ignoring the fact that it was 100 degrees out. Then to top it off, they brought out their friends from Brooklyn’s own Rude Mechanical Orchestra for an epic closing set.

Things definitely calmed down a bit for The Breeders, but that doesn’t mean the Deal sisters didn’t bring the rock. New fans, old fans, young and old all seemed to enjoy the set. The sun started to go down as the Breeders began to mellow out a bit and it was a perfect ending for a great day.

Check out the photos, along with some backstage antics after the jump!

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