The Flaming Lips

MP3 of the Day: Windmill

Wayne Coyne loses the plot, keeps the magic for Christmas

DJs dig into '90s nostalgia

Camper Van Beethoven at 25: from warm beer to funny ideas

Tapes 'n Tapes

Walk It Off (XL)

Future Imperfect

Renaissance is black and white and a little dead all over

Pop operas

Renaissance is black and white and a little dead all over

Opening your eyes and ears

Renaissance is black and white and a little dead all over

The Flaming Lips

At War With the Mystics

Burning Down the House

The Spinto Band sparks a buzz brush-fire

Ester Drang

Rocinate

Freestyle Fellowship

Rocinate

What's in store for indie rock and prime time in a post-O.C. universe

Rocinate

Various Artists

Wedding Crashers: Music From and Inspired by the Film

Midlake

Bamnan and Silvercork

Independent Thinking

Two new high-class local venues. Bruce Springsteen concerts. Sounds like the work of Clear Channel. But it's not.

Geek Chic

Stanford Junior MC Lars Horris may not unseat Eminem, but, with luck, he might be the next "Weird Al"

Hear This

Ay, dios: Get to Grandaddy's show early, and you just might hear God. Er, god.

Holiday Jeer

Twas the night before Xmas, and all through this column, a bunch of bands you never heard of, got their names in print

House of Tudor

The Hackensaw Boys deliver the anachronic; the Graves Brothers Deluxe fire up the Fourth

Pinup Energy

Sweet and sexy, the New Pornographers make pop that sticks

The Polyphonic Spree

The Beginning Stages of ... the Polyphonic Spree

The Flaming Lips

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Warner Bros.)

Various Artists

The Amos House Collection, Volume II (Wishing Tree)

Various Artists

Gimme Indie Rock
(K-Tel International)

Creeping Toward Bethlehem

A major label recording contract. Big-name producers. Lazy nights in the Jacuzzi. San Francisco's Creeper Lagoon has got it made, right? Not exactly.

Local Yokels

A major label recording contract. Big-name producers. Lazy nights in the Jacuzzi. San Francisco's Creeper Lagoon has got it made, right? Not exactly.

Quadraphonia

The Flaming Lips want you to play all four of their new CDs -- at the same time

Recordings

The Flaming Lips want you to play all four of their new CDs -- at the same time

Black Moth Super Rainbow

Eating Us (Graveface Records)

Treasure Island Headliners Leaked: Girl Talk, Flaming Lips, MGMT

J. Michelle MartinThe Flaming LipsThis year's Treasure Island Music Festival should be another one for the weekender history books, if the early leaked acts booked to perform are any indication. Unofficially on tap to perform Oct. 17 and 18 are MGMT, MSTRKRFT and Girl Talk (Sat) and Flaming Lips (wh ... More >>

Treasure Island: Indie-rock elders move forward

J. Michelle MartinThe Flaming LipsThis year's Treasure Island Music Festival should be another one for the weekender history books, if the early leaked acts booked to perform are any indication. Unofficially on tap to perform Oct. 17 and 18 are MGMT, MSTRKRFT and Girl Talk (Sat) and Flaming Lips (wh ... More >>

Treasure Island Music Festival, Day Two

Christopher VictorioThe Flaming Lips​Day Two: The Flaming Lips, Beirut, The WalkmenOctober 18, 2009Treasure Island Music FestivalBetter Than: Being stranded on any other island.Sunday's festival goers had to be a little more hardy and wind-resistant to enjoy day two of the Treasure Island Music Fe ... More >>

Track of the Day: Ring Trick

​San Francisco's Ring Trick is a very goal-oriented artist. For one month the electronic producer/musician plans on uploading one new demo a day to his blog. "The only rule," he writes, "is that it has to be recorded and produced in the span of 24 hours."Scroll down the page and you can hear a bat ... More >>

End of the Year Hangover: 2009 in Music, NSFW, and Cannabis Club

While you were out shopping or flying or arguing with the family, we were combing our photo archives to compile the best and the brightest of San Francisco 2009. From Morrissey, to Modest Mouse, from the Flaming Lips to KISS, from Dizzy Balloon to Silversun Pickups and festivals galore in between. ... More >>

Ten Bands That Have Rocked 90210 - Then and Now

With the return of The CW's humdrum spin-off soap 90210 this week (March 9), we guilty-pleasure seekers are likely to be treated to a season of catfights, trysts, and--most importantly--new music cameos. Like its contemporaries Gossip Girl and The OC, the new 90210 has made an obvious effort ... More >>

SXSW 2010 Showgoers' Guide to Bay Area Acts

With the return of The CW's humdrum spin-off soap 90210 this week (March 9), we guilty-pleasure seekers are likely to be treated to a season of catfights, trysts, and--most importantly--new music cameos. Like its contemporaries Gossip Girl and The OC, the new 90210 has made an obvious effort ... More >>

Concert preview: MGMT

With the return of The CW's humdrum spin-off soap 90210 this week (March 9), we guilty-pleasure seekers are likely to be treated to a season of catfights, trysts, and--most importantly--new music cameos. Like its contemporaries Gossip Girl and The OC, the new 90210 has made an obvious effort ... More >>

Last Night: MGMT at the Fillmore

Gretchen Robinette ​MGMTMonday, April 12, 2010The FillmoreBetter than: Watching a band that's stuck making formulaic radio (or blogger) hits.MGMT had barely taken the stage at 8:15 last night, and a female party train was already whoo-whooing its way to the front, girls a half-dozen deep cong ... More >>

Free Tastes of New Bonnaroo Ice Cream at Ben & Jerry's

Mmmm... Kings of Leon​Bonnaroo, the giant Manchester, Tennessee music festival in mid-June, just got a little tastier. You can now count down the days until Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Conan O'Brien, The Flaming Lips, and a billion other marquee names take multiple stages down south by licking your way ... More >>

Saturday Afternoon: Kid-rockers The Sippy Cups Dazzle Dolores Park

​The Sippy Cups @Dolores ParkJune 19, 2010 Better Than: Eating strawberry Pop Tarts while watching a Flaming Lips video It was like many Saturday afternoons in Dolores Park, aka "Hipster Hill": City types lounged in groups next to open containers and fixed-gear bikes. Laughing childr ... More >>

Saturday Night: The Flaming Lips Play Laser Tag at the Fox Theater

Christopher VictorioWayne Coyne, bubble boy. (Due an unfortunate mix-up, these pictures are from Friday's Flaming Lips show, not Saturday's.)​The Flaming Lips October 2, 2010@ The Fox Theater, Oakland Better than: Half a Dr. Atomix Bliss Bomb Depth-Charge Chocolate Brownie About the ... More >>

Make a Famous Musician -- Wayne Coyne! Bob Weir! -- Remind You To Vote

Russ Harrington (russharrington.com) for Harp MagazineGrace Potter gets intimate with democracy​So you're the kind of person who forgets to vote. And in such a democracy-happy burg as S.F., where voters are asked to weigh in frequently on such trivialities as the mix of recycled material in the to ... More >>

Noise Pop 2011 -- The Films: Arcade Fire, Feist, José González, the Making of Noise Pop, and More

The Flaming Lips in This Is Noise Pop​S.F.'s annual Noise Pop Festival is mostly known for bringing a week of awesome indie music shows to the city. But the fest usually pulls in a pretty good selection of new films for music nerds -- and this year is no exception.With film subjects including the ... More >>

The Flaming Lips Release a New Song -- and You Need 12 Smartphones to Properly Enjoy It

​On a day when pretty much every musician had some special release lined up for V-day, The Flaming Lips made sure to distinguish themselves by nerding out pretty hard. They released a new song titled "Two Blobs Fucking," and while the title stands out on it's own, how you listen to it is even more ... More >>

This Is Noise Pop: What Not to Miss at S.F.'s Signature Indie Music Fest

​On a day when pretty much every musician had some special release lined up for V-day, The Flaming Lips made sure to distinguish themselves by nerding out pretty hard. They released a new song titled "Two Blobs Fucking," and while the title stands out on it's own, how you listen to it is even more ... More >>

A Guide to NorCal Music Festivals

​On a day when pretty much every musician had some special release lined up for V-day, The Flaming Lips made sure to distinguish themselves by nerding out pretty hard. They released a new song titled "Two Blobs Fucking," and while the title stands out on it's own, how you listen to it is even more ... More >>

Guess What Beatles Song the Flaming Lips Will Play in Tribute to Steve Jobs

The Flaming Lips​ The O Music Awards -- MTV's online-streaming attempt to honor the world where music in 2011 lives and dies -- are Monday. Did you previously care? No? Well perhaps you will upon hearing that the Flaming Lips will pay a heartfelt tribute to Steve Jobs in the form of a Beatles ... More >>

Noise Pop 2012 Lineup: The Flaming Lips, Sleigh Bells, Bob Mould, and More Added

The Flaming Lips: Ringing in Noise Pop's 20th year.​ The final More additions to the lineup for Noise Pop's 20th Anniversary festival were released moments ago, and they were worth the wait: Topping the 2012 bill are the Flaming Lips -- who also played Noise Pop in '98, just before finding a ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

The Flaming Lips: Ringing in Noise Pop's 20th year.​ The final More additions to the lineup for Noise Pop's 20th Anniversary festival were released moments ago, and they were worth the wait: Topping the 2012 bill are the Flaming Lips -- who also played Noise Pop in '98, just before finding a ... More >>