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  The Flaming Lips' 'The Terror' Delayed, So Hear It Performed Live From Texas

  March 18, 2013 – Fans eager to hear the Flaming Lips' harrowing new album The Terror will be forced to wait an additional two weeks before actually owning the thing. The bleak new Warner Bros. LP's release date has been moved from April 1 to April 16, but there are a couple of silver linings to consider. …
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  Watch Wayne Coyne Sell Cell Phones Using Seafood (and Hypnotism and Colonel Meow)

  March 13, 2013 – Wayne Coyne has long had a pretty involved relationship with wacky, a pairing that occasionally veers into the obnoxious (to wit: the guy's 2012 timeline). But just as often, the Flaming Lips frontman uses weird as a vehicle for brilliance or, at the very least, some good acid-enhanced fun. …
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  Hear the Flaming Lips' Excellent Post-Punk Explosion 'Look... the Sun Is Rising'

  March 5, 2013 – When we spoke to the Flaming Lips about their forthcoming 13th album The Terror, Wayne Coyne explained his band's approach thusly: "Don't think about song lengths, don't think about marketing, don't think about anything, just make music that you want to make and get away from this crazy headspace where you fuck it up by fiddling with it." Clearly that technique worked, as the refreshing pre-apocalyptic blast that was "Sun Blows Up  …
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  Dave Grohl, Justin Timberlake, Iggy Pop Are SXSW 2013's Last-Minute Additions

  March 5, 2013 – The music portion of South By Southwest 2013 kicks off on March 12, and with just one week before the annual Austin showcase starts, a slew of headliner-worthy performances have been confirmed, including Dave Grohl's Sound City Players, Justin Timberlake, and Iggy and the Stooges.Billboard reports that in addition to delivering the SXSW keynote address on March 14, current SPIN cover star Dave Grohl will play a live show with his s …
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  The Black Keys, Phoenix, and the Flaming Lips Headed to Memphis' Beale Street Festival

  March 1, 2013 – The Black Keys, Phoenix, the Flaming Lips, Smashing Pumpkins, Public Enemy, and more are invading this year's Beale Street Music Festival, scheduled to take place at Memphis' Tom Lee Park from May 3 to 5. …
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  The Flaming Lips Make Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Their Sun-Bursting Own

  February 8, 2013 – The Flaming Lips have been covering "Bohemian Rhapsody" for some time, but now they're returning to the Queen covers game in distinctive Flaming Lips fashion. …
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  For Flaming Lips' Love Songs, Eat Your Anatomically Correct Chocolate Heart Out

  February 5, 2013 – Don't think for one minute that Super Bowl ad starring the Flaming Lips has tempered Wayne Coyne's weirdness. If anything, the Hyundai commercial gave Coyne more money to do even more batshit stunts. Case in point: This Valentine's Day, the Flaming Lips will release a compilation of their offbeat love songs, fittingly titled Songs of Love. …
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  Flaming Lips Discuss Their Harrowing, Awesomely Repetitive, Accidental New LP 'The Terror'

  February 4, 2013 – The nine grim, harrowing songs that comprise the Flaming Lips thirteenth studio album The Terror are as much a paradigm shift in the Lips' sound as Zaireeka and The Soft Bulletin before it. Recorded on and off last year at Tarbox Road Studios with longtime co-producer Dave Fridmann in the wee hours between Heady Fwends collaborations, the album finds the Lips favoring heavy-lidded loops and drum machine mesmerism. …
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  The Flaming Lips Host an 'Epic Playdate' in Hyundai Super Bowl Commercial

  January 29, 2013 – Suddenly, everything has changed. The Flaming Lips are a family-friendly band that soundtracks a day of skateboarding, museum-going, and feeding animals at the petting zoo. That's the takeaway from the Lips' new Hyundai commercial that's set to broadcast during the Super Bowl on February 3. …
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  Flaming Lips' Super Bowl Ad Song 'Sun Blows Up Today' Will Brighten Your Last Day on Earth

  January 25, 2013 – Sorry, gramps, this supernova isn't the champagne kind. …
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