L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Flaming Lips will release a new double album for Record Store Day in April, only on vinyl. The Oklahoma experimental group collaborates with Coldplay's Chris Martin, Yoko Ono, Nick Cave and others on "The Flaming Lips and Heavy Fwends." more info

KEXP Seattle — The long-awaited album by The Shins, their first in five years, tops this week’s list of new releases. James Mercer has rebooted his project with a new band and heightened production, thanks to Greg Kurstin (Lily Allen, Kylie Minogue, The Flaming L... more info

Stereogum — For a while, we’ve been hearing bits and pieces about a forthcoming album of collaborations that the Flaming Lips plan to release on Record Store Day, April 21. Well, they actually did it, cobbling together two LPs’ worth of big-name collabs in t... more info

Guardian Music — The debut LP from this Boston band is packed with epic electronic pop and mixed by producing whizz Chris CoadyHometown: Boston.The lineup: Noel Heroux (vocals, guitar), Christopher Principe (bass), Joseph Ciampini (drums), Jessica and Cristi Jo Zambr... more info

Starpulse — A Vermont festival featuring Snoop Dogg and The Flaming Lips has been scrapped due to "unforeseen circumstances". The SnowMont Music Festival, which was scheduled for the Killington Resort from Ma... more info

ContactMusic — A Vermont festival featuring Snoop Dogg and The Flaming Lips has been scrapped due to unforeseen circumstances The SnowMont Music Festival which was scheduled for the Killington Resort from 30 March 12 to 1 April 12 will no longer be taking place... more info

ContactMusic — The Flaming Lips ambitious stageshow adaptation of their hit album Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots will open in California at the end of the year 12 The musical based on the 2002 album will make its debut at the La Jolla Playhouse in either November.... more info

Stereogum — Last weekend, the Flaming Lips played at a Woody Guthrie tribute concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma. And in true random-ass Flaming Lips fashion, they turned their performance into both a heartfelt tribute and a freaky stunt, reimagining Guthrie’s songs by... more info

Guardian Music — From their gently angsty, indie beginnings, the Shins are becoming a more mainstream rock concern – albeit at a costThere is a theory that a great band is not merely a collection of musicians, but a mysterious, alchemical thing, somehow greater tha... more info

ContactMusic — John Mellencamp Hanson The Flaming Lips and Jackson Browne were among the performers who kicked off a celebration of Woody Guthries life at a centennial concert in Oklahoma on Saturday 10Mar12 The folk legend died in 1967 at the age of 55 and a numbe... more info