The Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs

The Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs

The Flaming Lips' 2009 triumph Embryonic will be remembered as the off-kilter Okies' Dark Side of the Moon, a dark, dense, insanity plea at war with the machines and mystics. Recorded around the same time but released in physical format well after, this actual retread of Pink Floyd's 1973 masterpiece obviously put Wayne Coyne and company in the right head space. "I've been mad for fucking years," offers guest Henry Rollins over the initial heartbeat introduction which, like Peaches' orgasmic howl climaxing "The Great Gig in the Sky," adds to the novelty factor. Like most of this Dark Side, "Speak to Me/Breathe" adapts the Lips' claustrophobic rhythms and gleaming guitar seizures, the lyrics likewise morphing from calm instruction to a challenge. The Krautrock collage of "On the Run" and instrumental "Any Colour You Like," both collaborations with blood-related newcomers Stardeath and White Dwarfs, make interesting renovations, but it still poses the question: Is nothing sacred? (6pm, AMD stage)