Guardian Music — Gorillaz' latest is a low-key set made on an iPad on tour. It has a few great flashes, reckons Alexis PetridisThere was something a little odd about the fanfare accompanying the arrival of Gorillaz's fourth album: there wasn't any. No big interviews ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "After a brief respite from the road, we're coming back to the good ole USofA. We've confirmed a two-week run of shows in the midwest and along the eastern seaboard in July. We're kicking things off on the weekend of... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Flaming Lips didn't really perform a proper Los Angeles date for late 2009 double-album "Embryonic," but this summer the Oklahoma City weirdos will give L.A. denziens two nights of music, essentially taking over the Hollywood Forever Cemetary on ... more info

Guardian Music — A thousand days and nights he laboured, but finally Paul Lester reached a milestone in his coverage of new bands, even if it cost him his marriage along the way …Five things we discovered about New Band of the Day (and its author)Uncovering 1,000 N... more info

Guardian Music — Oklahoma band reveal stage musical based on their 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is 'in early stages of production'Could the Flaming Lips' acid trips be heading to London's West End? The Oklahoma band have revealed plans for a psychedelic... more info

NME — Wayne Coyne says show will be 'wonderful and poignant' more info

Guardian Music — It's hardly commercial and it doesn't exactly answer the titular question over David Bowie's wellbeing – but it's always nice to have the Flaming Lips aroundIt's been mooted for a while but confirmation has finally arrived, in typically irregular f... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Flaming Lips & Neon Indian are the last two bands that I would have expected to collaborate. That’s exactly what makes their collaborative effort so great. Sometimes taking the unexpected route produces the most exciting music, because artists ... more info

Stereogum — We saw pictures and videos of The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne collaborating with Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo. (There were also related Tweets about dropping acid.) The resulting 12-inch is already sold out — only 1000 copies of the EP were made, an... more info

NME — Collaboration with Neon Indian appears online more info