Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Josh Darr Flaming Lips @ Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on 7/7 Cruises are all the rage. There's Jam Cruise and Holy Ship!, and to a smaller extent Bruise Cruise, and now this January, Weezer are launching the first... more info

The Vinyl Villain — You have your i-pod or whatever is your listening device of choice on random shuffle.  A song comes on that you love and as it moves towards its end, you wonder what your machine is going to through at you next.....you really want it to be something... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Flaming Lips at Sasquatch 2011 (more by Josh Darr) We previously mentioned that the Flaming Lips would play after Weezer at their co-headlining shows at Jones Beach and PNC Bank Arts Center "because the Flaming Lips make such a big... more info

BBC 6 Music — The band are the first to play the special venue more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Marnie Stern at Santos Party House (more by Andrew St. Clair) Marnie Stern and No Joy, who coincidentally shared a bill at one of the BrooklynVegan day parties during CMJ, are heading out on a North American tour together in... more info

Songs:Illinois — What if we could combine the best of The Pogues with early Uncle Tupelo and throw a bit of Flaming Lips in for good measure, is that something you might be interested in? (spoken like Bob Ryan – Martion Landeau’s character on Entourage). I’d n... more info

Guardian Music — Wayne Coyne and photographer Lawrence Schiller discuss the cover of the band's eye-catching breakthrough LPIt's a picture you know best in Technicolor form, painted in lurid yellow and blue on the cover of the Flaming Lips' 1999 breakthrough LP The S... more info

The Quietus — Wayne Coyne enthuses on "great, explosive, strange" time for the band more info

NME - Festivals — Glastonbury 2011 is almost here, and apart from doing our best to make ourselves entirely waterproof with an intricate system of wellies, bin bags and duct tape, we've been looking back at some of the most legendary moments from Worthy Farm, like thi... more info

Altsounds — Ki:Theory (a.k.a. Joel Burleson) is a recording artist and producer who walks the tightrope between electronic and indie/alternative rock. Ki:Theory has also lent his adventurous sound to remixes for Daft Punk, Queens of the Stone Age, Ladytron, and ... more info