Album of the Day: The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends

What do Bon Iver, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Prefuse 73, Tame Impala, Jim James, Nick Cave, Lightning Bolt, Yoko Ono, Ke$ha, Biz Markie, Neon Indian, and Erykah Badu have in common? Why, they all feature on this new Flaming Lips record. Weirdness and noise guaranteed.

Read this interview to see how it all came about. It's a fun read.

Album of the Day: Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs

Epic opener, amazing songs in a variety of styles, a discography of 12 albums - you may not like everything Yo La Tengo does but they do a lot of it very well. This 12th (wow, from 2009? Time for a new album!) is like a Yo La Tengo sampler: you get a bit of everything. And a lot of it is good.

 

Rating:*****
Comment: All over the place but that's not a bad thing