Even at their goofiest, the Flaming Lips were so goddamned sad. The enduring memory of the band at their peak of visibility centers on their absurd, colorful live show: Wayne Coyne in a suit befitting a traveling salesman or a televangelist, surrounded by dancing furries and streams of confetti, dousing himself in blood and rolling across a fiel...

The singer also recalled in a new interview his ordeal being held at gunpointThe post Wayne Coyne says he wants Billie Eilish to cover The Flaming Lips appeared first on NME.

Other acts slated to play The Big Climate Thing Festival include Khruangbin, The Weather Station and Courtney BarnettThe post Haim, The Roots, The Flaming Lips, Sheryl Crow and more to play climate-themed music festival in New York appeared first on NME.

This fall, The Big Climate Thing: Concert For People And the Planet will take place at Forest Hills Stadium in New York City on September 16, 17, and 18. The event is organized by Climate Control Projects, and will feature performances by Khruangbin, Haim, The Roots, Sheryl Crow, The Flaming Lips and Gary Clark Jr., Courtney Barnet, Princess Nok...

The second installment of Randall Poster’s five-volume, 242-song, birdsong-inspired compilation For The Birds is upon us. Arriving a month after Vol. 1, which featured such talents as Beach House, Beck, Nick Cave, and Karen O, today’s offering includes new music from artists such as Jeff Tweedy, Elvis Costello, Dan Deacon, El...