The Flaming Lips have long promised to release “blood vinyl” copies of their new collaborative record The Flaming Lips And Heavy Fwends. These copies of the album will include real, actual human blood from the band, as well as from collaborators like Ke$ha, Erykah Badu, Nick Cave, Chris Martin, and others. And now Wayne Coyne...

Speaking of the Flaming Lips and Record Store Day, one of today’s most anticipated releases was the collaborative LP The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends. You’ve heard cuts featuring Bon Iver, New Fumes, Prefuse 73, and others. Now you can lay your ears on the Doctor Who-sampling, apocalyptic Heady Fwends Ke$ha collab below. Way...

My third Flaming Lips post in a row, but this one surprisingly has nothing to do with Record Store Day. In celebration of the Beach Boys’ 50th anniversary, UK music mag MOJO has compiled an original track-for-track Pet Sounds tribute album featuring folks like Saint Etienne, Gaz Coombes, Here We Go Magic, and those ever-busy [...]

Yesterday we heard Mastodon cover Feist for a Record Store Day 7″. Now we’ve got their faithful take on the Flaming Lips’ Soft Bulletin classic “A Spoonful Weighs A Ton” to enjoy. It was also released as an RSD exclusive, and is available on pink vinyl with the Flaming Lips original version on fl...

Only a couple of hours too late for the 5 Best Videos Of The Week, here’s an awesomely deranged animated clip for “Supermoon Made Me Want To Pee,” the Prefuse 73 joint from the new collaborative Record Store Day album The Flaming Lips And Heavy Fwends. The video shows a totally ridiculous apocalyptic landscape that ...