Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - The Flaming Lips will play a "secret" show in Hollywood on Thursday, two days after the release of the Oklahoma City band's first studio album in three years. more info

Live Daily — Plus: David Archuleta [ tickets ], Five for Fighting [ tickets ], more * * * Bob Dylan [ tickets ] "Christmas in the Heart" (Sony) O' come all ye faithful and get an earful of Bob Dylan's 33rd studio set, the holiday offering "Christmas in th... more info

Silent Uproar — To celebrate tomorrow's release of Embryonic from The Flaming Lips, a pop-up store will setup shop at the Nike / Ricardo Montalban Theater located at 1615 Vine St. in Hollywood, CA on October 15th from noon to midnight. Fans will be able to purchase ... more info

Scotsman.com — THE FLAMING LIPS: EMBRYONIC **** WARNER BROTHERS, £12.72 more info

Aquarium Drunkard — (October 12th sees the release of the Flaming Lips double LP, Embryonic.  Since August we’ve been looking back on some of the band’s pre-Soft Bulletin moments) The last significant, and best, album of the Flaming Lips’ guitar-heavy... more info

Guardian Music — The impenetrable new record from Wayne Coyne and his crew might be a failed experiment, but it's better than not experimenting at allIt takes approximately five minutes of the Flaming Lips' Embryonic to realise that you're in the presence of one of t... more info

MTV.com News — British Amazon site posts 30-second clips of all songs of soundtrack from second 'Twilight' film.By James Montgomery "New Moon" soundtrack cover Photo: Summit Entertainment It's not a leak, but the site British Amazon.com has given fans an... more info

Guardian Music — (Warner Bros, two CDs)Has the music industry ever seemed madder than it did following Nirvana's rise to stardom? Wrongfooted by Nevermind's success, US major labels began a goldrush, desperately signing anything "alternative", regardless of how uncom... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 10-16 Alfred, NY - Alfred University (The Knight) 10-17 Boston, MA - Boston University11-07 Lubeck, Germany - Rollingstone Weekender 11-08 Oostend, Belgium - Manuscript 11-10 London, England - The Troxy % 11-11 London, England - The Troxy %... more info

Guardian Music — Streets named after musicians are ten a penny these days. But the Go-Betweens having a bridge renamed in their honour is a real rock'n'roll accoladeIt is a truth not universally acknowledged that the Go-Betweens are the greatest Australian band that ... more info