“Flaming Side of the Moon” – April Fools?

Last night a press release announcing a new Flaming Lips album began spreading around the internet, appearing first on Good Reads and a blogspot page. Today more sites published the same statement, while others – most notably Pitchfork – paraphrased it. Read the unedited press release and why every line of it looks bogus.

Record Store Day Returns April 19, 2014 – MGMT Remastered, Tame Impala Live Album, REM Unplugged Box, Bowie Picture Discs, Grateful Dead, Neil Young, Thee Oh Sees, Multiple New Flaming Lips Releases, More

What will be spinning on your turntable on Record Store Day?
Tame Impala live 12″? REM “Unplugged” vinyl box? MGMT remastered? Bowie picture discs? DEVO and Grateful Dead (among many other) unreleased live records from the vaults? Neil Young box? Thee Oh Sees brand new studio album? One of the multiple new Flaming Lips releases?

Miley Cyrus and Andrew VanWyngarden Cover “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” for Flaming Lips’ “Sgt Pepper’s” Full LP Remake – Plus, Watch Miley and Lips Play Tulsa

The Flaming Lips are remaking The Beatles’ entire Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album with a slew of friends. MGMT, Tame Impala, Foxygen, Phantogram, Birdflower, Zorch and some of the artists being asked to contribute. Now Miley Cyrus is joining the collaboration, singing “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” with Andrew VanWyngarden from MGMT.

SXSW 2014 Film Guide

SXSW isn’t just a week for discovering bands, it’s also the Sundance of music documentaries. Below is a run down … More