MTV.co.uk News — Basement Jaxx and The Streets will play the capital as the Flaming Lips hang out with Nessie... more info

JamBase — TEN SPECIAL FAN CURATED SHOWS IN MAY AND A CAVALCADE OF PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD MATERIAL Sam Beam by Jesse Borrell On May 19, 2009, Iron and Wine will issue Around the Well (Sub Pop), a 2-CD/3-LP collection of rare tracks ranging from the out-of-prin... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Nilina Mason-Campbell Iron and Wine released their debut album in 2002, which in a weird way makes Sam Beam the spiritual godfather of the all the wispy beardy-folk masses swarming the planet in 2009. In any case, Beam's now deep enough int... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, ExclusiveIron and Wine (or rather, ahem, Sam Beam) has had a career trajectory that went from charming lo-fi basement recordings ('The Creek Drank the Cradle') to richly-arranged and produced folk-pop songs ('The Shepard's Dog'). A... more info

Pitchfork — Above: T-shirt designs by Jay Reatard and MGMT Hey, you know when you're in a band and a venerable soft-porn magazine asks you to design a T-shirt? What? It happens.It's been happening for a couple of years now, actually. Since 2007, Playbo... more info

Rolling Stone — Prolific rapper and noted ESPN columnist Lil Wayne made a guest appearance on the sports network’s Around the Horn yesterday. Weezy was knowledgeable about all the topics he faced, including Alex Rodriguez’s steroid use, the Phoenix Suns’ Amare... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy!Spinner.com: Flaming Lips will provide the psychedelic soundscape to the upcoming indie film 'Know Your Mushroom.' The Decemberists are premiering 'The Hazards of Love' at SXSW, with special guests My Brightest Diamon... more info

Stereogum — The market is severely busted, but the world of the Flaming Lips remains plenty boomy. P4K reports on a psilocybic film titled Know Your Mushrooms , a documentary that dares to wonder "Can mushrooms save the planet?" That remains an open question... more info

Pitchfork — This is it, shroomers: your technicolor, unicorn-in-space prayers have been answered. There's a new indie movie called Know Your Mushrooms featuring soundtrack contributions by none other than the Flaming Lips. Artistic pairings do not get much more... more info

XFM.co.uk — Wayne Coyne reveals that long-time collaborator and producer Dave Fridmann is "an utter freak". more info