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The Flaming Lips — Christmas On Mars

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By Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski (CHARTattack) December 12, 2008 5:53 pm
Sometimes when artists from other disciplines make films based more on image than storytelling, it can really backfire. The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour film was a good example of this. No need to worry here, though, as Wayne Coyne and his fellow Lips have made exactly the type of film you'd expect. Christmas On Mars is trippy, abstract,...
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Sasquatch 2008 Day Three

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By Quinn Omori (CHARTattack) May 29, 2008 11:00 am
If there was a better way to kick off day three of the Sasquatch! Music Festival than a main stage set from The Hives, I'd love to know what it was. I made it inside the gates for the final day of the festival as the band were ripping through a blistering version of "Main Offender." It only took the song's two-and-a-half odd minutes to...
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The Flaming Lips Make Triumphant (If Long Overdue) Return

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By ChartAttack.com Staff (CHARTattack) April 5, 2006 4:00 pm
When Steve Drozd told ChartAttack a few weeks ago that The Flaming Lips hadn't headlined a Toronto show since 1995, it seemed impossible. How did the band manage to miss the city on every headlining tour for more than a decade? Lead singer Wayne Coyne claimed during the band's Tuesday night show that it was merely a fluke. The real story of their...
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The Flaming Lips — At War With The Mystics

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) April 4, 2006 11:44 am
Anyone who thought the massive popularity that came to the Lips following the success of Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots would dull their creativity is in for a surprise with At War With The Mystics. I'm not knocking Yoshimi, but I'd rather hear freak-out track "Free Radicals" or the stellar rawk of "The W.A.N.D." than most of...
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Stubbs The Zombie: The Soundtrack

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By Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski (CHARTattack) November 22, 2005 11:56 am
Even though zombies are just the dead reincarnated as staggering lost souls, it doesn't mean that the soundtrack that they do it to has to be lifeless as well. Giving a bunch of current semi-hot bands (including The Flaming Lips, The Dandy Warhols and Death Cab For Cutie) the job of covering some '50s doo wop and pop seems, at least, interesting...
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Late Night Tales: The Flaming Lips

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By Steve English (CHARTattack) March 15, 2005 2:53 pm
Wayne Coyne is a strange, strange man. As frontman for art-damaged pop terrorists The Flaming Lips, he’s penned odes to spider bites, killer robots and self-destructing brains, conducted a 40-piece orchestra of car stereos and crowd-surfed inside a gigantic plastic bubble. His band’s entry in Azuli’s series of celebrity mix-tapes proves that his...
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MP3 Roundup: The Flaming Lips (ft. Erykah Badu, Biz Markie, and Siri), Tennis, M.I.A., and Pond

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 30, 2012 6:05 pm
The Flaming Lips ft. Erykah Badu, Siri, and Biz Markie – “Now I Understand” You’re alone in your room, and you’re looking for some sort of companionship, so you turn to your only true friend in the world: the iPhone.  However, as you yell into your iPhone ceaselessly asking, “Why don’t you love me?!” all Siri ever seems to reply is, “I...
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WATCH: The Flaming Lips cover The Beatles' “She's So Heavy” (ft. Wilco's Nels Cline!)

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By Dan Busheikin (CHARTattack) January 25, 2012 11:18 am
The Flaming Lips have already taken on the Beatles with their weirdo cover of “I Am The Walrus,” and now video has surfaced of the band's take on “She's So Heavy,” which they performed during their NYE 2012 dates.Joined by Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, the Lips deliver a faithful rendition, minus the fact that it lasts seventeen minutes. All the...
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WATCH: An oral history of The Flaming Lips' 1999 album The Soft Bulletin

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By Dan Busheikin (CHARTattack) January 17, 2012 6:19 pm
Before the Flaming Lips were one of music's most revered experimental rock groups, they were a bunch of misunderstood weirdos with eight strange records and one radio hit. The turning point was The Soft Bulletin.This short, Pitchfork-produced documentary on the band's classic 1999 album explores some of the record's context -- why it followed up...
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CHARTattack PRESENTS | Fifteen Noisy, Messy Songs

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By Dan Busheikin (CHARTattack) January 17, 2012 11:59 am
Feeling sluggish this morning? Same. But we've put together a little pick-me-up for you. Today we salute those artists who can make something beautiful out of dirty, messy noise. Noisy music has a sort of inherit spirituality: While angels up in heaven are plucking away at their tiny angel harps, us miserable humans are stuck on Earth, maxing out...
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I Read The News Today... For July 26, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 26, 2011 3:50 pm
D-Sisive has announced that his next album Run With The Creeps will be released on Nov. 1. The concept album about a lonely meat packer's quest for love in the cold, cold city will feature contributions from Colin Stetson, Owen Pallett, Patrick Watson, Fucked Up's Pink Eyes and Karkwa... or probably just Muneshine. There's a teaser video you can...
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I Read The News Today... For July 19, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 19, 2011 4:57 pm
Ohbijou are going to spend the early part of the fall touring eastern Canada in support of their upcoming Metal Meets album. There will probably be nothing metal about any of the songs they'll play at the gigs, but hey. Camp Radio, a supergroup of sorts featuring producer Dave Draves (Kathleen Edwards, Gentleman Reg), are set to release their...
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Weezer, Flaming Lips Playing "Side-By-Side" Sets

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 12, 2011 11:06 am
There have probably been times when you've attended a festival with multiple stages and acts have been playing at the same time. That obviously creates a scheduling conflict for some people, as they get torn up over which act they should see. Let's say you're going to a festival this summer that features both Weezer and The Flaming Lips — but...
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I Read The News Today... For June 21, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 21, 2011 12:23 pm
Cancer Bats are working on the follow-up to last year's Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones, which they say should feature plenty of Sabbath-esque riffs. And, y'know... screaming. That, too. Anet Mook, singer for '90s indie rockers Cay, died earlier this month after she was hit by a bus in Amsterdam. Her funeral was held last Thursday.Your mom...
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I Read The News Today... For May 10, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 10, 2011 4:23 pm
30 Seconds To Mars say they're going to take a hiatus after their current tour and probably not do anything for "10 years." Aka... they're done. Billy Corgan says he's writing a "spiritual memoir" about his time with the Smashing Pumpkins. He's sounding more and more like the bald version of Jeff Martin these days... Bjork's launched a trippy new...
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I Read The News Today... For May 4, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 4, 2011 3:28 pm
The full lineup for this year's Sled Island Music Festival has been revealed, along with the main stage's schedule. Calgarians, freak out. Read it and weep, rest of Canada. The Sheepdogs, who are in the final round of Rolling Stone's choose the cover contest, have recorded a new tune with Fountains Of Wayne frontman Adam Schlesinger. You can hear...
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I Read The News Today... For April 28, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 28, 2011 2:29 pm
Missed the Foo Fighters' Back And Forth documentary when it screened in theatres recently? No biggie; you can get it on DVD and BluRay on June 14. Halifax's Rebekah Higgs will release her as-yet-untitled sophomore album sometime this summer, and she's heading out on tour next week to play songs from it. It might not be Halloween, but that's no...
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I Read The News Today... For April 25, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 25, 2011 4:21 pm
Who's on The Lonely Island's new album? Why, only Akon, Beck, Snoop Dogg, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Nicki Minaj, John Waters, Santigold and... Michael frickin' Bolton. —Los Angeles Times Our Lady Peace are working on their next album and have been uploading short studio videos to YouTube. Like this one: Former Guns N' Roses member Duff...
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I Read The News Today... For April 4, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 4, 2011 2:20 pm
A Perfect Circle have announced that tickets for their upcoming summer reunion tour go on sale on Friday. (In other news... LOL.) —aperfectcircle.com Regina indie poppers Library Voices have signed to Nevado Records, which is home to Yukon Blonde, Bahamas and The Golden Dogs. They'll release their Summer Of Lust sophomore album sometime this...
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I Read The News Today... For March 4, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 4, 2011 3:40 pm
If you were wondering where all The Dears' dates in support of the recently released Degeneration Street were, you don't really have to wonder anymore. They start touring western Canada and the States today and play until April 2, then head to Europe for some shows on April 13. —thedears.org My Morning Jacket's new album is called Circuital, and...
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