Getting Caught Up

There have been a few big things happening since last Friday, and instead of making a whole bunch of posts, we're compiling them into something neat and tidy. We rock.

• The Flaming Lips, in collaboration with a few other bands, will be covering Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd's eternal gift to stoners (it's at the end of the article). There's never been a less surprising story ever reported. This news dropped shortly after the Lips released their newest album, Embryonic. Check it out!
• Completely batshit crazy, Spike Jonze-directed (NSFWish) short film "We Were Once a Fairytale" starring a drunk Kanye West and his 808s and Heartbreak track "See You In My Nightmares." It's mesmerizing, especially given the quick pace of his self-destruction between when it was supposed to be released (September) and now.
• Nobody takes a Lil' Wayne release date seriously, but Cash Money is saying that Weezy's Tha Carter IV will be out December 15th. It's the perfect complement to other items on your Christmas list, like a chalice of syrup and baby diapers.

So I guess those aren't necessarily "big" things, but good to know, nonetheless.

Oh look... music!

Since we haven't given you any music info recently (Fall TV premiers are pretty time-consuming), here are a few quick hits to end the week. Next week, we should be more on top of things!

Pavement reunion tour - If you know who Pavement are, then this is the most life-altering, world-shattering, orgasmic announcement of all-time. If you don't know who Pavement are, then it doesn't matter. Apparently, there's no middle ground in the debate. I guess that makes sense, but maybe everyone should just take a second to breathe. They're a band, and they're good, and that's about it.

New Moon Soundtrack - I feel like some kind of cosmic joke is going on. First Harry Potter consumes the interests of people over the age of 14, and now these vampire movies with that pale-looking guy and that girl who's always high has a soundtrack that's being filled with the likes of Grizzly Bear, Thom Yorke, Bon Iver, Death Cab For Cute, and the Killers (okay, that one makes sense). To make things more confusing, these bands are writing new material for the soundtrack! I'm waiting for the punchline...

Stephen Colbert: Music Aficionado - You didn't need to read about Colbert in Rolling Stone to know that he's got great taste in music. In the past, he's had TV on the Radio, The Decemberists (many times), and Wilco... and let's not forget Feist and Elvis Costello making a cameo in Colbert's Christmas album! This week, Colbert had on the Flaming Lips, who performed a song from their forthcoming album Embryonic, "Convinced of the Hex." He also interviewed Wayne Coyne, which was pretty great and seen here. In the future, Colbert is also having The Mountain Goats on for some old-fashioned, acoustic emotion... your move, Glenn Beck!


Drake - Oh my God, I don't know how this is happening. How can you go from being a Canadian TV teen star (inherently funny) who's character is in a wheelchair to one of the most popular hip-hop artists anywhere?? It's truly mind-boggling and absurd, but what's even more surprising is that he's not bad. At all. In fact, a couple of songs off the official release of So Far Gone (read: not free on the mixtape) show just how good Drake might actually be. "Fear" and "I'm Goin' In" show an artist who's clearly confident (whether appropriately so or not) and who has something interesting to say. Watch your back, Weezy.