Pasta Primavera — What an audio treat for the ears!  I was just strolling along the interwebs and happened across the swell Austin blog Covert Curiosity and what do they have?  Two new tracks from the forthcoming Flaming Lips double LP Embryonic.  Apparently ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Flaming Lips are one of a kind. Every album they release has it’s own identity. Year after year they find ways to make the weirdest music sound so accessible and fresh. There is no one else quite like them. Wayne Coyne and co. are releasing a n... more info

Totally Fuzzy — AMD said...ANY MAJOR WHISTLE VOL. 2The second mix of pop with whistling:Beach Boys - Whistle In (1967)Peter, Bjorn And John - Young Folks (2006)David Bowie - Golden Years (1976)Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream (1966)Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of Th... more info

Stereogum — As reported, MGMT and Karen O show up on the Flaming Lips' forthcoming double album Embryonic, but as far as I can tell, they don't show up on either the shuffling "Convinced Of The Hex" or the echoing "Silver Trembling Hands." "Convinced" comes w... more info

Chicago Tribune — Fans rewarded for sticking out rain, technical problems The sun played a game of hide-and-seek with the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park, which concluded... more info

Rolling Stone — Flaming Lips and MGMT will headline San Francisco’s Treasure Island Festival on October 17th and 18th, a press release confirms. The Decemberists, Girl Talk, the Streets, Grizzly Bear and more bands round out the bill, which can be found at the eve... more info

Allmusic Blog — 2002 didn't suffer from quite the case of multiple personalities that 2001 did, but the changing of the musical guard was almost as apparent. While vets like Beck, Jurassic 5, Sonic Youth, Spoon, the Flaming Lips, and Wilco turned in some of the best... more info

My Old Kentucky — The Antlers' 2009 album, Hospice, was recently named "Best Album of 2009 So Far" by NPR. Robin Hilton says, "Frontman Peter Silberman is only 23, but has produced one of the most beautiful and moving works I've heard in a long, long time. Just aston... more info

411 Mania — Festival back for another big year... more info

NME — The Decemberists, Grizzly Bear also set for San Francisco festival more info