Flaming Lips Prepare Super Awesome Record Store Day Release

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Flaming Lips Prepare Super Awesome Record Store Day Release

It looks like The Flaming Lips are angling to be the patron saints of Record Store Day 2012, the high holy day of music fans in North America and the

. To mark this year’s RSD, the Lips will be releasing a compilation of their 2011 collaborative efforts with Neon Indian, Prefuse 73, Lightning Bolt, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, and Yoko Ono… along with new collaborations with the legendary Nick Cave and indie starlet Bon Iver, and hopefully Lykke Li and Erykah Badu (Ke$ha? Meh).

Previously released throughout last year on handmade vinyl albums, usb drives embedded in gummy skulls, gummy fetuses, gold dipped human skulls, plastic light toy doodads, etc., this material was pricey, hard to come by, and thus regrettably enjoyed largely via YouTube. Sure, YouTube is good for checking out new music and live clips of your bands, but it’s no substitute for rocking it on your stereo, especially when it comes to The Flaming Lips, a band you’ve got to listen to loud. Because the Lips are awesome however (I credit their Midwestern upbringing), there was always the promise of a proper compilation in 2012, and hot damn, they are following through in style.

Usually I sleep in on Record Store Day and get to Record Theatre in the early afternoon to see what’s up. This year, I might be camping out.