The Flaming Lips are going out on tour this summer starting at the Pitchfork Music Festival’s Write the Night awesomeness. They’re releasing their first double album ever called, Embryonic, which will be featuring members of MGMT and Karen O. from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Not bad.Read on for the dates.The Flaming Lips 2009 [...]Related posts:Wakarusa Adds Flaming Lipsqueen mary to be mounted by t...
When scouting for guests on the Flaming Lips' follow-up to 2006's At War with the Mystics frontman Wayne Coyne just picked up the phone. "For the Karen O tracks," he told Swiss website Die Klangschau, "I just called her up in her hotel room and we just did it right over the telephone. It's pretty absurd." The Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman is expected to appear on more than one track on the album...
The Flaming Lips have been, aside from a headlining performance at Rockness last weekend, been busy in the studio writing and recording not just a new album, but a new double album. The band’s 12th studio album has now been given the title of Embryonic and Wayne Coyne has suggested that the album should be [...]
UPDATE!lt has been confirmed. We will be giving away a pair of tickets for this performance.The contest will start July 15th and run until Aug. 15.Look for the announcement.TIP: get your most ridiculous & over the top stage spectacle ideas readyTHE FLAMING LIPSwith Special Guest: Stardeath and White DwarfsFriday, August 21, 20097:00pm | All AgesMarymoor Park[Tickets go on Sale this Saturday, J...
Not too long ago we brought you the news that The Flaming Lips had locked in their new album and were treating their American fans to a few tasty live treats. You can read all about it here. Now, new news, the boys will be bringing their crazy shenanigans to the United Kingdom come November, which is two months after their brand new album hits the deck, plenty of time to familiarise yourself wi...
This is basically just my response to Sam getting to go to Coachella, but sadly does not compare. Today was the Green Apple Festival in Washington DC, which is basically the big event leading up to earth day. In my other life I am some what of an environmental advocate so I was happy to support the cause and the Flaming Lips were headlining, so all the better.When I first showed up Moe. was fin...
Unless you too have been living on mars, you've heard that Wayne Coyne, musical maestro mad-man of The Flaming Lips just recently released his cinematic magum opus: Christmas On Mars. The film was shot in 'Do-It-Yourself' style, using grainy 16 mm black-and-white film, mostly in Wayne's backyard- outfitted to look like a spaceship on Mars. It also took 7 years to finish, during which time The F...
For all the hype Bonnaroo receives just a few hours south, we had a pretty good festival in Birmingham last weekend. For those whoa Aren't familiar with City Stages, it used to be one of the better festivals around. However, years of bad weather and debt trouble hurt the event and made it a shadow of it's former self. But Stages booked a deal with a national booking agency that also books for B...
It's been in production since 2001, but Wayne Coyne's bizarro holiday sci-fi film is touching down at last, with the help of left-field distribution house Cinema Purgatorio. Although it has screened at music fests and art houses, The Flaming Lips'...
A couple of days ago I was a tad bored at work, surfing around the web waiting for a customer to come in when I started looking at Wired, always provides me with a daily dose of "oooohs" with shiny new things and new gadgets and services. So imagine my "ooooh" factor when they posted about [...]
Gotta love Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, as he meanderingly discusses his role in being one of the artists to contribute to NBC's rebranding of their famous chimes. "It sounds weird, let's do it". Watch the video here.
Continuing an awesome event from last year and hopefully creating a new tradition that carries over to neighborhoods the world over, The Flaming Lips are heading the "March of 1000 Flaming Skeletons." The band is asking fans to participate in the October 25 event taking place in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Make sure you stop by The Flaming Lips' website to order the necessary items to be a flaming...
The Flaming Lips highly anticipated film 'Christmas On Mars ' is finally getting its first screening today in Atlanta, GA. Other screening times for the feature film have been announced and will run through November 22. The 82-minute film was directed by frontman Wayne Coyne who also built the Mars film set himself, in his Oklahoma City backyard. Flaming Lips Screening dates:Atlanta, GA Pla...