IN THE NEWS:
San Francisco's multi-faceted Noise Pop Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year with a music lineup that includes The Flaming Lips, Built to Spill and Bob Mould, among dozens of others.
The third edition of Gulf Shores, AL's three-day Hangout Music Fest will feature a diverse lineup including main stage headliners Dave Matthews Band and Jack White, as well as a dance tent headlined by Skrillex.
The Flaming Lips will honor late Apple founder Steve Jobs with a special rendition of a Beatles classic during the second annual O Music Awards, which take place Monday (10/31).
Photos of Primus; Les Claypool (lead vocals, bass), Larry LaLonde (guitar, vocals) and Jay Lane (drums), live in concert on Saturday, October 8, 2011 during their "Green Naugahyde" tour at the Main Street Armory in Rochester, NY.
Brian Eno, The Flaming Lips, Moby, Passion Pit, STS9, Tangerine Dream and TV on the Radio are among the acts performing at Moogfest 2011 on Oct. 28-30 in Asheville, NC.
The Flaming Lips are set to kick off their next round of North Amercian tour dates July 27 in Boston, and have tacked on a new round of shows that will keep them on the road until just before Halloween.
The Dave Matthews Band Caravan festival touched down at Lakeside in Chicago over the weekend (7/8-10), with its namesake playing three sets over the course of the event, plus an impressive lineup of other artists.
Anyone who has witnessed The Flaming Lips live knows all too well that the band is exuberant, to say nothing of frontman Wayne Coyne and his gleeful kid in a candy store stage persona. 
