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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

Stereogum — Dayve Hawk, aka Memory Tapes/Cassette, followed a pair of EPs with a proper full-length debut Seek Magic. We posted the collection's energized, but frosty bedroom pop anthem "Plain Material," which unexpectedly reminded me of Flaming Lips. Hawk goes ... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — 30. M.I.A. - "Galang"; This is the song that turned M.I.A. into an international star. The song is catchy in its repetition and shows off a variety of styles and sounds all mixed into one crazy bag. It's what started the craze and set the rise of M.I... more info

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