KEXP Seattle — McSweeney’s has commissioned fantasy writer Richard Parks to create an hour-long radio special starring Wayne Coyne and the Flaming Lips, which will be aired on Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m. Pacific time on KCRW (more info here). It’s an old-time... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Flaming Lips-inspired score is the highlight of the literary-challenged 'Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots' at La Jolla Playhouse.LA JOLLA — Futuristic theatrical effects are deployed like a hypnotist's pocket watch in "Yoshimi Battles the Pink R... more info

Prefix — Saying "Wayne Coyen is doing something weird, potentially alienating, but nonetheless awesome" basically describes everything the Flaming Lips ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/tune-in-to-wayne-coynes-human-head-shaped-tumor... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — George Cromarty had already experienced a weird brush with fame before he recorded his debut album in 1973. As co-writer of the song “Plastic Jesus,” he and collaborator Ed Rush are probably the only people to be covered by both Paul Newman (in t... more info

Guardian Music — Wayne Coyne gathers 'heady fwends' to create track-for-track remake of classic prog album In the Court of the Crimson KingThe Flaming Lips have released the second in a series of rerecorded classic prog and psych albums. Following 2010's reimagining ... more info

Prefix — They may already have put out one of their more interesting collaborative experiments this year, but the Flaming Lips weren't ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/listen-to-the-flaming-lips-friends-cover-king-crim/71817/ more info

Consequence of Sound — Wayne Coyne's latest collaborative effort. more info

Guardian Music — Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream. It is not dying – it is the new single from Temples. And it sounds trippyReading on mobile? Listen here Hometown: Kettering.The lineup: James Bagshaw (vocals, guitar), Thomas Warmsley (bass, backing ... more info

Guardian Music — We booked tickets to the music festival but their disabled access was so poor we couldn't get inMy husband, a permanent wheelchair user, and I recently bought a weekend ticket for a festival called Parklife Weekender.We appreciated that the weather c... more info

Prefix — For the past 25 years, Neil Young has put on a concert to benefit the Bridge School in Northern ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/neil-young-guns-n-roses-jack-white-and-others-rock/70928/ more info