The Flaming Lips celebrated their 2002 album “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” — and more from their long history — in typically colorful fashion on Friday night at the YouTube Theater.
Watch Longwave and the Record Company; stream Hanson, The Flaming Lips, IDLES, John Lennon tributes, Austin City Limits fest, Linkin Park and more
Watch videos from Aloe Blacc, John Legend and Flaming Lips. Plus, today’s streams include Digital Mirage, Trixie Mattel, John Vanderslice, the Badass Bands celebration and the weekly Los Angeleno showcase.
“Deap Lips,” the collaborative album from Deap Valley and the Flaming Lips, came out today. Take their long, strange trips.
Deap Lips — the collaboration between the Flaming Lips and Deap Vally — introduce themselves with the sweet/tart anthem “Hope Hell High.” An album is on the way in March.
In contrast to last year’s opening day, Friday at Desert Daze went off smoothly, highlighted by the Flaming Lips, Stereolab, Wand, DIIV and two artists from Africa, Mdou Moctar and W.I.T.C.H.
The Flaming Lips and Flying Lotus join Stereolab and Animal Collective as the artists announced for Desert Daze on Oct. 10-13. Passes go on sale Thursday.
The unicorn, the bubble, the confetti, the paroxysm of colors — the Flaming Lips’ show Saturday night at the Shrine Expo Hall was typically celebratory.
Incoming: Desert Daze, the Flaming Lips, Joan Baez, Billy Bragg, the National, Everything Everything, Father John Misty, First Aid Kit, the Afghan Whigs, Joseph, Elvis Perkins, Mutemath, the Weeknd, Flying Lotus, Sparks, Hope Sandoval, Nikki Lane, Sun Kil Moon
Incoming: Cal Jam, Eagle Rock Music Fest, Chinatown Moon Fest, Santa Barbara Polo & Wine Fest, Sonder, Chance the Rapper, Gillian Welch, Lukas Nelson, Robert Earl Keen, Tank & the Bangas, Young the Giant, Ms. Lauryn Hill, the War on Drugs, Gorillaz, Saint Etienne, the Cribs, Coldplay, the Flaming Lips, Kings of Leon, St. Vincent, the Offspring, Janet Jackson
