Last night on Conan, The Flaming Lips joined Miley Cyrus for a performance of The Beatles’ “A Day In The Life.” I won’t pretend that this is a shocking performance – take a look at that headline again and ask yourself exactly what you would expect from this kind of collaboration. Things are surprisingly tame until […]
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I Didn’t Ask For This: Watch The Flaming Lips And Miley Cyrus Cover The Beatles’ “A Day In The Life”
November 7th, 2014 
John Bazley The Flaming Lips’ Drummer Kliph Scurlock Leaves Band
April 11th, 2014 Nina Corcoran As reported by Pitchfork, The Flaming Lips may have just parted with their long-term drummer Kliph Scurlock. Scurlock joined the band back in 2002 but, according to The Future Heart, he was recently not involved in the band’s Buku Music Project performance on March 22. Cue the online rumors saying that he’s left the group […]
The Flaming Lips To Record ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ Cover Record With Miley Cyrus, MGMT
March 17th, 2014 John Bazley When it comes to The Flaming Lips, nothing’s shocking. It’s been speculated for a few days, but the band have confirmed that they’re working on a tribute album to The Beatles’ magnum opus, Sgt. Pepper’s Loney Hearts Club Band with a little help from their friends. Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne posted an Instagram photo […]
Watch The Flaming Lips and Miley Cyrus Play “Yoshimi” Together and Get Hit With Bras
March 17th, 2014 Nina Corcoran A few days ago The Flaming Lips joined Miley Cyrus onstage in Los Angeles. Thursday night they reunited again, this time at the Tulsa stop of her Bangerz tour to perform “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Part 1)” together. According to the Future Heart, they played the song back-to-back while Wayne Coyne held balloons that spelled out “FUCK […]
The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne Touring Record Stores With Life-Size Chocolate Skulls Holding Debut EP
February 3rd, 2014 Nina Corcoran It’s quite difficult to hear news from The Flaming Lips and be surprised that you’re surprised. Frontman Wayne Coyne is heading out to hit up record stores in America this month for a meet-and-greet where he can sign copies of The Flaming Lips’ ridiculous new release: a chocolate skull containing the reissue of the band’s […]
The Flaming Lips, New Fumes, And An Uncredited Ke$ha Cover The Stone Roses
December 9th, 2013 Tyler Hanan Though one Flaming Lips-led collaborative album may have been tragically torpedoed, another still lives. The Flaming Lips’ LP-length cover of The Stone Roses’ debut album still lives and was released on Black Friday. Record Store Day is so much more than just a single day of shopping now. The album, titled The Time Has Come To […]
The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne Gets Kicked Off Instagram (Surprise)
September 23rd, 2013 Nina Corcoran Keith Moon got kicked out of hotels. Brian Wilson got kicked out of The Beach Boys. The Beatles were kicked out of Israel eternally… and The Flaming Lips‘ Wayne Coyne gets kicked off Instagram. Coyne gets 50 gold stars (if Jack Black were his teacher) for his use of social media. Even if you don’t follow […]
MUSIC VIDEO: Moby – “The Perfect Life” (With Wayne Coyne Of The Flaming Lips)
September 4th, 2013 Dan Bogosian The musicians most prone to unusual collaborations are unusual musicians. Wayne Coyne, frontman for The Flaming Lips, and Moby have collaborated on the song “The Perfect Life,” with Wayne singing some vocals. The two now have released an official music video for it that features random dancing costumed people. In his own words, Moby says […]
The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne is Releasing a Comic Book
July 15th, 2013 Nina Corcoran At this point, I feel like there’s nothing to be surprised about when news is released from psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips. Turns out frontman Wayne Coyne will be creating an adult-themed comic book called The Sun Is Sick with the artwork you see here. Fans can expect a “full-color psychedelic fantasy in classic comic book form” […]
WATCH: The Flaming Lips Perform on Fallon
May 16th, 2013 Anthony Galasso The Flaming Lips made an appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night. The band performed “Try To Explain” from their 2013 release, The Terror, as well as their rendition of David Bowie’s “Heroes.” According to Pitchfork, Wayne Coyne’s performance rendered him “almost-nude, his modesty concealed by an array of glowing tentacular wires.” Later in […]
CONFIRMED: The Flaming Lips And Ke$ha Working On Collaborative Album ‘Lip$ha’
April 4th, 2013 James Shotwell I believe we may have a winner for the strangest news item of the week. During a recent Reddit AMA, frontman Wayne Coyne informed fans that The Flaming Lips are currently working on a collaborative album with pop superstar Ke$ha entitled, Lip$ha. The pairing may seem odd to some, but Ke$ha previously worked with the […]
Erykah Badu Tells Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips) to Kiss Her ‘Glittery Ass’
June 6th, 2012 Brian Leak Wayne Coyne is in deep shit today as Erykah Badu tears him down via Twitter due to some recent drama in The Flaming Lips camp. Last week, along with the tagline “Blood, glitter, white goopy liquid, and Erykah Badu’s (very, very naked) sister”, Pitchfork posted a new video from The Flaming Lips for their track […]