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Black Moth Super Rainbow Gets Weird with Kickstarter

How This New Music Will Make You Smarter (Thanks, Science)

A good 90 percent of my job as a music journalist is keeping my finger on new music, continuously discovering the vast spectrum of sound that human beings can create. Another 9 percent is attending concerts, where I destroy my liver and my hearing for shits and gigs. That final 1 percent is being a ... More >>

Yo Gabba Gabba! Is Proof That Kids Like Awesome Music

Can you imagine how you would have turned out if The Flaming Lips -- the same Christmas on Mars/crazy/insane Flaming Lips you're thinking of -- had appeared on Sesame Street? It's a question we'll soon be able to answer. The Lips have appeared on Yo Gabba Gabba!, arguably the hippest children's sh ... More >>

Flier of the Week: Skinny Shamans

There's a great opportunity coming up to have one hell of a good time at the Trunk Space on Saturday, June 30. Skinny Shamans are gettin' down at their CD release party for their new EP entitled Heartbreakers. Bogan Via, Boss Frog, Good Friends Great Enemies, MAN-CAT, and Mom Jea ... More >>

Five Summer Releases We're Excited About

To our extreme delight, there are quite a few artists that are dropping new music this year for the first time in a long time. We've been waiting seemingly forever for No Doubt's next album. Thankfully a few other artists didn't leave us hanging for as long. We've selected five albums you definitel ... More >>

Mastodon's Bill Kelliher on Covering Feist and The Flaming Lips

Mastodon is old-school American heavy metal at its finest. The band is known for a distinct "sludgy" sound that mixes stripped and distortion-heavy instrumentals, intricate groove passages and vocal harmonies that alternate between clean melodies and harsh screams. The band has five full-length al ... More >>

Most Innovative Artist of 2011: The Flaming Lips

​It's been a very big year for The Flaming Lips.Big ups to Wayne Coyne and the gang, who took on approximately one project in every month of 2011 and somehow managed to pull it off. They're one of the greatest and weirdest psychedelic bands out there, and you've got to love 'em.Let's take a trip d ... More >>

10 Band Merch Items to Turn Into Halloween Costumes

No one can pull off dressing as Snooki's hair other than Ellen DeGeneres. No one.​It's that time of year again. Halloween is nearly here, and you're lacking the creativity to come up with an epic costume.We're here to help.When all else fails (or if you're just really enthusiastic about music), dr ... More >>

Pharrell Launches Liqueur For Working Women

Pharrell Williams has concocte​d a liqueur for working women, according to Paste.N.E.R.D. frontman Pharrell is releasing Qream, which he says was "created for contemporary women who work hard and want to relax with friends at the end of the day."One of the aspects of Qream that ladies will like th ... More >>

Stephen "Psyko Steve" Chilton, What Are You Listening To?

Maria VassettStephen Chilton​Stephen "Psyko Steve" Chilton The Valley-based music promoter has more than 20 events he's producing, which may be found at www.psykosteve.com When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? When I am in the car, I ... More >>

Royal Bangs @ The Rhythm Room

10 OTHER Songs to Light Up to on 4/20 (Video)

​With Coachella beginning only five days before 4/20 this year, it's a busy week for stoners. One thing that's essential for a good blazing session is a solid soundtrack to light up to. Chances are, you've already seen at least one list of songs -- they're hard to avoid today!So we've left out th ... More >>

The Flaming Lips Sell Gummy Skulls With Music Inside

​Wayne Coyne and his psychedelic gang tend to go about doing things very differently from any other band. They've made posters for their shows with their own blood and they've recorded a song that has 12 parts that must be played on separate devices simultaneously. Well, they're back at it again, ... More >>

Hear The Flaming Lips "Two Blobs Fucking" on One Page

The Flaming Lips have a cool new YouTube video project.Picking up where they left off with 1997's odd experimental album Zaireeka, which came on four CDs intended to be played at once, the Okies have a new song called "Two Blobs Fucking," which comes divided onto 12 YouTube videos intended ... More >>

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 1/20 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. How did Kimber Lanning of Stinkweeks talk an association of record store geeks out of boycotting Arizona because ... More >>

Jan. 13 In Blogs: Jared Loughner, First Friday, Flaming Lips, Rula Bula, and Sarah Palin

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

The 8 Most Awesome Music Stories of 2010

​ Despite what you may have concluded from yesterday's list of the stupidest music stories of 2010, this year in music wasn't all that bad.In fact, a funny blog of Photoshopped album covers was created, a concert for dogs was proposed, and musicians exchanged some choice words.As promised, here ar ... More >>

Jay-Z - Justify My Thug (Flaming Lips Mix)

​Song: Jay-Z - Justify My Thug (Flaming Lips Mix)Context: This was the last song on The Black Album I still had rated below three stars on iTunes -- before I heard this. The Flaming Lips have announced they'll be playing The Soft Bulletin in it's entirety on New Year's Eve... Wouldn't it be great ... More >>

Wayne Coyne Makes Commemorative ACL Screen Print With His Own Blood

​The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne made a poster using his own blood as ink, according to Consequence of Sound.Wayne poured four vials of blood that he had drawn in early September into a cup, spilled his hemoglobin onto a screen print, and went to town on an Austin City Limits poster. A warni ... More >>

New Flaming Lips Video For "See The Leaves" Documents Yellow Vagina Rays

​What will Wayne Coyne & co. do for an encore? Make another trippy, NSFW video -- this time with vagina rays! That's right, the newest video from The Flaming Lips, for their song "See The Leaves," follows a cheery, blindfolded and completely naked young lady as she parades around town slinging ... More >>

Sept. 24 In Blogs: Paul Babeu, Jade Bar, Flaming Lips, Restaurant Week, and Stranger Danger

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

What's Selling: Record Store Day Roundup

​This week, looking at What's Selling is a little different. That's because Saturday was the long-anticipated Record Store Day, and hopefully you didn't miss out.Not only did all of our favorite local record stores have live in-store performances, but they sold a ton of exclusive material only ... More >>

Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup Announced: Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Weezer, Stevie Wonder and More

​Tennessee's Bonnaroo music festival has announced a full line-up for this June. No real surprises here: Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Weezer, and the Flaming Lips are the top of the pile.The Dead Weather, Phoenix, John Fogerty, Jimmy Cliff, Tenacious D, Zac Brown Band, ... More >>

What's Selling: Revolver Records

​Revolver Records does a phenomenal job of keeping us connected. Not just with good music, not just with new albums, or with incredibly cool, undiscovered artists; they give us everything. Even vinyl. For those of us who prefer the old fashioned turntable, we can get both the new and the us ... More >>

Flaming Lips Take On Pink Floyd

The Flaming Lips.​The general rule for New Year's Eve is to try and top every outlandish thing that you've done at a party in the last year. That's kind of tough if you're the Flaming Lips and you've already topped yourself more times than you can count. So Wayne Coyne and the boys did practical ... More >>

Beyonce and Of Montreal Duet, Lily Allen Steps Aside, AC/DC Sneakers

Electric Mustache: Electric Mustaches ALBUMS OF THE YEAR!!!Idolator: Sean Kingston Tweets Song About Tweeting As The Internet ExplodesNME: Lily Allen confirms break from musicNME: Flaming Lips to cover Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side Of the Moon' at New Year's Eve gigPitchfork: Radiohead's Marching Band ... More >>

What's Selling: Stinkweeds

​Here's what's been flying off the shelves at Stinkweeds, the local record shop named Phoenix's "Best Place to Buy CDs." Let the coolness seep in and discover some fresh albums.Kings Of Convenience - Declaration Of DependenceFlaming Lips - EmbryonicBroadcast & The Focus Group - Investigate Wit ... More >>

Michael Jackson Family Reality Show, Ida Maria's Boston Freakout, Kanye West Photoshop Craze

Electric Mustache: Listen To Electric Mustache On BreakThru RadioIdolator: I Knew That Having Ida Maria On The Perez Hilton Tour Would Be A Bad IdeaNME: Jackson family reality TV show on the wayNME: Bon Jovi joins ex-Nirvana members in condemning Guitar Hero over Kurt CobainPitchfork: Devo Reissue C ... More >>

Other People's Blogs: New Meat Puppets, No Cameras At Lil' Wayne's Trial, No Doubt Cameo on "Gossip Girl"

Electric Mustache: Cinematic TitanicWaved Rumor: Meat Puppets 'Sewn Together' out todayNME: Cameras will be banned during Lil' Wayne drugs trialIdolator: Afroman Is Here To Remind Us That Drug Abuse Can Really Screw Up Your CopyrightsRolling Stone: No Doubt Cameo on '80s-Themed Episode of "Gossip Gi ... More >>

The Flaming Lips, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Salsa and Hotties Over the Weekend

The Flaming Lips Dazzle at McDowell Mountain Music Festival Major labels get a lot of flack. Whether it's because they supposedly put out nothing but overly-commercialized crap, or because they're suing computer-using kids in a vain effort to salvage their busted business model, it's rare to hear ... More >>

The Flaming Lips Dazzle at McDowell Mountain Music Festival

Jonathan McNamaraSee more shots of The Flaming Lips in our slide show. Major labels get a lot of flack. Whether it's because they supposedly put out nothing but overly-commercialized crap, or because they're suing computer-using kids in a vain effort to salvage their busted business model, it's rare ... More >>

Zaireeka: Listening Party at Yucca Tap Room Tonight

We're pretty excited about The Flaming Lips at McDowell Mountain Music Festival this weekend. So excited, in fact, that we're having a little shindig tonight to pre-game for the show. It's our first tweetup (follow Phoenix New Times and me) but we're also promoting it here, in case you're not yet fo ... More >>

Flaming Lips, Matisyahu Headlining McDowell Mountain Music Festival

On Friday, Tempe Music Festival announced a pretty uninspired lineup (Kid Rock, Three Doors Down) for April 3 and 4 at Tempe Beach Park. It was better than I was expecting (ahem, nothing) but it certainly didn't pack the punch of last year's event, headlined by Fergie and My Chemical Romance.Turns o ... More >>

Economy Kills Florida Music Festival . . . On an Unrelated Note, Has Anyone Seen a Lineup for Tempe Music Fest?

Langerado, an annual music festival in Miami, has announced it's canceling its 2009 event because of sluggish ticket sales. The festival, which has been going since 2003, had problems beyond the economy, having moved from a rural Indian reservation where a legendary Phish show happened to downtown ... More >>

Black Christmas

The Academy Is . . ., Hello Monday, & We the Kings

fU, mtvU

Five Long Years

Great Smoky songwriter

Flaming Lips

At War With the Mystics
(Warner Bros.)

Freestyle Fellowship

Sometimes awesome live bands also make magic in the studio

Thievery Corporation

The Cosmic Game
(ESL Music)

The Ms

A tasty psuedo-Brit pop indie concotion

Mirage

Getting nostalgic at Coachella

Truck Ruckus

The MadCaPs take their music to the streets of Phoenix – literally

Critics VS 2002: Rebuilding From Ash

2002 spent the year in a 9/11 hangover. Through the confusion, notable and amazing works still arose

The Flaming Lips

Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid, 1983-1988;

The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg -- The Priest Driven Ambulance Album, Demos and Outtakes, 1989-1991 (Rykodisc/Restless)

Race for the Prize

After a monumental 1999, the Flaming Lips return to the road, ponder their legacy and look toward the future

Critical Mass

Even with impending Willennium looming, 1999 proved to be a banner year for music

Unconsciously Brilliant

Restless Records' Flaming Lips anthology recounts the early chapters of one of indie rock's finest

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