"Not that I had a better idea, but I just didn't see this music as being connected to politics and stuff, you know?"The post Wayne Coyne says Aaron Sorkin wanted to make Flaming Lips musical about 9/11 appeared first on NME.

The band will play shows in London and Manchester in April next year to celebrate the album's 20th anniversaryThe post Flaming Lips to perform ‘Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots’ in full on UK tour appeared first on NME.

The band will play their 2002 album in full in London and Washington next yearThe post The Flaming Lips announce ‘Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots’ 20th anniversary reissue and concerts appeared first on NME.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, the album that brought the Flaming Lips to their peak of mainstream visibility, turned 20 this year. The band is commemorating that anniversary with an expansive box set featuring lots of unreleased music and a pair of concerts where they’ll play the album in full.

The Polyphonic Spree’s debut album The Beginning Stages Of… turned 20 this past spring. We didn’t do an article about it because you can’t cover everything, even on the nostalgia beat. But they definitely feel like a relic of their moment: a cult-like psychedelic choir, robes and all, led by the guy from D...