It’s almost 2020. We’re living in an era when many of science fiction’s classics are supposed to take place. As a science fiction writer and a scholar who studies the genre, I’m acutely aware that we are not yet living in the stainless steel techno-utopia we were promised. Where’s…

Clockwise from top left: Clipping., Nile, Stephen Malkmus, Taylor Swift, The Futureheads, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Coldplay, The Flaming Lips featuring the Colorado Symphony, Lights and The New Pornographers. We’ve reached the end of 2019, meaning the time has come to look back over all the great music the…

LSD can make the environment seem more vibrant; vivid colors throb and pulsate, and sounds take on new contortions. A band long associated with mystical voyaging, The Flaming Lips performed their legendary 1999 album, The Soft Bulletin, with the 68-member Colorado Symphony and a 57-voice choir for a very lucky audience…

The Flaming Lips perform at BottleRock Napa Valley on May 10, 2013. OAKLAND — There’s a feeling you get on hallucinogenic drugs that’s a little like an astronaut in a space capsule reentering the atmosphere: a fear that grips you as you’re traveling at tremendous speeds, hurtling through the thin…

  The Flaming Lips‘ new extraterrestrial rock opera about the “love generation” and drug-induced sleep, Oczy Mlody, is a surprisingly beautiful ode to nature and troubles that lie ahead. The album opens up with “Oczy Mlody,” which sets the scene with deep melodies and kaleidoscopic bass lines meant for the cold reaches…

Photos: Roman Gokhman A recap of the 2014 rendition of the festival in photos and more than two hours of videos! For all of my Outside Lands coverage, including artist interviews, a festival preview, live high-def videos and more, visit Roman Gokhman’s blog archive. For previous interviews of artists who…

Make sure to check out ALL of my previous coverage of the Flaming Lips, which includes interviews, videos and photos. Access them all through THIS link.

The Flaming Lips have been constantly occupied lately. “We’re in the just in the last phase of doing a final mix on this little six-song that is being released with the ‘Ender’s Game’ movie at the beginning of November,” singer and frontman Wayne Coyne said. “Just got back from playing a…

The Storify of Roman Gokhman’s live-Tweeting of the festival is here. Photos: Day 1 here. Day 2 here. Day 3 here. Day 4 here. Avett Brothers profile here and interesting interview outtakes here. BottleRock preview and interviews with other artists in the archives, here. Want to view all the videos, in order? Playlist here.…

Photos: Roman Gokhman Zac Brown Band performs at BottleRock Napa Valley on May 12, 2013. Zac Brown Band and Kacey Musgraves perform at BottleRock Napa Valley on May 12, 2013. Zac Brown Band poses following an interview at BottleRock Napa Valley on May 12, 2013. The Wallflowers perform at…