Yoko Ono remakes a holiday chestnut with The Flaming Lips;, Imagene Peise CD pre-sale launches; Tickets available for Womb Christmas Party

Preview special “artist cover bomb” designs by Paul McCartney, Wayne Coyne, Nick Cave, Peter Gabriel and Stanley Donwood of Stuart Tolley’s new book “Collector’s Edition.” All are now up for bidding in an online auction to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.

You know the otherworldly breaks in Talking Heads’ “Born Under Punches” and “The Great Curve” (arguably the most visionary guitar recordings of the ’80s, or at least the most unusual…)? That was Adrian Belew. The disjointed six-string shrieks on tracks like “D.J.” and “Red Sails” that David Bowie closed his “Berlin Triology” with on the “Lodger” LP? That too was Belew. The riff from Tom Tom Club’s “Genius of Love” (sampled umpteen times on hip-hop records)? Belew wrote it. King Crimson’s reinvention on “Discipline”? Yep, Adrian Belew.

Sunbears’ new album “Future Sounds” is out this week on New Granada Records. Frontman Jonathan Berlin gave us a preview . . .

Stream full sets by Phish, Foxygen, Phil Lesh with Nels Cline, tUnE-yArDs and Caribou. Plus: Deerhoof and Sunbears! kick-off tours for their new albums; Yellowbirds play final show…

Oscillator Sunshine Machine released an hour-long song as a free treat on Halloween with wonderful artwork is by Melted Vision! Read how “I Am King of the Wizards” was created in this exclusive interview.

A run down of the ten Halloween happenings with the sweetest treats and most musical trickery in 2014. Full set videos from Phish, Primus, and Umphrey’s McGee, plus Electric Würms cover The Carpenters’ “Superstar” and much more!

Tweets from musicians on Halloween

As of this morning The Flaming Lips are 1,000,000,000 seconds old. To commemorate the occasion a new series of posts on Flaming Lips history is being launched today!

Beck, The Flaming Lips, Wilco, Tweedy, War on Drugs and Perfume Genius were among the highlights of a busy week for music on television . . .

This Halloween stream Phish and moe. from Vegas, St. Vincent, Belle and Sebastian and more from Paris, Phil Lesh and Friends from New York and more…