Last night the Flaming Lips took to Letterman to perform “Look… the Sun is Rising,” the first track off their upcoming record The Terror. It’s a pretty odd performance, but pretty much just because of of the weird set dressing. Wayne also took to Reddit for an AMA in which he teased a collaboration with [...]

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The Flaming Lips’ new album The Terror is coming out April 2, but just one month shy of the release date and we’re just now getting our first real listen to it. You can stream “Look… The Sun Is Rising” below via NPR. You can also catch the Lips at SXSW (where they’ll be playing [...]

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The Flaming Lips have teamed up with Stardeath and the White Dwarfs on this song on their upcoming V-Day compilation Songs of Love. “Love Is Mind Control” is not exactly a song I’d put on this February 14, but it’s always interesting to see what the Lips are up to. Up next there’s the cover [...]

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There’s a big big big interview with Wayne Coyne over at MXDWN today. Wayne details their finished new album The Terror and the possibility of a King Crimson covers album. From the interview: That’s exciting. Does the album have a name? The name is that we’re using so far is a little bit misleading. It’s [...]

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The Flaming Lips’ long-teased musical version of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots finally has a run date for its theatrical debut. The La Jolla Playhouse near San Diego, CA will run the performance from November 6 – December 16. Here’s what the theater has to say about the show: Yoshimi is a young Japanese artist [...]

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Everybody loves Deerhoof. Everbody loves the Flaming Lips (except Erykah Badu…). So it’s no surprise that the two groups love each other. The pair got together to cover King Crimson’s “21th Century Schizoid Man” in Kansas recently. THe recording is a bit shoddy, but it’s more that we could ask from what will likely be [...]

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I’ve got to wait around for over an hour for my car to get some new tires today; this’ll help pass that time a little better. Thanks to Stereogum for the tip. Listen to Marc Maron’s WTF podcast with guest Wayne Coyne

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The Flaming Lips’ upcoming Record Store Day release of Heady Fwends is probably the one I’m looking forward to the most. It’s full of weird, once-in-a-lifetime collaborations so I’ve obviously got to check it out. However, I should point out that I don’t exactly expect this thing to be very good. Honestly nothing we’ve heard [...]

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The Flaming Lips’ Record Store Day 2012 release Heady Fwends is easily the most anticipated release of this upcoming retail holiday. We’ve only heard bits and snippets so far, but there’s not a single track that I’m not curious to hear. You can catch the entire tracklist at P4K and stream this new collaborative track [...]

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