Stereogum — By accident or influence, California's Desert Daze is picking up a lot of the threads that All Tomorrow's Parties left untied after they called it quits in 2016: '90s bands are back for a victory lap, festival-goers travel to a far-flung location, Ia... more info

USA Today Music — Tom Waits, Beck and The Flaming Lips are among the artists who have performed covers of the songs of Daniel Johnston, who died Wednesday at 58.             more info

JamBase — Watch The Flaming Lips' new video for the single 'Giant Baby' from their 2019 album 'Kings Mouth: Music & Songs.' more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Weekend Edition interviewed Tea Obreht about her new novel, Inland. The A. V. Club reconsidered the Flaming Lips' The Soft Bulletin album. August's best eBook deals. Edouard Louis remembered Toni Morrison at the Guardian. Paste listed the week's best... more info

Stereogum — The lineup for this year's iteration of the California psych-oriented fest Desert Daze was already shaping up to be characteristically intriguing. In periodic "artist transmissions" through the year, they've already announced headlining sets from Ste... more info

Consequence of Sound — Flaming Lips, Flying Lotus, Animal Collective, Claypool Lennon Delirium, Connan Mockasin, and Dungen also playing California fest. Desert Daze reveals 2019 lineup: Wu-Tang, Ween, Devo, and Stereolab to headline Alex Young more info

JamBase — A free live stream of tonight's The Flaming Lips/The Claypool Lennon Delirium concert at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York is available. more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — LEVITATION descends once again upon downtown Austin, TX this November, with another amazing and deep lineup featuring the likes of Angel Olsen, Kurt Vile, Deafheaven, the Flaming Lips, TR/ST, John Cale, Emma Ruth Rundle, Dinosaur Jr... Continue readi... more info

Chorus.fm — Riot Fest has announced this year’s daily lineups. The daily lineup is here. 1-day & 2-day passes are ON SALE NOW. Single-day tickets are $49.98 for a limited time only. https://t.co/4Caz6X3FVy pic.twitter.com/WvsQn166JF — Riot Fest (@RiotFest) J... more info

Consequence of Sound — David J, Beak>, Pink Mountaintops, Tobacco, and Windhand also join the Austin psych-rock festival. Austin’s LEVITATION adds to 2019 lineup with Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Flipper, and more Alex Young more info