Is there anything better than two psychedelic Oklahoma City bands swapping songs in a flurry of creativity?

Not really.

Veteran rockers The Flaming Lips and young act Horse Thief happen to be on the same label, Bella Union, in the U.K., and their latest albums – The Lips’ 13th studio effort “The Terror” and Horse Thief’s debut EP “Grow Deep, Grow Wild,” – happened to drop across the pond on the same day, which happened to be April 1.

That many happenstances just cries out for a musical commemoration of …

Oklahoma City rapper Jabee will perform Saturday at Guestroom Records in Norman as part of Record Store Day 2013. (The Oklahoman Archives photo)

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Record Store Day is almost here, and Oklahoma City-based psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips and Broken Arrow retro rocker JD McPherson are among the wide array of recording artists who will be offering exclusive goodies this Saturday.

Founded in 2007, Record Store Day has grown into an annual international celebration of brick-and-mortar independently owned record stores. On the third Saturday of …

Edmond punk-rock-pop duo Skating Polly – stepsisters Kelli Mayo, 13, and Peyton Bighorse, 17 – released their sophomore album “Lost Wonderfuls” Tuesday on iTunes.

The album is due out April 16 on CD from the SQE label, reports The Oklahoman Entertainment Editor Gene Triplett.

“Lost Wonderfuls” produced by Exene Cervenka of the seminal Los Angeles punk band X and mixed by Kliph Scurlock, drummer for Oklahoma City-based psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips. Both are big supporters of the girls and their music.

“And (Flaming Lips lead singer) Wayne (Coyne) has …

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus will roll into the Oklahoma City metro Monday-Feb. 22 for a series of activities at the University of Central Oklahoma’s Edmond campus and the university’s Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM@UCO) in Bricktown.

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a state-of-the-art mobile audio and HD video recording and production facility. The bus is designed to provide students, their schools and communities with performances, tours, studio sessions, recordings and other educational opportunities, according to a news release.

The bus will be open to the public …

The Flaming Lips (Photo by Michelle Martin-Coyne)

Today’s featured event:

Get into the Halloween spirit when you hear Oklahoma City-based psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips play Freak Night, a free show at 7:30 tonight at the Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre, 2101 NE 50. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.

The event is touted as “the largest costume party in the Midwest.”

“We wanna do a big crazy party up there,” Lips frontman Wayne Coyne told The Oklahoman’s Gene Triplett. “We’re gonna have Stardeath and White Dwarfs and our friends New Fumes …

Oklahoma City-based psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips will play a free hometown show Oct. 26 at the Zoo Amphitheatre, the band and venue have announced.

The show, dubbed “Freak Night,” is touted as “the largest costume party in the Midwest.” New Fumes and Stardeath and White Dwarfs will share the bill with the Lips.

The venue announced on Twitter (@ZooAmp) that it will be the last show of its 2012 season.

The concert also is billed as a farewell party for Innervisions and Facilities Management, the companies that have …

The Plaza District Association has announced that Wayne and Michelle Coyne are the recipients of the 2012 Urban Pioneer Award. Wayne Coyne, lead singer of The Flaming Lips, and Michelle Martin-Coyne, an acclaimed photographer, have paved the way for creativity in Oklahoma City and brought the international spotlight to our state, according to the news release.

After growing up in the Classen Ten Penn neighborhood just two blocks from the Plaza District, the Coynes purchased their current home there in 1980s. Over the years, they’ve not only seen the decline …

Oklahoma City-based psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips released today their album “The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends” in CD and digital formats.

The album, previously available only on limited edition vinyl as a Record Store Day release, features the Lips collaborating with such artists as Yoko Ono, Nick Cave, Bon Iver, Ke$ha and others. A new track recorded with Aaron Behrens of Ghostland Observatory is exclusive to the CD and digital versions.

As previously reported, the Lips are nominated for two O Music Awards and will attempt this week a …

Jacob Abello

It’s almost here! The fifth annual Record Store Day is Saturday.

Celebrated every third Saturday in April, Record Store Day is the one day of the year that independently owned record stores come together with recording artists to celebrate the art of music. Instead of sleeping in on Saturday, get out and support your local indie music retailer.

As part of the festivities, Guestroom Records is hosting performances by Oklahoma musicians in all three of its metro OKC locations Saturday afternoon. (They won’t make you get up too …