LargeHeartedBoy — Pitchfork interviews Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne. Two new short stories at the New Yorker: Jonathan Lethem's "Procedure in Plain Air" and "While the Women Are Sleeping" by Javier Marias. Gothamist interviews Fugazi's Guy Picciotto. The Korea He... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Springsteen, Timberlake • Nowell’s Estate Opposes Sublime Reunion • First Look: Jackson’s This Is It • Jonze on Kanye’s Fairytale Short Film • 50 Cent Unleashes Violent “Crime Spree” Clip • Katherine Jackson Chang... more info

Rolling Stone — The Flaming Lips, “Eclipse” [Pink Floyd Cover] Earlier this week, the Flaming Lips announced their intention to cover Dark Side of the Moon; this session at KCRW gives an indication of what the results might be like. Surprise, surprise: it’s sp... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Earlier this week, The Flaming Lips continued their quest in promoting Embryonic by stopping off at KCRW for a great recording session. They played a rare track, utilized studio personnel as recordable participants, and bounced ear-first into Pink F... more info

Culture Bully — Even though the new record is filled with some over-indulgent missteps, it still has an urgency and an exuberance to it that was lacking a bit on At War With The Mystics, and represents a strong return to form for a band that has now been making musi... more info

Mjsbigblog — Lindsey Parker of Yahoo Music got the chance to preview 7 new songs from Kris Allen’s upcoming self-titled album. (read it HERE) She describes the songs as “Big, widescreen adult-alt-pop records reminiscent of VH1 house bands like Carolina Liar,... more info

411 Mania — Plus debuts by the Flaming Lips and Mario... more info

Culture Bully — Video coverage of the Flaming Lips' performance on the Oct. 16 edition of Morning Becomes Eclectic. more info

MTV.com News — 'Twilight' sequel compilation hits #2 on Billboard after Friday release.By Gil Kaufman Michael Buble's Crazy Love Photo: 143 Records Is it possible Michael Bublé's gleaming pearly whites are hiding a garlic grill? That would explain how t... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Capgun Coup, aside from an eccentric method of social revolution, are an interesting fuzz-rock outfit from Omaha, Nebraska. The Great Plains may not be known for producing a plethora of notable artists in high yields like Seattle or Brooklyn often d... more info