411 Mania — One of the most experimental bands around some how find a way to even step out of their own comfort zone and produce a near-classic. more info

Altsounds — Staten Island four-piece Cymbals Eat Guitars release their critically acclaimed debut album Why There Are Mountains in the UK on October 26th through Memphis Industries, preceded by brand new single Indiana on October 19th. The band is deligh... more info

Altsounds — To celebrate the release of their new studio album Embryonic, The Flaming Lips, one of the world's most influential rock bands, will be playing a MySpace Music... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — "People are evil, it's true," sings Wayne Coyne on the new album by his long-running Oklahoma psych-rock outfit, the Flaming Lips. That kind of observation is typical of Coyne, who in the Lips' 2002 hit "Do You Realize??" wondered if... more info

Stereogum — The Flaming Lips have already done Colbert in support of their recently released, return-to-freak LP Embryonic, but there's something particularly amusing about seeing the Coyne company bring the gong-banging soundtrack to a bad-acid flashback "Wa... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Conan has had one hell of a musical lineup this week, kicking off Monday with Grizzly Bear and special guest Victoria Legrand. While I was hoping everyone's favorite Bear band would perform their achingly beautiful new track "Slow Life" off of the N... more info

Rock Sellout — Did I ever tell you I've seen The Flaming Lips more then any other band? Did I mention I got the super fan treatment on The Fearless Freaks? I've hugged 3/4ths of the band? They have a street named after them? I love me some Flaming Lips. So in case ... more info

Rolling Stone — • Madonna Looks Back: The New Issue • Lambert Previews “Time for Miracles” • Paul Anka Strikes Deal for “This Is It” • Dylan’s “California” to Debut on NCIS • Preview Weezer’s Raditude on iTunes • Guess the Next Cover of R... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — The new video for Windmill's "Big Boom", a track from his new LP, Epcot Starfields, opens with a shot that could've been an outtake to Christmas on Mars. And in fact the Flaming Lips comparison isn't totally off base, as the rest of the clip pairs fo... more info

Culture Bully — Audio & video of the Flaming Lips' performance of "Watching The Planets" on the Oct. 13 edition of The Tonight Show. more info