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The Flaming Lips

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2012

    The First Listens of 2012: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong

    As evinced bu my initial take on Tyler, the Creator's Goblin and my final opinion, a lot happens between one's first listen to an album and their final conclusion after taking it in several times. What I love about writing these features is that you get to read my pure, unvarnished thoughts about a ... More >>

  • Music

    November 28, 2012

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

    As evinced bu my initial take on Tyler, the Creator's Goblin and my final opinion, a lot happens between one's first listen to an album and their final conclusion after taking it in several times. What I love about writing these features is that you get to read my pure, unvarnished thoughts about a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2012

    Bridge School Videos: Guns N' Roses Play Some Classics, Jack White's Full Set, and More

    So Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit concert went down at Shoreline Amphitheatre this weekend, bringing artists like the Flaming Lips, Jack White, Guns N' Roses, Eddie Vedder, and many more onstage for an all-acoustic show. Somewhat surprisingly, Guns N' Roses actually showed up, apparently ... More >>

  • Music

    September 12, 2012

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

    So Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit concert went down at Shoreline Amphitheatre this weekend, bringing artists like the Flaming Lips, Jack White, Guns N' Roses, Eddie Vedder, and many more onstage for an all-acoustic show. Somewhat surprisingly, Guns N' Roses actually showed up, apparently ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2012

    Bridge School Benefit Lineup 2012: Guns N' Roses, Flaming Lips, Jack White, and More

    The lineup for the 2012 Bridge School Benefit concert is out! Big names for this year's benefit include Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Guns N' Roses, the Flaming Lips, Jack White, and Foster the People. The annual concert -- which helps support the educational institution for individuals with severe sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2012

    The Top 10 Most Disappointing Albums of 2012 (So Far)

    It's a little past the halfway point of 2012, but mid-July still seems like a good time to round up the albums that came out this year and simply failed to meet our expectations. Some of those expectations were admittedly (and deservedly) sky-high -- leading to decent records that still felt like a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2012

    Going for Guinness: Five Artists Into Breaking World Records

    If there was a chart depicting competitiveness in the world of music, there would be three levels on it. Stage 1: The Pearl Jam -- for artists who neither want nor need your stinking awards, and will merely shrug at the world when they accidentally win one. Stage 2: The Taylor Swift -- for artists w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2012

    The Upsetter: The Perils of Liking the Flaming Lips

    [Editor's note: The Upsetter is a new weekly column exploring music news and pop history from a perspective that is both bewitched and bothered. Here, Andrew Stout will explode the old clichés of rock journalism to make room for some new ones.] My wife, who three years into our marriage fell in lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    A First Listen to The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, Feat. Ke$ha, Erykah Badu, Bon Iver and More

    I loved, loved the Flaming Lips' Embryonic, and find The Soft Bulletin to be a pretty magical cornucopia. Pretty big fan of 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic as well. Yet I've never considered for even a second if the Lips could be one of my Favorite Bands. They might've struck gold three-ish times, but ... More >>

  • Music

    February 29, 2012

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

    I loved, loved the Flaming Lips' Embryonic, and find The Soft Bulletin to be a pretty magical cornucopia. Pretty big fan of 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic as well. Yet I've never considered for even a second if the Lips could be one of my Favorite Bands. They might've struck gold three-ish times, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Noise Pop 2012: A Handy Guide to Our Complete Coverage

    Christopher VictorioParty's over... 'till next year.​ Well, kids, it's over. Noise Pop's 20th anniversary has come and gone, leaving lots of sold-out shows, earsplitting climaxes, elated Tweets, credit-limit-busting cab fares, and wicked hangovers in its path. As we try to get this ringing out ... More >>

  • Music

    February 22, 2012

    Indie on Top: Noise Pop Celebrates 20 Years of Independent Music

    Christopher VictorioParty's over... 'till next year.​ Well, kids, it's over. Noise Pop's 20th anniversary has come and gone, leaving lots of sold-out shows, earsplitting climaxes, elated Tweets, credit-limit-busting cab fares, and wicked hangovers in its path. As we try to get this ringing out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Live Review, 2/21/12: The Flaming Lips Explode The Soft Bulletin Into a Confetti Orgasm at Bimbo's

    The Flaming Lips (performing The Soft Bulletin) Release the Sunbird Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 Bimbo's 365 Club / Noise Pop 20th Anniversary Opening Night Better than: Any other Flaming Lips show. Possibly any other show. "Race for the Prize," preceded as it was by a long, tension-building wash of pia ... More >>

  • Music

    February 22, 2012

    Kevin Arnold's Top Five Noise Pop Memories

    The Flaming Lips (performing The Soft Bulletin) Release the Sunbird Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 Bimbo's 365 Club / Noise Pop 20th Anniversary Opening Night Better than: Any other Flaming Lips show. Possibly any other show. "Race for the Prize," preceded as it was by a long, tension-building wash of pia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne on Playing Noise Pop, Making The Soft Bulletin, and Feeling Free to Do Anything

    As landmark albums go -- records that completely shifted the trajectory of a band's career -- The Soft Bulletin ranks among both the weirdest and the most rewarding. Which is why, to open the 20th year of the Noise Pop festival, the Flaming Lips will perform it in full tonight, Feb. 21, at Bimbo's 3 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    So The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne Was at Zeitgeist Last Night

    According to Wayne Coyne's hyperactive Twitter feed, The Flaming Lips rolled into San Francisco yesterday evening, just a day or so before their Noise Pop festival-opening performance of The Soft Bulletin at Bimbo's tonight. The first order of business, natch, was securing some "medical marijuana" ... More >>

  • Music

    January 18, 2012

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

    According to Wayne Coyne's hyperactive Twitter feed, The Flaming Lips rolled into San Francisco yesterday evening, just a day or so before their Noise Pop festival-opening performance of The Soft Bulletin at Bimbo's tonight. The first order of business, natch, was securing some "medical marijuana" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

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

    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 second run of success with The Soft Bulletin, the album the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    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 >>

  • Music

    February 23, 2011

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    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 >>

  • Music

    April 7, 2010

    Concert preview: MGMT

    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 >>

  • Music

    March 10, 2010

    SXSW 2010 Showgoers' Guide to Bay Area Acts

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    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 >>

  • Music

    October 14, 2009

    Treasure Island: Indie-rock elders move forward

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    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 >>

  • Music

    May 20, 2009

    Black Moth Super Rainbow

    Eating Us (Graveface Records)

  • Music

    October 29, 2008

    Wayne Coyne loses the plot, keeps the magic for Christmas

    Eating Us (Graveface Records)

  • Music

    September 24, 2008

    DJs dig into '90s nostalgia

    Eating Us (Graveface Records)

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Windmill

    Eating Us (Graveface Records)

  • Music

    May 7, 2008

    Tapes 'n Tapes

    Walk It Off (XL)

  • Film

    September 27, 2006

    Future Imperfect

    Renaissance is black and white and a little dead all over

  • Music

    April 12, 2006

    The Flaming Lips

    At War With the Mystics

  • Music

    February 8, 2006

    Ester Drang

    Rocinate

  • Music

    October 19, 2005

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

    Rocinate

  • Music

    July 13, 2005

    Various Artists

    Wedding Crashers: Music From and Inspired by the Film

  • Music

    July 28, 2004

    Midlake

    Bamnan and Silvercork

  • Music

    December 24, 2003

    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

  • Music

    June 4, 2003

    Pinup Energy

    Sweet and sexy, the New Pornographers make pop that sticks

  • Music

    April 23, 2003

    The Polyphonic Spree

    The Beginning Stages of ... the Polyphonic Spree

  • Music

    August 7, 2002

    The Flaming Lips

    Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Warner Bros.)

  • Music

    April 10, 2002

    Various Artists

    The Amos House Collection, Volume II (Wishing Tree)

  • Music

    May 24, 2000

    Various Artists

    Gimme Indie Rock
    (K-Tel International)

  • Music

    December 10, 1997

    Quadraphonia

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

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