M.I.A. 's recent 5 second assault on the sensibility of America reminds us that no one can market music like a rock star. As overblown as the Super Bowl middle finger coverage has been, it's just one recent example of interesting marketing efforts from notable musicians including Tenacious D , who teased his upcoming album with a SoundCloud-powered splash page, and The Flaming Lips , who featured vocals by Siri in a recently released track.
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By Marc Hogan
Of all the past year's collaborations involving critically acclaimed underground-rock elder statesmen and a second act whose presence renders the whole project immediately blog-worthy, the most artistically intriguing have usually come from the Flaming Lips. In March, Oklahoma City's finest weirdos released a suitably wigged-out EP with chillwave alumni Neon Indian. Last month, they recorded a four-song EP with their New Year's Eve co-headliners, Yoko Ono...Read Full Story
One may think that with the insane amount of bizarre, but frequent visionary accomplishments The Flaming Lips have made throughout 2011, they may be slowing down for a little bit, but they are far from it. The Lips have been working on a collaborative album that has some names involved to make the indie public pretty darn excited. Perhaps the most notable, Bon Iver. But no matter who the artist, or what the band is that works with the innovative neo-psych band, it’s going to be interesting...Read Full Story
Forget following annoyingly oversaturated celebrities on twitter (Kardashians, anyone?). Here are 5 alternative celebrities that will enhance your twitter feed!
1. Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips @waynecoyne
Alternative rock band The Flaming Lips are known for their psychedelic live shows. If you’re lucky enough to attend one of their concerts, you can expect rainbow strobe lights, trippy graphics, and a gigantic hamster ball floating over the crowd. Wayne Coyne , the group’s lead...Read Full Story
Click Here If Flaming Lips - I am the Walrus Video Not Working 'I am the Walrus' Lyrics - Flaming Lips Share On Facebook Here is I am the Walrus Lyrics by Flaming Lips @ lyrics-video-music.blogspot.com I am he as you are he as you are me And we are all together See how they run like pigs from a gun See how they fly, I'm crying. Sitting on a cornflake Waiting for the van to come. Corporation t-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday. Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long I am the...Read Full Story
San Francisco's multi-faceted Noise Pop Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year with a music lineup that includes The Flaming Lips, Built to Spill and Bob Mould, among dozens of others.More news: Built to Spill, The Flaming LipsAll the latest music and artist coverage from SoundSpike
Rapper Dizzee Rascal and veteran rockers The Flaming Lips will headline the two-day Parklife Weekender festival, which will be held in Platt Fields Park on June 9 and 10 after plans to move the event to Wythenshawe Park were drropped.
Siri has been getting around lately. When she's not guest starring on popular sitcoms, she's apparently lending her vocal talents to the music scene. The Flaming Lips have produced an experimental song (embedded below) called "Now I Understand," which features both Siri and Erykah Badu as vocalists. This isn't the first time Siri has been part of a musical collaboration. Just a few days after the iPhone 4S launched, musician Jonathan Mann...
M.I.A.'s recent 5 second assault on the sensibility of America reminds us that no one can market music like a rock star. As overblown as the Super Bowl middle finger coverage has been, it's just one recent example of interesting marketing efforts from notable musicians including Tenacious D, who teased his upcoming album with a SoundCloud-powered splash page, and The Flaming Lips, who featured vocals by Siri in a recently released track. M.I.A...
Siri, the talking virtual assistant on the iPhone 4S isn't just answering questions anymore, but is a featured "vocalist" on a song by the Flaming Lips, an experimental British group that uses her "I don't understand" phrase to eerie effect.The song, "Now I Understand," which Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne describes as a "sound construction" piece, starts out with Siri's log-on beep, followed by it saying "Wayne, I don't understand" when...
Siri — the occasionally sass-talking Apple digital assistant — is a crossover success. Her music career began small with a few YouTube duets, but she’s hit the big time now with a Flaming Lips song in which she shares billing with Erykah Badu and Biz Markie. The song, ”Now I Understand,” is available for a limited time only on SoundCloud.
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As you know, Flaming Lips collaborated with many bands last year, they have kept that momentum intact this year by working with Erykah Badu as part of their upcoming Record Store Day release. To promote their upcoming work, Wayne Coyne has uploaded the track, "Now I Understand" so you can stream it, take a listen below.
The single features sampled vocals from Siri, Apple's artificial intelligence bot, as well as from Biz Markie. Keep in...
Singer, songwriter and guitarist Wayne Coyne has been making music with The Flaming Lips since 1983, utilizing a distinctly psychedelic rock style that has constantly pushed the envelope on what defines the aural experience. Last year, the band went where no other group has: they've created the 24-hour song. Coyne describes the process of how this project got started as well as the hurdles that came along with making it. Oh, and where they got...
+ Ke$ha and The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne seem like a match made in glitter/confetti heaven. Coyne tweeted photos and videos of them recording together. "She's crazy.. But s***!!!!she can really f***** SING!!," he tweeted. What he said. (Idolator)
+ In honor of Etta James who passed away on Friday, Kelly Clarkson performed "I'd Rather Go [...]
The Hangout Music Fest has unveiled its 2012 lineup, with Jack White, Dave Matthews Band, Wilco and the Flaming Lips heading up the Gulf Coast festival this year. White dropped the news of his participation a few days ago, but the newly-announced details ...
Homepage of the Oklahoma psychedelic alternative rock band the Flaming Lips. Includes information on the band's feature film "Christmas on Mars" as well as the EP "Ego Tripping at ...
The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983) are an American rock band. The band is known for their lush, multi-layered, psychedelic arrangements, spacey lyrics and ...
MySpace Music profile for The Flaming Lips. Download The Flaming Lips Experimental / Psychedelic / Rock music singles, watch music videos, listen to free streaming mp3s, & read The ...