The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Concerts
May 30, 2011 The venerable rockers play a charged rendition of their landmark album The Soft Bulletin.
May 28, 2011 The Gorge amphitheater outside Seattle is the backdrop to a long weekend of amazing music.
June 12, 2010 Hear the band play Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety.
Studio Sessions
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May 15, 2006 The Flaming Lips have become the flagship band for modern psychedelic pop.
Interviews & Profiles
December 19, 2009 Front man Wayne Coyne discusses the new album, a very naked music video and an homage to Pink Floyd.
August 15, 2009 Rock out and get a degree at the University of Central Oklahoma's Academy of Contemporary Music.
April 13, 2006 Music journalist Ashley Kahn talks to members of The Flaming Lips about their music.
April 12, 2006 Have these "purposely oddball" musicians from Oklahoma gone mainstream? Listen for yourself...
Discover Songs
October 19, 2010 All Songs Considered features listener stories on the music that got them through their teens.
June 8, 2010 All Songs Considered looks at some of the bands performing at this year's festival.
November 16, 2009 Our 50 most important recordings of the decade continues, from Kelly Clarkson to Jay-Z.
October 6, 2009 The group has never stopped innovating. Hear Embryonic in its entirety, a week before its release.
September 21, 2009 Now on All Songs Considered: previews of some of the fall's most anticipated releases.
May 15, 2006 Psychedlia meets funk in The Flaming Lips; A Pink Floyd cover from Ambulance LTD; Japan's imagin...
October 28, 2002 Electric guitar great Charlie Christian; The unnatural sounds of Blip Hop; Reviving the Breton h...
News
June 8, 2011 After a dismal 2010, how do you convince fans that concert tickets are still a good value?
December 23, 2010 The exuberant rock band will release new music every month and document the creative process.
May 19, 2009 Most had written off The Flaming Lips until the release of their innovative album The Soft Bulletin.
More Stories
April 25, 2013 Watch the band perform its beloved Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots in concert, from start to finish.
April 9, 2013 Wayne Coyne: "I absolutely get up every day and think, 'let's make some cool music.'"
April 7, 2013 The Oklahoma band's 13th album sounds almost post-apocalyptic in its scabrous, searching bleakness.
March 5, 2013 You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll fall in love with some amazing new music, on All Songs Considered.
August 9, 2011 Pants, sunglasses, jewelry, hats, shoes... when you've seen live music, what have you left behind?
April 15, 2011 Saturday brings the fourth iteration of Record Store Day, which celebrates mom-and-pop record shops.
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November 20, 2008 When your job eventually pushes you to the breaking point, you're going to need some consolation.
