JamBase — By: Wesley Hodges Rites of Spring Music Festival :: 04.17.09 & 04.18.09 :: Alumni Lawn at Vanderbilt University :: Nashville, TN The Flaming Lips :: Rites of Spring by Hodges The spirit of youthful aggression and collegial camaraderie coursed... more info

Hypeful — Just received a tip from a fairly reliable source that the upcoming Flaming Lips album will be entitled Embryonic. There's no release date set, but the same source says the band is hoping to have it out sometime in the last half of 2009. In the meant... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: McCarthy/WireImage for BWR Political titans Bono and former President Bill Clinton hung out with Jon Bon Jovi and his wife at the Can-Do Awards in New York City this week, while the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne took to Washington, DC, where he ... more info

The Quietus — Wackaday rockers closer to having official state song more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Fox/WireImage Oklahoma’s governor will sign an executive order declaring the Flaming Lips’ “Do You Realize??” the state’s official rock song. The state’s House of Representatives rejected the Yoshimi vs. The Pink Robots single, wh... more info

NME — He upholds people's choice of 'Do You Realize' as state song more info

Stereogum — "Do You Realize???" was voted Oklahoma state song! Until it wasn't: "The Oklahoma House rejected a resolution today to name a song by The Flaming Lips as the state's official rock song because one of the band members wore a T-shirt bearing a symbol a... more info

Rolling Stone — • Lollapalooza Confirms ‘09 Lineup • Green Day Announce Breakdown Tour Dates • Kelly Clarkson Talks “Hook Up” Video • Dylan Debuts “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ ” clip • Coachella Wraps With Cure, Public Enemy • On the Scene at Co... more info

Buzzgrinder — Looks like Wayne Coyne didn't get into a round of fisticuffs with Chevy Chase at the Green Apple Festival in Washington, D.C., after all -- much to my chagrin. But hey, he did the whole bubble thing. And that's always fun. Flaming Lips - Fight Test more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Crothers/FilmMagic At 4:20 p.m. yesterday, while moe. doodled on a series of winding tunes, those close to the stage at the Earth Day on the Mall concert in Washington, DC, got a glimpse of some unusual items being frantically unloaded: a gian... more info