SPIN.com's Best of the Week

From NIN to Phish, we recap all Bonnaroo craziness. Plus: Eminem, Modest Mouse, Animal Collective, Lil' Wayne, and more!
By Spin Staff 06.19.09 6:26 AM
Trent Reznor / PHOTO BY Ian Witlen

We've showered up, washed the mud out of our shoes, and properly detoxed -- yep, this year's Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival is a wrap. We saw great sets from MGMT, Bruce Springsteen, Phish, NIN, Phoenix, and many others. Wax nostalgic with us and check out our Bonnaroo 2009 recap, plus the week's top news, audio/video, and reviews, below.

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Wayne Coyne on Recording New Lips Album: "It's Hard!"

The frontman expresses doubt about the quality of the psychedelic band's ambitious double album. Click here for more!
By Larry Fitzmaurice 06.17.09 7:43 AM
The Flaming Lips

It seems self-confidence is in short supply among rock stars these days: Chris Martin recently warned that Coldplay's next record might suck -- and now Flaming Lips leader Wayne Coyne has doubts about the psychedelic band's forthcoming

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Flaming Lips to Release Double Album in September

Click here for details on the psychedelic band's new "Joy Division-meets-Miles Davis" sound!
By William Goodman 05.12.09 7:56 AM
The Flaming Lips / Photo by J. Michelle Martin

Surrealist songs about robots, fans with a penchant for drug use, gigantic UFOs that shoot confetti -- there's no denying the Flaming Lips' status as psychedelic rock titans. But now the Oklahoma band are taking the ultimate plunge in conceptual bombast by releasing their first-ever double album late this September.

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Sneak Peek: Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, David Lynch's 'Dark Night'

Frank Black, Iggy Pop, the Strokes' Julian Casablancas and more sing on new project Dark Night of the Soul.
By William Goodman 05.08.09 10:54 AM
From Left: David Lynch, Sparklehorse, Danger Mouse

Last month a mysterious poster arrived at the SPIN office advertising Dark Night of the Soul, a new album presented by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, featuring vocals from the likes of Iggy Pop, Frank Black, Flaming Lips, and the Strokes' Julian Casablancas (set for a July release).

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Legal Action: Flaming Lips, Snoop Dogg, MGMT

They fought the law -- and the law won! Click here for the latest courtroom chaos!
By Melissa Goldstein 04.28.09 7:40 AM
Flaming Lips / SNoop Dogg

Law-abiding citizens or musical insurgents? You decide! Flaming Lips, Snoop Dogg, and MGMT have all had legal run-ins recently. Below, read about their latest adventures with the law.

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Mastodon Cover ZZ Top, Flaming Lips Sing Madonna

Read about a new covers album that also features Adam Sandler playing Neil Young's "Like a Hurricane."
By Larry Fitzmaurice 01.13.09 2:16 PM
Mastodon

Mastodon interpreting ZZ Top? The Black Keys playing Captain Beefheart? The Flaming Lips covering Madonna's "Borderline"?

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