The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends (2012)

(Warner Bros.)
There's nothing particularly offensive about this musically but at the moment the only thing I want to do less than talk about the Flaming Lips is talk about Chris Brown, Surfer Blood, and Ariel Pink; Wayne Coyne's cutesy aloofness isn't funny anymore.
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Faith No More: Angel Dust (1992)

(Slash)
!!!!! AVOID !!!!!
It would be better for all of us if Mike Patton just... checked out.
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Death Grips: The Money Store (2012)

(Epic)
!!!!! AVOID !!!!!
Thanks, Jayson, but I'll take the skinned knee over this mumblehip bonehead shit that sounds like a room full of fratholes.
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Actress: R.I.P. (2012)

(Honest Jon's)
Immersive.
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Curren$y: The Stoned Immaculate (2012)

(Warner Bros.)
RECOMMENDED
You know the drill by now -- a worthy summer comedown/chillout, but I do wish there were something here as good as the one-off "Plot Music," on which he sounds, well, awake?
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