Subject: The Flaming Lips

• Wayne Coyne: Guitar Hero

  October 28, 2008

• The Spin: Of Montreal at Cannery Ballroom

  Kevin Barnes. Check out the slideshow for more photos. We had hoped The Fiery Furnaces would remain on tour with Of Montreal through their Nashville date, but alas, they only played the Florida leg of the Skeletal Lamping tour, so we were left with just Fire Zuave as openers. And after peeping a bit of Zuave's music on the Interwebs and finding ourselves relatively unimpressed, we felt comfortable strolling in toward the end of their set. The crowd was wall-to-wall and decked out in perhaps

  January 5, 2009

• Flaming Lips, N.E.R.D. to Headline Rites of Spring

  Photo from Vandy SPEARI honestly don't know if anything will top the brain-trip I went through last year, as the night transitioned between Feist and Lil' Jon (The Spin was there, too), but here you have it: The Flaming Lips and N.E.R.D. are playing Vanderbilt's annual reason to own a cooler with wheels, Rites of Spring. The lawn-trashing happens Apr. 17-18. I never thought the Lips would be as big a deal as they are now, but hey, good for them. I guess I'm pretty glad I was able to catch them

  February 27, 2009

• Tennessee State Rock Song!

  Make sure it has lots of quarter notes.As you've probably already heard, the state legislature of Oklahoma has chosen The Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize" as the state rock song. (Yeah, I read it on P4K.) And to think, our own legislature is considering guns on playgrounds--but not at the capitol, of course--when they could be voting on what awesome rock song best represents our state. (Do You Realize we already have a bicentennial rap?) For your consideration, here are a few Cream suggestions

  March 3, 2009

• Jonas Brothers at The Ryman, Of Montreal at The Cannery Ballroom & more

  January 8, 2009

• EVANGELICALS W/DRESSY BESSY

  October 9, 2008

• The Filming Lips

  October 9, 2008

• Oh No! Oh My!

  August 21, 2008

• Hippies, Heat and Hot Jams

  June 12, 2008

• T.I., The Flaming Lips among Rites of Spring highlights

  April 16, 2009

• Hot Pants

  Keeping it cool at Bonnaroo

  June 21, 2007

• The Spin

  June 21, 2007

• Future Imperfect

  The week’s other Daniel Craig movie is black-and-white and a little dead all over

  November 16, 2006

• Stage Dive

  Slack attacks, Different Class gets poor attendance marks

  May 13, 2004

• Access Lollywood

  Nashville and Chicago converge backstage at Lollapalooza

  August 10, 2006

• The Spin

  May 11, 2006

• Manchester United

  April 16, 2009

• The Same, Only Different

  Like their label mates Old Crow Medicine Show, Hackensaw Boys reach back, but in service of a broader vision

  July 14, 2005

• Santigold, The Flaming Lips, Shemekia Copeland and More: Inside This Week's Music Section

  Santigold, the Artiste formerly known as SantogoldGet Smart: Santigold has 21st century skills. (Playing Friday, 17th at Vanderbilt Alumni Lawn.) Lawn Rangers: T.I., The Flaming Lips among Rites of Spring highlights. (Friday, 17th and Saturday, 18th at Vanderbilt Alumni Lawn.) Class Action: Shemekia Copeland sings the new school blues. (Playing Sunday, 19th at 3rd and Lindsley.) Overnight Rippers: CD-to-file conversion services put record collections in the 21st Century. In The Spin: Brian J

  April 16, 2009

• Weekend Updates

  Flaming Lip service at The Basement, the Dirtbombs at The End, and more

  May 12, 2005

• Mouse Ascendant

  Darlings of alt Modest Mouse get over big with latest album and a tour that brings them through Nashville

  January 20, 2005

• Stage Dive

  Despite an apathetic crowd, New Orleans' Voodoo Music Festival last weekend was worth the trip

  October 21, 2004

• The Year in Rock—So Far

  A look at some of the year's most highly touted rock albums

  May 20, 2004

• The Year in, Well, Everything

  Scene writers survey 2002’s notable moments in music, TV, books, movies and more

  December 19, 2002

• Digging Deeper for Roots Music

  It’s time to look below the surface for rich new sources of Americana

  September 12, 2002

• The Latest Bulletins

  The Flaming Lips leap into the mystic-poetic; Oasis disappoint

  August 15, 2002

• The Latest Bulletins

  New releases from the Flaming Lips, Solomon Burke, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Aimee Mann and others

  August 8, 2002

• Bright Eyes ♦ May 24

  Music

  May 23, 2002

• Deep Cuts

  Brilliant Nuggets II box looks outside U.S. to unearth a wide array of hidden rock classics

  October 4, 2001

• Local Heroes

  The year's local music highlights were many and diverse

  December 21, 2000

• A Brother's Keeper

  Bob Delevante shines in solo outing

  March 2, 2000

• Sum Things Up

  A year of achievements—some notable, some laughable

  December 16, 1999

• Rolling Over

  The arbitrariness of numerical designations

  December 16, 1999

• Lips, Inc.

  July 1, 1999

• I Heart Santigold, While Also Hearting Breakfast at Sulimay's Heartily

  I can honestly say I'm more excited about seeing Santigold tonight at Rites of Spring than I've been about any other show this year. (Sorry, JEFF.) I'm going to check out the merch table, and if there's a shirt that makes it look like you've just barfed gold all over yourself, I might buy it. I also happen to love the web series Breakfast at Sulimay's, even if Ann--currently my favorite music critic--summed up Santi's song "L.E.S. Artistes" by saying, "That sucked." Well, Ann, I disagree, but

  April 17, 2009

• Weekend Round-Up: Pretty Awesome Weekend Style Part 2

  OM NOM NOM NOM!Big day. Nay; HUGE day. No time to dillydally. Here's what's on the table: Record Store Day celebration at Grimey's feat. Mute Math, The Ettes, Royal Bangs, Charlie Louvin, The Avett Brothers and oh so many more. See Steve's post for the exact schedule. Keep in mind that this shindig runs noon-8 p.m. Record Store Day celebration at The Groove feat. Hotpipes, Dave Cloud and the Gospel of Power, The Tits, Shoot the Mountain, Coolout, Red White Blue & much more. Don't have a specif

  April 18, 2009

• The Flaming Lips and N.E.R.D.: Rites of Spring Saturday 4/18/09

  Photos by Steve Cross See the slideshows for more photos: N.E.R.D.; The Flaming Lips. After an exhausting but utterly fulfilling Record Store Day spent shop-hopping and early drinking, we checked in at Vanderbilt to catch the tail end of Saturday night's Rites of Spring happenings. Once we'd determined that the spare press pass we hoped to finagle for our date was indeed confirmed, we crossed campus to catch N.E.R.D. just as they kicked off their set. Pharrell Williams, clearly heavily adored

  April 20, 2009

• Nashville Cream 8 off 8th Finale: '90s Night, Tonight!

  I could have picked a Super-Fuzz, but whatever. Man, the motherfuckin' '90s. How you remember them depends, of course, on how old you were. Maybe you were in elementary school and just getting into Saved by The Bell when Sinead O'Connor ripped up that picture of the Pope, or maybe you were already working as a waitress rollin' your silver at O'Charley's when Cobain bit it. If you were already in college when Columbine shocked the nation, then it meant a lot less to your everyday school ex

  July 27, 2009

• How I Became the Bomb & Zut Alors Duel CD Release

  August 6, 2009

• Road Trip to Memphis: Built to Spill at Minglewood Hall Oct. 21

  ​Built to Spill's new album There Is No Enemy (their first in three years after 2006's You In Reverse) comes out Oct. 6. They've scheduled a fall tour that kicks off in Oregon in 10 days, taking these masters of bendy, heartfelt bombast down the West Coast and to states like Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. States just like ours, only in cities that will make us feel like shit when we find out that they won't be playing in Nashville, but Memphis. What's Memphis ever done for anybody? I kid. Hey, wo

  August 10, 2009

• Super Secret Special Guest to Appear at Tonight's 8 off 8th [Who Can It Be Now?]

  Will it be as epic as this was? If you follow the Mercy Lounge on Twitter then you've undoubtedly noticed their recent daily tweets alluding to a super-secret ninth band who are presumably flying into town to play a super-secret set to close tonight's 8 off 8th festivities. By examining these tweets we know that this is a band who: ...hate Kings of Leon but love to make you dance... is very popular with boys and has had over 7 bassists...will perform at next month's All Tomorrow's Parties...h

  August 17, 2009

• Stardeath and White Dwarfs at Exit/In

  September 3, 2009

• Stardeath and White Dwarfs, Clem Snide, Al Kapone and more

  September 10, 2009

• Sam & Ruby's Debut Named 'Best Album of the Year' by Associated Press

  Scene intern Lance Conzett contributed this post. There's a certain point in December where "best of" lists hit critical mass and our brains start turning to mush at the sight of yet another indie rock slapfight over which Radiohead album released this decade is the king of popular music until 2019. But then a major news organization will throw out a list so bizarre that it demands our attention. The Associated Press released their picks for the best records of the year today and, inexplicably

  December 11, 2009

• Working on My Year-End List: 40 of the Year's Best Records

  ​Back in June, I blogged that I was already beginning to consider my options for albums of the year. The annual Pazz & Jop Poll--which is half the reason I started this blog--is hosted by our former overlords at Village Voice, and they've again asked for our opinions regarding 2009's strongest albums. Sweet of them, considering we at the Scene aren't a part of the corporate family anymore--though I'm not entirely sure they realize that.

  December 16, 2009

• 2009: Grimey's Top Sellers and Staff Picks

  ​If you're one of the few people who actually paid for records in 2009, then you likely paid for them at Grimey's New & Preloved Music--Nashville's favorite record shop. If there's one group of geeks in this town who trump us with their music knowledge, then it's easily the staff at this beloved local establishment. Hell, Doyle Davis probably knows more about Guided by Voices than Mr. Miyagi knows about karate--Bee Thousand is the crane kick of indie-rock, BTW. This morning, Grimey's "indi

  January 4, 2010

• De Novo Dahl at Mercy Lounge

  January 21, 2010

• Bonnaroo Lineup News: The Flaming Lips to Cover Dark Side of the Moon, Paul Simon a Go and Paul McCartney Rumored

  ​In case you haven't heard, everyone's favorite fearless freaks of the festival circuit, The Flaming Lips, will perform Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in a late-night set at Bonnaroo 2010. This according to Lips frontman -- and Raffi of indie-rock -- Wayne Coyne, who yesterday revealed his bands intentions to Spinner, claiming: ...we're gonna do it at Bonnaroo at the midnight slot, the first night... We do a Flaming Lips set then starting about 2:30 we do this 'Dark Side of the Moon'

  February 3, 2010

• Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup: Jay-Z, The Flaming Lips, John Fogerty, Weezer ...

  ​Today's the day that the Bonnaroo lineup "unfolds," as we were told would happen. The unfolding sure feels a lot like a trickle, but let's not get caught up in semantics, right? There's also supposed to be a big "unveiling" at 11 a.m. our time, so we shall be on the lookout for that. Meanwhile, we'll update this post throughout the day as we find stuff out. It looks like artists' sites are the source of some initial confirmations, as is the case with the Fogerty. Here's what we know so

  February 9, 2010

• Warner Doesn't Want You Streaming Their Music for Free Anymore

  ​Sometimes I think it wouldn't be a terrible idea for major record labels and organizations like the RIAA to appoint a Net-savvy 15-year-old to their board of directors. That way, they'd have someone to tell them whenever one of their decisions was laughable or antiquated or, in this case, possibly questionable/impertinent. The BBC reports that Warner Music Group will no longer be licensing its songs to websites like Last.fm, Pandora and Grooveshark for free streaming. Warner CEO Edgar Bro

  February 10, 2010