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June 30, 2006

Okies From Outer Space

In the warped world of the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, nothing -- not God, not Dylan -- is sacred, underwear vibrates and there's never enough duct tape
April 28, 2006

The Flaming Lips Get Spectacular

Wayne Coyne's crew returns with Jesus, laser pens and a big pink spaceship

At War With The Mystics

Last time out, these unlikely psych-rock heroes strung together gurgling electronics, widescreen space funk and cushy soft stuff for a song suite about evil robots. With producer Dave Fridmann again in tow, their eleventh full-length album draws on many of the same sounds but feels almost homespun, ...

2006 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell

2003

Finally The Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid 1983-88

2002

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

2002

The Soft Bulletin

1999

Zaireeka

1997

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Rock has produced few stranger or more daring bands in the last 20 years than Oklahoma City's Flaming Lips, who embrace everything from merry prankster psychedelia to orchestral pop. At the outset, the Lips tried to bridge the seemingly insurmountable gap between Butthole Surfers-style dementia and bubblegum pop, with mixed results. Their early albums are jumbles of ideas, the weirdness genuine, t...

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