The Flaming Lips & Bon Iver--A Mash-Up For The Ages [MUSIC]

You're not dreaming. It's finally happening. Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips has finally dropped the bomb that we've been anticipating since January. Record Store Day will be the day that Lips will be releasing a double-LP with jams that feature some old friends and some new ones.


It's called The Flaming Lips And Heavy Fwends (yes...that says Fwends). Featured on the comp is a diverse array of folks including Nick Cave, Chris Martin, Lightning Bolt, Yoko Oko, Ke$ha (eeewwwwww!!!), and Bon Iver, who you can hear on the track 'Ashes In The Air' below while you peruse the lyrics. The video also has some pages from the lyrical wonderbook Wanye so meticulosuly maintains.
 



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Flaming Lips & Bon Iver - Ashes To Ashes



Should have 86'ed that Kesha joint....

The Flaming Lips: Out-Doing Themselves Yet Again.

Okay...so we all know about The Flaming Lips and their epic work-day length jam that blared across our earballs a couple weeks back. Never one to be out done by anyone but himself, Wayne Coyne is at it again. This time with news that in fact there is now a 24-hour song in the making. While there is no doubt that some guy out there is bound to sit and listen to the whole thing in its entirety [can't imagine why...] when it's released Halloween (Oct. 31), the smart money says it will be one of the lucky 5 people who have already purchased the song-to-be which will come fitted in an actual human skull [from local purveyor Skulls Unlimited that doubles as a hard-drive. And for $5,000 a head, you can bet your ass that those 5 people feel pretty obligated if they want their money's worth.

Artistic stunts like this are becoming common for The Lips — although this one is decidedly the most off-the-wall. At the beginning of this year, the band announced that they planned to release a song per month, and since then Coyne and Co. have set out on a wacky exploration of music and art. There was a song entirely composed of YouTube videos, and a gummy skull (and other body parts) packed with music. No wonder Wayne Coyne was nominated for an O Music Award for Digital Genius.