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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 […]

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November 10, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Flaming Lips: Peace Sword

The Flaming Lips Peace Sword Warner Bros. It was pretty hard to care about The Flaming Lips for a while there – I’m talking most of the last decade. I sorta admired their pluck, their playfulness, silliness, wilfulness; still doing wild’n’whacky  on a major label, trying out every type of format/distribution angle and gimmick – […]

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April 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Flaming Lips: The Terror

The Flaming Lips The Terror Warner Bros. The last decade has seen The Flaming Lips suddenly very busy – on the back of the runaway success of Yoshimi; that record building nicely on the better, earlier albums (The Soft Bulletin remains a high water mark). And since then? Well, lots of crazy paddling, not so […]