十多年前，地球上并没有人可以预言到来自美国中部俄克拉荷马城的The Flaming Lips，有朝一日可以跻身「伟大乐队」之列，甚至到底他们跟主流厂牌Warner Bros的宾主关系能维持多久，也叫人怀疑。然而时间却证明，The Flaming Lips是可以化腐朽为神奇。不是当年我们把他们低估了，而是他们有一天忽然洗心革面起来。
一队本是只有在乐坛上浮浮沉沉的乐队，凭着1999年的一张The Soft Bulletin专辑，当时已出道十六年的The Flaming Lips便得以脱胎换骨而来，为他们取得重大的音乐成就与高度评价，从NME到Uncut都选之为全年最佳专辑。看到是The Flaming Lips音乐生涯上一个历史性的转折点，更被奠定为Cosmic American迷幻音乐的新典范，建立起其美丽的迷幻王国。
The Soft Bulletin在1999年面世，俨如改写了这队乐团的命运。毕竟在The Soft Bulletin之前，The Flaming Lips只是一队在乐坛上浮浮沉沉的队伍。
成立于1983年的The Flaming Lips，早年是一队深受Buffhole Surfers影响的Noise Rock乐团。由八十年代过度至九十年代，适逢九十年代初叶Alternative Rock狂流冲击着主流乐坛，The Flaming Lips亦跟众多美国另类摇滚乐队一样，与主流唱片公司（Warner Bros）签下一纸合约。当年他们的撒手，是在台上表演「放火」以作哗众取宠。
直至93年专辑Transmissions From The Satellite Heart，The Flaming Lips才初尝商业成功的滋味──单曲She Don’t Use Jelly成为流行一时的大热作，甚至出现在坏孩子卡通片Beavis & Butthead里。可惜She Don’t Use Jelly的成功，随后The Flaming Lips却无以为继，最叫人深刻的，就只有97年出版过那套要四张CD用四部CD机同步播放的Zaireeka专辑（结果只售出二万五千张）而已。那时，我们都可以明正言顺地把The Flaming Lips称之为一队One-Hit-Wonder。
万料不到，他们竟然可以力挽狂澜，洗心革面地弄出一张The Soft Bulletin。
在台上继续放火，还是处心积虑谱写好歌？The Flaming Lips选择了后者。到了The Soft Bulletin，便是他们的收成期。
The Soft Bulletin的惊艳之处，是我们都为The Flaming Lips能够谱出这样美丽动听的迷幻流行曲而深表赞叹；Wayne演绎出一首首犹如The Beach Boys / Brian Wilson般漂亮美好歌曲，同时又配以种种光怪陆离的奇趣电子声响，打造出充满新鲜感的聆听经验。
Wayne表示当时他们的态度跟以往已不同日而语，他们从音乐才华到经验再到制作资金都增长了，加上阵中的多功能乐手Steven Drozd开始充当起音乐总监，而令到The Flaming Lips有组织起来，实行由从前的「灾难性」摇滚乐队，而演进为要打造出美丽的歌曲为己任。大家亦自此开始对The Flaming Lips重新衡量。

Quirky pop-punk doesn’t mesh with social (and spiritual) commentary and Yahtzee should never be considered a professional sport…but with and the land of fake believe, eleventyseven’s debut release on Flicker Records, they do both. Addictive melodies and deeper than expected lyrics, eleventyseven’s debut packs a pure pop punch.

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Info: A collection of rare and early demos or alternate tunes from The Strokes.

First album? Gold. CD+DVD? Gold. Since the release of its critically acclaimed self-titled debut in mid-2002, The Used has quickly become a musical powerhouse. Now, with In Love And Death, the band's second album, The Used has truly found its voice - honest, uncompromising, loud and strong.

在经过漫长的等待后，Madonna官方终于发布了新专辑M.D.N.A.的新闻通告。“Gimme All Your Luvin”将会作为新专辑的首单于2月3号发行并开发数字下载，音乐录影带将会在2月2日的美国偶像节目中首播，完整版将会在美国东部时间次日（2月3日）上午9点 在Madonna官方Youtube页面上传

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Lady Gaga早前在接受采访的时候曾表示过新歌《Edge of Glory》是为死去的外祖父而创作的，其中说道，“当时我和父亲站在钢琴旁与祖父说再见的时候，我突然有感而发。回想起儿时与外祖父生活上的一点一滴，特别是他卧病在榻时，全家人陪伴的场景，我创作了这首《The Edge of Glory》。直到创作的完成，父亲和我都为这次的创作感到非常激动，甚至感触落泪！”

Vulnerable is the upcoming fifth studio album by The Used. It will be released on March 27 2012 under their new recor d label, Hopeless Records. The album was produced by John Feldmann, who also produced the band's first three albums. The first single,

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2012年美国歌手Jack White发行单曲《Sixteen Saltines》，罕见的液体黑胶唱片。一旦在唱盘上转动，你就能看到透明的蓝色液体就在唱片里面搅动！这张唱片只在Third Man Records和Rolling Record的店里贩售。

Noctourniquet is the sixth full-length studio album by American progressive rock band The Mars Volta, scheduled for r elease on March 27, 2012. It is the first studio album to feature both drummer Deantoni Parks and synth-player Lars Stalfors, and the first not to include contributions from long-time keyboardist Isaiah "Ikey" Owens and guitarist John Frusciante.
On January 5, 2012, a song taken from the album called "Zed and Two Naughts" was also confirmed to be included on the MLB 12: The Show soundtrack.
"The Malkin Jewel", the album's lead single, was first broadcast on February 13, 2012. It was subsequently made available for general release on February 14.
On February 13th, Rodriguez-Lopez revealed in a BBC Radio 1 interview that music for Noctourniquet had been recorded in 2009, shortly after mixing Octahedron. He claimed that Bixler-Zavala pulled him aside to say he couldn't keep up with Rodriguez-Lopez's pace, which resulted in an argument. Rodriguez-Lopez gave Bixler-Zavala room to work on the lyrics, but one and a half years later, there had been little progress - which resulted in a further argument. They agreed to find a middle ground, but Bixler-Zavala took a further year to complete his parts.

A well-chosen 24-song retrospective, with six pages of informative liner notes by surf authority Domenic Priore. Includes 'Goofy Foot,' 'Surf Rider,' 'Rik-A-Tik,' and lots of other highlights from their Del-Fi releases, as well as a rare single they did for Smash. 24 tracks.