Posts Tagged ‘The Flaming Lips’
The Flaming Lips’ New LP ‘The Terror’ Is Streaming Now on NPR’s First Listen
The Flaming Lips’ latest LP The Terror, is streaming in its entirety one week ahead of its official (new) release date (April 16th / Warner Bros). You can check it out at NPR.org. Also, Lips fans who haven't yet should check out Wayne Coyne's recent quoteworthy AMA session on Reddit. therealwaynecoyne:... more
Wayne Coyne Delivers Quoteworthy Reddit AMA Session
Check out the full transcript, upvotes, comments and all straight from Wayne Coyne's AMA session on Reddit here. The Flaming Lips new album The Terror hits shelves and digital clouds on April 16. Check out a few highlights from the session below. Captain_Lovely: What would you want you and/or the... more
Forecastle Festival 2013 Lineup: Black Keys, String Cheese Incident, Animal Collective and more
The lineup for the annual Forecastle Festival in Louisville was just announced! Holding down the top slots this year will be The Black Keys, String Cheese Incident, the Avett Brothers and the Flaming Lips. LMB faves like Alabama Shakes, Jim James, Bombino, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Big... more
Record Store Day 2013: Releases by The Black Keys, The Flaming Lips, Punch Brothers and More Announced
Earlier today, Warner Bros. Records announced a series of vinyl albums and singles available on Saturday April 20th exclusively in honor of everyone's favorite holiday: National Global Record Store Day - a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 1,000 independently owned record stores in the U.S., and hundreds of... more
Pitchfork releases documentary for The Flaming Lips’ classic ‘Soft Bulletin’
The Flaming Lips released the The Soft Bulletin in 1999, which many at the time called "a modern classic" (We'd agree). Now, almost 14-years later, Pitchfork has made available a 45-minute film chronicling the creative process that went into "one of the 90s' definitive rock records." The documentary... more
The Black Keys announce dates with the Flaming Lips
The Black Keys are gearing up for their eighth studio album as their seventh LP, 2011's "El Camino," has a shot at an Album of the Year Grammy next month. The duo plans to hit the studio this month, and have offered a quartet of tour dates alongside psych-rock maestros... more
Apocalypse Here? An End of the World Playlist (Just in Case)
Whether or not The Mayans Were Right and the world engulfs itself, a phantom comet appears out of nowhere on Friday and takes us down in a blaze of glory or life goes on as usual, the songs, literature and art about the imminent apocalypse (whether today, tomorrow, or five... more
Lollapalooza Chile and Brazil Lineups Announced: Pearl Jam, Black Keys, QOTSA, A Perfect Circle and More
The lineups for both Lollapalooza Chile and Lollapalooza Brazil have been announced. Pearl Jam, The Black Keys, Deadmau5, Queens of the Stone Age, A Perfect Circle, Franz Ferdinand, Puscifer (making two Maynard projects) Alabama Shakes, Hot Chip, NAS, Of Monsters and Men are some of the artists confirmed to play... more
Jack White, Guns N’ Roses and More to Play 2012 Bridge School Benefit
The lineup has just been announced for the 26th annual Bridge School Benefit concert. The cast includes Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Jack White, Guns N' Roses (?!!??), the Flaming Lips, Sarah McLachlan, Foster the People, Lucinda Williams, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, k.d. lang and the one of... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: All Good Music Festival 2012
It was no easy feat: three flights and 2,705 miles stood between myself and Legend Valley, new home to the 16th Annual All Good Music Festival and Campout. Nothing could stop me though… I ran through LAX, chasing my connection, Yonder Mountain String Band in my headphones (I think it... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS: The Flaming Lips Breaking World Records @ House of Blues NOLA – 6/28/12
The Flaming Lips chose right, ending their epic world-breaking jaunt across the Southland by bus on Decatur Street in New Orleans with a show at the House of Blues (their 8th in 23 1/2 Hours, eclipsing Jay-Z’s prior record). It was The Flaming Lips first time playing NOLA since their... more
PHOTOS / FULL SET VIDEO: The Flaming Lips @ Hangout Fest 2012
"While generally sticking to a trusted (albeit very loose) formula of hamster balls, dancing robots/teletubbies/naked chicks/santas/you name it, lasers, confetti and extremely powerful visuals, the effusive master of ceremonies and always-effervescent Wayne Coyne seems most at home playing to a massive crowd on a major festival stage, possessing a knack... more
All Good Music Festival Announces 2012 Lineup: ABB, Phil Lesh, Flaming Lips, Lotus & more…
The lineup for this year's All Good Music Festival was just announced and will feature headlining sets from The Allman Brothers Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, and the Flaming Lips. Joining them near the top of the lineup is the duo of Bob Weir and Bruce Hornsby (featuring Branford... more
PREVIEW / VIDEOS: 10 Must-See Artists @ Moogfest 2011
Our buddy Nick Isasi (@noodlecast) is making the trek to this year's Moogfest and he's put together his list of must-see artists who are performing at the festival. The lineup is pretty amazing and we're excited to have him helping us cover the event... It’s finally October, which... more
Snowball Music Festival 2012 Dates Announced
Snowball Music Festival just announced it will be held March 2-4 2012 in Avon, Colorado. Last year's fest featured The Flaming Lips, Edward Sharpe, Bassnectar, and Pretty Lights (just to name a few)... Following the huge success of their inaugural event earlier this year, the organizers of the SnowBall Music Festival... more
Flaming Lips: 6 Hour Song, Tour Dates, Moogfest, 24 Hour Song Coming Soon
The Flaming Lips have recorded a brand new song titled "Found A Star On The Ground," which is undoubtedly the longest single piece of music ever recorded clocking in at a generous 360 minutes. That's six hours of continuous psychedeliscized music with a view to raise 100% of the... more
Moogfest 2011: Daily Schedule Announced
You been paying attention Moogfest this year? We're digging on their lineup and the daily schedule has been announced already. In addition to the top-tier lineup covered in untz and whomp, this year will feature the festival along with an expansion to a number of new venues in... more
Moogfest 2011 Lineup: Flaming Lips, James Murphy, STS9, TVOTR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_RLDtfKzarY Asheville, North Carolina's festival ode to all things electronic music and Moog, Moogfest, just added some power to its already-solid lineup for 2011. Today, they threw a few new names into the mix, including TV on the Radio, Special Disco Version (featuring James Murphy and Pat Mahoney of DFA/LCD Soundsystem),... more
Sasquatch 2011: Lineup Announced!
The lineup for the 10th annual Sasquatch Music Festival has just been announced. Once again the fest returns to the Gorge in Washington state for Memorial Day weekend, but this year the festival will be extended to four days, plenty of time to host the stacked half of the... more
ATP Concerts Don’t Look Back Presents: The Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr. and Deerhoof
The curators at All Tomorrow's Parties just announced that the Flaming Lips will be performing The Soft Bulletin in its entirety at ATP 2011 in London. We're very excited to be able to present one of the greatest albums of the last 20 years live in it's entirety next July at... more
Video: The Flaming Lips Played Summerstage Last Night
The Flaming Lips - The Fear / Worm Mountain - Summerstage 2010 from Big Ass Lens on Vimeo. The Flaming Lips played Summerstage last night and Big Ass Lens was there to catch some video. MTV.com was also there and reviewed the show. brooklynvegan has pics, too. I have a... more
Photo Fest: Nateva Music & Camping Festival (Part Deux)
This past weekend was another explosion of live music with Camp Bisco and Pitchfork Music Festival both going down; I've got to get collecting some of those links. In the meantime, you may have noticed that we're still sifting through all the awesomeness that went down a few weekends... more
Photo Fest: Nateva Music & Camping Festival
Our friend Kevin Fuller was on-hand for the inaugural Nateva Music & Camping Festival this past weekend and got some amazing photos. Check out all of his other photo work at fullervisuals.com and read on for the gallery of his favorite shots.
Bonnaroo 2010: Day Two Photo Dump (She & Him, Flaming Lips, Kings of Leon and more)
Happy Monday morning, everybody. We've got some reports to get posted from our team at Bonnaroo this year, and all of the other coverage streaming in is quite impressive and exhaustive. It's pretty clear this is the savviest of music festivals when it comes to online media, so... more
Hangout Music Festival: Schedule, Late Nights, Oil Spill, Couch Tour
The Hangout Beach Music Festival is quickly approaching and we have some updates on the festival if you're attending or if you're like us and watching from home. First, you may have caught the news that The Flaming Lips have had to cancel a bunch of shows due to... more
Ottawa Bluesfest Announces Arcade Fire, Rush, Furthur, The Flaming Lips and More
For our Canadian breathren, did you catch the news on the Ottawa Bluefest annual lineup getting some headliners officially announced? Rush and Arcade Fire are representing hoser style and it's going to be rounded out by some serious US talent as well... This years festival which starts on July 6... more
Forecastle Festival Initial 2010 Lineup: Flaming Lips, Widespread Panic, Spoon, Drive-by Truckers
Louisville, Kentucky's Forecastle Festival has announced its initial 2010 lineup, which includes the Flaming Lips, Widespread Panic, and Spoon as headliners. Now in its ninth year, the 2010 Forecastle fest will take place July 9 - 12 at Louisville's Waterfront Park. Forecastle Festival 2010 Lineup: The Flaming Lips Widespread Panic Spoon Bassnectar Drive-by Truckers Minus the... more
Nateva Festival 2010 Lineup Additions: Furthur, moe., Lotus, Keller Williams
A few weeks back, we pointed to an all new festival called the Nateva Music Festival, a three-day, multi-stage camping event slated for July 2-4 at the Oxford Fairgrounds in Maine. At first look, they had only scored the Flaming Lips as a headliner, and then they shortly followed by... more
Bonnaroo 2010: Flaming Lips to Cover Dark Side of the Moon, Paul Simon ‘Confirmed’
2/9/10 update: Click here for Bonnaroo's Official 2010 Lineup In the lead-up to their official 2010 lineup announcement, Bonnaroo gave their website a fresh redesign and officially announced the date of their official lineup announcement. Heh. They'll reveal this year's lineup next Tuesday, February 9 over at Bonnaro.com. But in much more... more
