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January 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Flaming Lips: Oczy Mlody
The Flaming Lips Oczy Mlody Warner Bros. The Flaming Lips long ago earned their right to do what they like – and to (no doubt) always like what they do. No mean feat considering they’ve stayed on a major label and stayed a cult-act. Theirs is a unique story. But somewhere in there is a […]Archive
October 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
My Ears Were Burning, His Lips Were Flaming: Interviewing Wayne Coyne
Without a doubt he was the most famous person I had interviewed (in person) at that time. He was – and still is – Wayne Coyne, lead singer/songwriter/visionary behind The Flaming Lips. It helps – in my personal quest of knowing that this was a big interview – that I have been a fan of […]Archive
May 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 888
The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002) I was in the record shop last week when I spied this – and I just had to splurge. Bought it then and there, as soon as I saw it. I do like The Flaming Lips, have done for a long time – this record certainly […]Archive
January 16, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Flaming Lips: With A Little Help From My Fwends
The Flaming Lips With A Little Help From My Fwends Warner Bros. I went on the record as saying I was over Sgt. Pepper, was in no rush to hear it again – and that was because I could never understand all the calls for it as the ‘best’ album by The Beatles, or ‘the […]Archive
September 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Flaming Lips: 7 Skies H3
The Flaming Lips 7 Skies H3 Warner Bros. It could be a full-time gig just reviewing releases from The Flaming Lips – EPs, special editions, one-offs, collaborations with their famous and freaky “fwends” – and none of this should detract from the fact that the band is in a purple patch, for even if the […]Archive
December 8, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Flaming Lips and Friends: The Time Has Come To Shoot You Down…What A Sound
The Flaming Lips & Friends The Time Has Come To Shoot You Down…What A Sound Lovely Sorts of Death Records So here, as with the previous classic albums the group has instigated covering, Flaming Lips bands together with a bunch of acts (this time its HOTT MT, New Fumes, Spaceface, Foxygen, Blobs Descending From Heaven […]Archive
November 10, 2013 by Simon Sweetman