The Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips Cover The Beach Boys

Posted 04.25.2012

Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys is arguably one of the best albums of all time. Now, on the 50th anniversary of the group's conception, Pet Sounds is get...

The Flaming Lips' Weird, Naked Girl Video (NSFW)

Posted 04.19.2012

The Flaming Lips featuring New Fumes released a video for their track "Girl, You're So Weird." The track is off the Lips' upcoming collaboration album...

Heady Fwends: Chatting With The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, Fun.'s Jack Antonoff, honeyhoney and Milo Greene

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.16.2012

Mike Ragogna

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Flaming Lips' Frontman On That Night He Almost Dropped Acid With Ke$ha

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 04.06.2012

The Flaming Lips have collaborated with Ke$ha, and Lips frontman Wayne Coyne tells to Pitchfork.com it was all Ke$ha's idea. "On my birthday, Janua...

Dog Ears Music: March 32nd Playlist, Part II

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.30.2012

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week our playlist includes music by Chuck Berry, Al Green, Artie Shaw, Engelbert Humperdink, Arcade Fire, and more.

Flaming Lips Collaborates With Bon Iver On New Track

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 03.28.2012

The Flaming Lips will release a vinyl album on Record Store Day (April 21), entitled, The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends. The record will include co...

Flaming Lips Album Is Becoming A Musical

Posted 03.16.2012

The Flaming Lips' 2002 album "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" is to make it's premier on stage and the end of this year at the La Jolla Playhouse in ...

Flaming Lips, Yoko Ono Collaboration Gets A Video

Posted 02.25.2012

The video for "Brain of Heaven," the collaboration between Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band and The Flaming Lips, is simplified surrealism. The video featu...

"Hell No (I'm Not Alright")": A Nanci Griffith Video, Plus Conversations With Scorpions' Klaus Meine and Adam Arcuragi

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.01.2012

Mike Ragogna

Intersection's first single, "Hell No (I'm Not Alright)," is Nanci Griffith's ode to the Occupy movements, expressing the frustration felt over economics, politics as usual and beyond.

The Flaming Lips Cover 'I Am The Walrus' (VIDEO)

Posted 12.28.2011

The Flaming Lips take one of The Beatles' strangest songs to an even stranger place in a cover video for "I Am the Walrus," recorded at the Pink Floor...

Christmas Never Ends At The Flaming Lips' House

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 12.06.2011

Remember when the Flaming Lips wrote a 6 hour song, and everyone knew how kooky they were? And then a few weeks later they wrote a 24 hour song and en...

Cameron Crowe Directs Pearl Jam Video, Plus Chatting With The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and Primus' Les Claypool

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.23.2011

Mike Ragogna

Pearl Jam, Columbia Records/SONY Music Entertainment and IMDb today announced that "Not For You," a full-length, never-before-seen music video directed by Cameron Crowe, featuring live, archival performances and behind-the-scenes footage of the band.

The Flaming Lips To Release A 24 Hour Song

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 11.30.2011

That 6-hour Flaming Lips song is so done, you guys. Yesterday Wayne Coyne announced the band will release a 24-hour song this Halloween (why not 48?),...

The Flaming Lips' 6-Hour Song Is Here

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 11.21.2011

Well, that was fast. The Flaming Lips announced they were doing a six-hour song last month, and now it's here! We're only about one-sixth of the way t...

A Conversation With My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Plus Stephan Said's "Take A Stand" Download

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.07.2011

Mike Ragogna

Jim James spoke with me about how the latest round of touring has been for My Morning Jacket, who kicked off their latest circuit with a simulcast in Louisville a few months back.

Flaming Lips Unveil Songs Inside Gummy Fetuses. Say That Again?

Posted 09.19.2011

Oklahoma psychedelic rockers the Flaming Lips have unveiled their latest madhatter scheme: gummy fetuses that contain USB drives preloaded with three ...

WATCH: Hospital Ships On Lawrence, Kansas And Jorge Luis Borges

Posted 08.07.2011

Hospital Ships is Jordan Geiger. Jordan Geiger, as a man, is upbeat and introspective. He has been a stalwart of the Lawrence, Kan., music scene for t...

Heady Nuggs, Gummyskulls and a Box O' Dylan: Conversations With The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, Plus Jon Polk

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.14.2011

Mike Ragogna

Wayne: Sometimes, people think, "Wayne, that's such a quirky song," but I don't think it is. To me, if you were around me, you would think, "Oh yeah, you guys are sort of like that."

Flaming Lips and More Warm Up Chilly Fans at Snowball Music Festival

Farryn Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Farryn Weiner

There are a lot of music festivals out there, from big names like Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits, to smaller fests like this summer's Electric Fo...

STREAMING LIVE NOW: Celebrate SPIN Magazine's 25th Birthday Tonight With The Spiritualized

Posted 05.25.2011

SPIN Magazine, born in 1985 to Bob Guccione Jr. as an alternative to Rolling Stone, is celebrating their quarter century with five nights of concerts ...

STREAMING LIVE NOW: SPIN Magazine Concerts Celebrate 25 Years. Tonight: The National

Posted 05.25.2011

SPIN Magazine, born in 1985 to Bob Guccione Jr. as an alternative to Rolling Stone, is celebrating their quarter century with five nights of concerts ...

On the Culture Front: The National at Celebrate Brooklyn, The Flaming Lips at Summerstage, and the Lincoln Center and Ice Factory Festivals.

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Kompanek

The Lincoln Center Festival wrapped up this past week, and overall I was pretty disappointed with the shows I saw.

STREAMING LIVE NOW: SPIN Magazine Concerts Celebrate 25 Years. Tonight: The Black Keys

Posted 05.25.2011

SPIN Magazine, born in 1985 to Bob Guccione Jr. as an alternative to Rolling Stone, is celebrating their quarter century with five nights of concerts ...

STREAMING LIVE NOW: SPIN Magazine Celebrates 25 Years With 5 Concerts, In New York And On Your Computer

Posted 05.25.2011

SPIN Magazine, born in 1985 to Bob Guccione Jr. as an alternative to Rolling Stone, is celebrating their quarter century with five nights of concerts ...

Flaming Lips Performance At SummerStage Is Predictable, But No Less Impressive (SLIDESHOW)

Ben Bromberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Ben Bromberg

For anyone who has seen the Flaming Lips perform live before, they know there is nothing quite like sky-filling plumes of orange and yellow confetti...