polaroid: The Flaming Lips at ATPNY

"A Spoonful Weighs A Ton"

Haven't slept since returning from ATP, nor did I really sleep at Kutshers, but none of that really matters. What does matter is that, as expected, the Flaming Lips curated All Tomorrow's Parties was epic. From the Caribou Vibration Ensemble to Deerhoof, Oneida, Boris, the Boredomes, the list goes on and on, Sunday could not have been a better. That said, enjoy these 'roids from the Flaming Lips closing set, while I catch up on my zzzz's.

we saw: Evangelicals

"Strange things keep happening..."

Something very strange went down at the Music Hall of Williamsburg the other night... the opening band upstaged the headliner. Or at least I thought so. The opening band was Evangelicals, an indie band from Oklahoma who looked like they just walked off a B-Movie set (or are just really into watching them, as you can see above). They're songs are something along the lines of the Cure melodies meets the Flaming Lips massive sounds, with more than a nod toward the latter's insanely energetic live shows and a penchant for celebrating the macabre; see "Skeleton Man" below, about a jilted lover who's insides burn up and all he can do is laugh. As a bonus, their new(ish) album, The Evening Descends, more than lives up to the live show (and they gave it to me on vinyl for free for working the merch table for a while!). Highly recommended for late night drives on the way to random parties in the middle of nowhere where you don't know a soul.

Evangelicals - Skeleton Man

Ed Note: If you don't believe the B-movie description, peep this video the band released a while back for single "Midnight Vignettes." Hunter's right on.

nu musick: the Flaming Lips

"Rainbows, Oh you Never Really Know"

The new The Flaming Lips track leaked and it's titled "I Was Zapped By the Lucky Super Rainbow." The song will fit nicely alongside other Lips gems like "Yoshimi Versus the Pink Robots", "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate", and their SpongeBob Squarepants classic "Spongebob & Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy." Needless to say, it's psychedelic.

And if you've never seen them live, please, plllllllease do yourself a favor and get on that. You won't need a handful of hallucinogenics but it can't hurt.

The Flaming Lips- I Was Struck By the Lucky Super Rainbow