Tagged: Flaming Lips
Flaming Lips Collaborate With MGMT, Karen O On Embryonic
Double the music, double the insanity. read more »
Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, David Lynch Collab Album Details Announced
The first time we were tipped off to the Danger Mouse and Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse collaboration, it came via a poster. This time it’s coming from across the pond. read more »
Sewn Together
The sound the Kirkwoods fostered was not embraced by the mainstream, the one exception being 1994’s Too High To Die, but it was borrowed from and built upon by some of the most influential bands of my generation including Nirvana, Soundgarden, The Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr., Nada Surf, the Replacements to name just a few. The band’s latest album, Sewn Together [Megaforce] is exactly that, a sewn together tapestry of all the influences and substances that morphed into the creature that is The Meat Puppets. read more »
Call Him Professor: Wayne Coyne Goes Back To College
You might want to refer to him as Professor Coyne from now on, because the Flaming Lips frontman is getting back to the classroom basics this August. The now veteran musician will be teaching music to students at the University of Central Oklahoma, as part of a new music program set up for the college. At least he has the hair to fit the part of the nutty professor. read more »
Flaming Lips – "Borderline" (Madonna Cover)
We’re willing to bet you’ve never heard Madonna quite like this. The Flaming Lips have managed to make a “Borderline” into a dreamy, otherworldly little opus, and Wayne Coyne sounds so earnest and desperate. Why do you keep on pushin’ his love over the borderline? Why? read more »
Wayne Coyne Waves The White Flag In Battle Of Indie Egos
Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has waved the white flag in the battle of indie-egos. As we told you back in March, Coyne had dissed the Arcade Fire pretty badly in an interview with Rolling Stone, fueling Arcade Fire’s Win Butler to verbally strike back. Now, Coyne has apologized for his words in Rolling Stone, and said the statement he made was misunderstood. read more »
Watch Macy Gray Cover Radiohead's "Creep"
There is always a faint feeling of apprehension at the thought of Radiohead covers — lets face it, not many people can deliver a performance quite like Thom Yorke. But Macy Gray‘s cover of “Creep” at the Los Angeles premiere of the music documentary The Heart is a Drum Machine, wasn’t all that bad. read more »
Black Moth Super Rainbow – "Twin Of Myself"
Their new album Eating Us is out May 26, and it’s been eating at us that we haven’t heard anything from the new record from Black Moth Super Rainbow, That is until now. “Twin of Myself”, a laid-back, dreamy three-and-a-half minute pop vacation, will have to satisfy us until we get to hear the rest of the record. read more »
The Black Kids, Mates Of State, Sunbears @ The Music Hall Of Williamsburg | Brooklyn
Expectations were trumped by surprises and disappointment. As the first act, the Sunbears warmed up the jubilant crowed with Flaming Lips-esque lo-fi neon graphics and a giant balloon bouncing around the audience. read more »
