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Flaming Lips and Hyundai Join Forces For Super Bowl Commercial

Unless you've been living under a rock or a parallel dimension, you know this Sunday marks one of the biggest unofficial holidays of the year: the Super Bowl. When the 49ers taken the Ravens Sunday, the 47th edition of the Super Bowl is expected to be one of the most watched events of the year, if n ... More >>

Matisyahu On Acting, His Growth and His Beard

We caught up with Matisyahu for our print feature this week. As he's set to hit the stage at the City National Grove in Anaheim, here some tidbits that we discussed with the clean shaven, beat boxing Reggae musician. On acting: "It's a completely different thing. I've been doing music consistently ... More >>

Top 10 OC Shows of Summer 2012

The only thing tougher than realizing that yet another summer concert season has come and gone is taking the time to sort all the best moments together an relive them in numerical order. For us, the difficulty of the latter usually means that we got to experience enough slam-dancing, chorus-shouting ... More >>

FIDLAR On What It's Like To Party With The Hives

See Also: *Nora Kirkpatrick: The Accordion Goddess of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros  *Milo Greene Made Their First Full-Length Film With Zero Movie Making Experience *Wayne Coyne Says 2013 is the Year of the Flaming Lips Since 2009, FIDLAR (an acronym for Fuck It Dog, Life's ... More >>

Doheny Days: Day One - Doheny State Beach - September 8, 2012

Doheny Days--Day OneDoheny State BeachSeptember 8, 2012See Also:*Milo Greene Made Their First Full-Length Film With Zero Movie Making Experience*Wayne Coyne Says 2013 is the Year of the Flaming Lips*Jane's Addiction and the Flaming Lips to Headline Doheny DaysThere's a bittersweet taste that accompa ... More >>

Doheny Days: Day Two - Doheny State Beach - September 9, 2012

Day two of Doheny Days commenced full-throttle in Dana Point for another round of musical festivities drawing crowds by the thousands. From smaller acts like Milo Greene to the ever-anticipated explosive joy of the Flaming Lips, the sun-soaked rasta-hippie crowd seemed to congregate collectively at ... More >>

Nora Kirkpatrick: The Accordion Goddess of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

See Also: *Milo Greene Made Their First Full-Length Film With Zero Movie Making Experience*Wayne Coyne Says 2013 is the Year of the Flaming Lips*Jane's Addiction and the Flaming Lips to Headline Doheny DaysWith the collective passion of so many members spewing an endless fountain of hippie sunshine ... More >>

Wayne Coyne On Celebrating His World Record and Collaborating with Ke$ha

See Also: *Wayne Coyne Says 2013 Is the Year of the Flaming Lips *Boys Noize Talks New Album, Working With Snoop Dogg and Skrillex *Bloc Party Speaks: Why Bringing Their Guitars to HARD Summer is a Gutsy Move In our print feature this week, we caught up with The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne who outlin ... More >>

Wayne Coyne Says 2013 Is the Year of the Flaming Lips

After breaking a Guinness World Record, the Oklahoma psych rockers have much more in store

Wayne Coyne Says 2013 Is the Year of the Flaming Lips

See Also:* Pacific Festival: The Dunes Announced* Boys Noize Talks New Album, Working With Snoop Dogg and Skrillex*Bloc Party Speaks: Why Bringing Their Guitars to HARD Summer is a Gutsy MoveAs the Flaming Lips pulled into New Orleans for the final show on a marathon, eight-city, 24-hour jaunt acros ... More >>

When Is Shutting Down a Concert Worth the Hassle?

See Also: *TV on the Radio, Grouplove and Best Coast to Play the U.S. Open of Surfing *Jane's Addiction and the Flaming Lips to Headline Doheny Days *Adele and Gotye Top Mid-Year Album and Single Sales. Yikes!For those of you who haven't heard, Saturday night's Bruce Springsteen show at the Hard R ... More >>

The Dirty Heads to Play a Free Show Tomorrow at Doheny State Beach

Huntington Beach's favorite rasta pasta act The Dirty Heads are giving fans a chance to spice up their lunch break tomorrow with a free show at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, presented by Omega Events and KROQ. The band recently announced a spur-of-the-moment CD release party for their sophomore ... More >>

Jane's Addiction and The Flaming Lips to Headline Doheny Days

Boy, oh boy, this year's edition of Doheny Days is looking mighty strong. Yesterday, KROQ confirmed the lineup for this year's festival, which will be taking place on Sept. 8-9 at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point.Headlined by Jane's Addiction and The Flaming Lips, the lineup for the alt-indie-regga ... More >>

Hott MT Video Featuring Wayne Coyne Now on the Interwebz!

​Ahoy! Hott Mt's song featuring Wayne Coyne has surfaced on the interwebs! It's even more spectacular than we thought. The local OC band that traveled all the way to Oklahoma City just over a week ago to barge in on The Flaming Lips front man (and give him their album as a birthday present) didn' ... More >>

Summer Music: What Kind of Fan Am I?

[SUMMER GUIDE] Can't decide which shows are worth opening your recession-lightened wallet for? We're here to help!

The Flaming Lips 'Two Blobs Fucking' Experiment

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​We all know the Flaming Lips are one of the most inventive bands around. Not only do they make insanely creative music, they like to mess around with the ways in which it is recorded and transmitted. They've used obscure, near-forgotten instrumentation, performed concerts ... More >>

The Flaming Lips to Release New Songs in January

Myspace.com​Maybe it's a rip-off of Kanye's brilliant idea, but Oklahoma City psych-rockers the Flaming Lips are releasing new songs each month with longtime producer Dave Fridmann, and you can hear the first one in January. Frontman Wayne Coyne announced to Rolling Stone that they ... More >>

[NSFW] Boob Wars on Video: Breast Milk From 30 Women (Ariel Pink) VS. Scary CGI Orgy (Klaxons)

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyAriel Pink at the Detroit Bar in August​Ariel Pink and the Klaxons both play psychedelic art rock music that hipsters love; but today's launch of their respective videos garnered a mish mash of unexpected reactions. In fairness, the boobage that Ariel Pink is fighting with ... More >>

3hree Things: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the Late-Summer European Festival Circuit

​I've been overseas for a week, playing string of European festival dates. The fests we've played have been much like Coachella or Bonaroo back in the states; they're three or four day events, have multiple stages, feature bands of all sorts of genres, and are built around camping, imbibing, sunbu ... More >>

Local Record Review: The Fling from Long Beach

Beat Blvd. is Heard Mentality's weekly review of local releases. If you're an OC musician or band with something new to offer--vinyl single, full length album, CD, cassette--we want to hear from you! Send copies, along with any photos and PR material, to Beat Blvd., c/o OC Weekly, 2975 Red Hill Av ... More >>

The Ultimate Comic-Con Playlist: 25 Songs For Geek Ears Only

Batman image: DC/Mike Allred​Lost in the pomp, glamour and sweet smells that swirl around the attendees of San Diego Comic-Con</sarcasm> are the mind-numbing blocks of boredom as you wait in line for panels, autographs, food, bathrooms and opportunities to sexually harass booth babes. O ... More >>

The Henry Clay People and Local Natives to Play Austin City Limits

The Henry Clay People in sepia.​The Henry Clay People and Local Natives have both been tapped to perform at Austin City Limits--otherwise known as yet another music festival better than Coachella--October 8-10. The bands will be playing amongst a line-up with the likes of Sonic Youth, Flaming Lips ... More >>

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Jay-Z Disses 'We Are the World' Remake, John Mayer to Direct Porn (?), Slash, Wayne Coyne

Finally, someone--OK, someone famous and credible--has spoken up about the well-intentioned foolishness of remaking "We Are the World." Thanks Jay-Z!Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne has the coolest house in the whole wide world!"Vivid Entertainment offers John Mayer his 'dream' job to write porn ... More >>

Lil Wayne Eludes Jail with Toothache, Bonnaroo, Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bright Eyes

Lil Wayne eludes jail--for now--with toothache. Or something like that. Hilarious. Jay-Z, the Dead Weather and Phoenix are among the Coachella acts performing at Bonnaroo, which also has Dave Matthews Band (yawn), Weezer, Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon, Flaming Lips, Regina Spektor, Kid Kudi, Miranda ... More >>

Today in Music News: The Strokes, She & Him, Flaming Lips, Aerosmith

While frontman Julian Casablancas serenaded the good people of Southern California this past month via his residency at the Downtown Palace Theater, it appears other members of his band the Strokes were making plan to regroup, return to stage and studio.She & Him to release Volume Two! And my ir ... More >>

Flier of the Week: Respect II-MMA Fights at Fox Theater Pomona

​When you walk through the foyer of the Fox Theater Pomona, with all it's sprawling murals, high columns and 1930s ballroom grandeur, you know there's only one thing that comes to mind: triangle chokes, leg locks and bloody noses. For that very reason, the Fox chose to tap into Pomona's livel ... More >>

[Sound Guy] The Yost and the Fox Pomona Are All Dressed Up But Without a Lot of Shows

Slow Fall at the Fox Theater?

Andrew Youssef​Since reopening this past May with a show from Gogol Bordello, the Fox Theater in downtown Pomona has continually impressed by netting top-flight shows: Wilco, the Flaming Lips, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Band of Horses, Girl Talk, Ween, Cake, Marilyn Manson. After tonight's Paramore (picture ... More >>

Crowdsourced: Flaming Lips at the Fox Theater

​We'll have plenty of more in-depth coverage (more characters) of Tuesday night's Flaming Lips show at the Fox Theater in Pomona in the morning, but for now, enjoy these Twitter posts from fans at the wild, joyous, confetti-filled and fire alarm-tripping evening. Spoiler alert: people were into it ... More >>

Wayne Coyne's Balls: A Tribute

​There's a lot of reasons why you are a fan of The Flaming Lips, reasons that keep you buying their records, doting over their every creative step, watching Christmas on Mars and pretending like you know what the fuck it's actually about. But when it comes to their legendary live show, I think Way ... More >>

[CD Review] Various Artists, 'New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets' (Arsenal/Justice Records)

Incoming: Elefant at the Glass House, the Flaming Lips at the Fox Theater

So, you've probably heard that the Flaming Lips are known for their fun, wild, insane, inexplicable, awe-inspiring and generally highly entertaining live show. Animal suits, lead singer Wayne Coyne in a bubble walking on the crowd, that kind of thing. But why just hear about it? Well sir, you can se ... More >>

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CD Review

Band of Horses, Cease to Begin (Sub Pop)

Vocoder in the Wilderness

Deeper Into Black Moth Super Rainbow’s Roboticized, Cosmic Psychedelia

Improve Your (Instant) Karma

Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (released June 12 by Warner Bros.) is a two-CD set of rich, famous musicians covering John Lennon songs that will raise funds to help the ravaged civilians of Sudan. It is worth the mild pain you'll experience to donate money to this ... More >>

Alex Delivery's Star Destroyer

Alex Delivery Star Destroyer (Jagjaguwar) Release date: April 24, 2007 Curb Your Cynicism is a recurring blogtastic feature in which the music editor pithily enthuses about new releases and reissues he thinks will enhance your life and erode your cynicism about the state of music, circa now. Okay ... More >>

Album Review

Band of Horses, Everything All the Time (Sub Pop)

This Week in Mutaytions

The Mutaytor

This Week in Name Changes

Dios (Malos)

Yeah, Songs!

Another Great Band Bites It

Clubbed!

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Poptopia!

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Not Another #%&@$* Year-End List!

Yes, another #%&@$* year-end list!

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