Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robo...by The Flaming Lips

"When we went into make [this album] - and you have to remember, this is just music, we’re not thinking of it as anything else - we didn’t have any real concept. The first song we’d written was based around the death of a Japanese woman we all knew (a friend and fan of the band). Then we ended up recording with a woman who’s actually called Yoshimi (P-We) - she’s in a group called the Boredoms. It was a group we'd played with back in the early '90s. And we’d stayed friends with her. She was recording in Austin, and we’d driven down to record stuff with her for the album. So there are two Japanese girls, and one of them is actually called Yoshimi. (Eventually), we recorded a song using some of this Yoshimi (P-We) woman’s screaming (which brought to mind some kind of seismic encounter with giant robots). And that was the whole reason behind it. It wasn’t cosmic and it wasn’t a full story, but I thought, damn, I really like that, that’s a cool title." ~ Wayne Coyne bit.ly

Playing the Paramount May 16. All songs about science tonight...

Yoshimi is actually a friend and fan of the band who recorded with the band on this tenth full-length release.

The Flaming Lips have a new album coming out Jan 13 called "OCZY MLODY." flaminglips.warnerbrosrecords.com

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is the tenth studio album from The Flaming Lips, released in 2002. The title character is believed to be an allusion to Boredoms/OOIOO member Yoshimi P-We, who also performs on the album.

KEXP was at Sasquatch 2011 to record the performance from The Flaming Lips: www.kexp.org

The Flaming Lips were the subject of a KEXP documentary---"Psychedelics": blog.kexp.org

Like high key ideal kids music. I probably would've turned out better if I had grown up on this. Wayne borrowed the melody of "Fight Test" from Cat Stevens, and has said in interviews that now all the royalties from that track go to Cat.

The Flaming Lips have remained busy for the last 30 years as they continue to release cover albums with their friends or back Miley Cyrus on her latest project. They also released a Space Oddity cover with a video a couple months after Bowie's passing www.flaminglips.com

Beginning their career in the 1980s, the trajectory of legendary band The Flaming Lips' career has hardly been smooth. From their humble beginnings in Oklahoma City to one of the most respected bands in the 2000s, the group has established themselves as authentic music makers, on all twenty of their studio albums.

Another group whose music inspires tonight's featured band The Arcade Fire. www.flaminglips.com

Did you know that this Flaming Lips album has it's own Broadway Musical? It's done by The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin and director Des McAnuff. Read up more on the show: www.lajollaplayhouse.org

The Flaming Lips, live from Sasquatch 2011 - kexp.org

The Flaming Lips and Sharon Van Etten are featured in a new tribute to Donovan: www.citypages.com

Listen to a live performance by The Flaming Lips at Sasquatch, 2011: www.kexp.org

Check out a live in-studio with The Flaming Lips from 2002 when the played songs off of their then new album "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots." kexp.org

Yoshmi Battles the Pink Robots is the tenth in studio album from The Flaming Lips and was adapted into a musical in 2012.

Listen to an entire live performance by The Flaming Lips at Sasquatch! 2011: kexp.org

Here's a link to a recording of The Flaming Lips performing live at Sasquatch in 2011: kexp.org

The Flaming Lips will be playing the Capiol Hill Block Party this Sunday, July 28th at 8:15 PM on the Main Stage. www.kexp.org

Flaming Lips (one of the most visually interesting live bands) plays Capitol Hill Block Party Sunday, July 28th.

Go to The Flaming Lips' website for a plethora of content: flaminglips.com

The Yoshimi did, in fact, feature a real-life Yoshimi in the form of guest vocals from Yoshimi P-We, drummer for Osaka noise legends Boredoms