The Pinhook - Bull City is exactly the kind of workmanlike rock 'n' roll four-piece its name implies, hawking '70s power pop sentimentality and classic rock aplomb, all studded with guitar pyrotechnics.

The 2000s were a nebulous, uncertain time for music. With file-sharing on the rise, many consumers decided music should be free.

The new Yo La Tengo album, Popular Songs , is no departure from their typical sound.

If you were to brick Beyonce Knowles into an airtight room with no windows and doors a disproportionate response, arguably, to her assorted crimes against pop the singer's hair would, I'm convinced, continue to billowas it does throughout her concerts.

If you've haven't gotten your daily dose of pale-ass Northwest nudity today, allow me to present to you the new music video for the Flaming Lips' "Watching the Planets" off Embryonic, which was filmed in Portland.

The Flaming Lips are a weird bunch. But with their latest release, the "Miles Davis meets Joy Division" double album Embryonic , the Oklahoma boys are getting even weirder , with ringleader Wayne Coyne going naked and filming a giant, spherical vagina-type-thing giving birth to a bunch of other naked people, who then ride bicycles and dance around ...

For the first few minutes of their set, the Flaming Lips have a decent claim to being the most life-affirming rock band around today.

Still from video. When The Flaming Lips announced they were looking for naked biking extras for their new music video, Portlanders responded in droves.

Do you want to see tons of naked people? If so, you should check out the new Flaming Lips video for Embryonic ' s "Watching The Planets" in our media section.

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The month of October always seems to root out the Album of the Year contenders, making this and November one of the most active months in new music releases.

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The Year : 2002 The Album : The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Who It Influenced : Passion Pit , MGMT , Evangelicals, the Minus Story, Band of Horses, and, um, Coldplay For a certain generation, "Do You Realize??" isn't just a song, but an anthem; a gleaming, glorious, slightly-psychedelic power-ballad that sees the exquisite, aching ...

Cymbals Eat Guitars , as we reported long ago , are finally leaving for a honest to god cross-pond trip that includes a high-profile set of gigs at the Troxy with The Flaming Lips.

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Images by: Dino Perrucci & Adam McCullough Voodoo Experience :: 10.30.09 - 11.01.09 :: City Park :: New Orleans, LA The New Orleans Bingo! Show - Voodoo 09 by Perrucci "Worship the music." It's Voodoo Experience 's tagline and the sentiment seemed to sum up the New Orleans festival.

In the '90s, girls and boys raced to boom boxes to listen to the latest mix tape made by their significant others.

Striking visuals are an essential element of a Flaming Lips show. But their visuals are rarely as eye-popping as the apparition that crashed the Playstation/Billboard.com Stage during the Lips' Sunday night set: A stark naked woman.

The Flaming Lips wowed the crowds Sunday at Voodoo Fest 2009, with frontman Wayne Coyne doing crowdsurfing like only he can.