Reuters - The presence of a star in a band is a double-edged sword -- on one hand, the artist can provide valuable creative input and help draw interest. But if the person starts to eclipse the band, it can go from being a group in its own right to simply a side project.

First, download "The Motion Makes Me Last," the spacious, coruscating lead track from Matthew Cooper aka Eluvium's forthcoming fifth full-length Similes. It's great. As mentioned then, the ambient Portland multi-instrumentalist has been expanding and refining his palette over four albums, his pieces pivoting on fixed loops, pianos, guitars, som...

Festivals curated, Arcade Fire beefed, great record released, pants optional: that's how you have a year. And before the page turns on 2009, the Flaming Lips are adding to that list of distinctions with one more bit via Tuesday's iTunes release of The Flaming Lips And Stardeath And White Dwarfs With Henry Rollins And Peaches Doing The Dark Side ...

During the Q&A session that accompanied the Flaming Lips' pop-up store/show thing in Los Angeles last week, Wayne "let it slip" that the band had joined forces with Stardeath And White Dwarfs to cover the entire Dark Side Of The Moon LP, featuring guest spots from Peaches and Henry Rollins. At their Friday morning stop at KCRW's Morning Beco...

Around 11PM EST on 7/21, our galaxy experienced the 21st century's longest eclipse of the sun. If you read your astrologyzone you know this was the perfect time to meet your soulmate or ask your boss for a raise or bring about TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE in your life. Hopefully you did that! Or something super fun! And hopefully you didn't spend it wa...