12 notes can sometimes be a limited range, and some artists have gotten severely burned because of it. Check out this selection of tunes that either suffered the consequences of similarity, or at least should.

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September 23 is the first day of fall, and as we move to a new season, we change our wardrobe to more earth tones, and our stereos to more earthy songs.

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If you donate $100 to The Flaming Lips, Wayne Coyne will sing your name in the band’s upcoming six-hour song.

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“London’s burning, dial 999″

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The Flaming Lips collaboration express train rolls on, this time with Lightning Bolt in the new EP “The Flaming Lips with Lightning Bolt.”

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No word yet on what kind of candy this one will be housed in.

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It involves a flugelhorn and some people in “Wizard of Oz” costumes, but since Wayne Coyne is involved nothing should come as a surprise.

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A new and improved Xmas playlist for those fatigued by FM radio.

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On Tuesday, The Flaming Lips brought their psychedelic roadshow to Terminal 5 in NYC, and last night they dug it up once again to posit a riff-heavy “See The Leaves” onto David Letterman’s lap.

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SXSW marks the start of the music season where up-and-coming acts schlep their way into Austin and take over downtown. ACL is when the established bands roll into town and get to have some fun. Today, the live music capital announced the lineup for the 2010 ACL Festival at Austin’s Zelker Park on October 8-10. [...]

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From South America to Eastern Europe, psychedelic rock has been interpreted through the lens of many different cultures through the years.  This usually results in bizarre hybrid songs that are equally traditional garage rock and local influence, to varying success (if you’d like an example of where it doesn’t work, check out Pakistan’s most popular [...]

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Dark Night of the Soul is an unbelievable album. For realsies. Through the combined efforts of Danger Mouse– whose 2004 mashup opus fittingly titled The Grey Album caused EMI to furiously shake its fists over the use of unrequested Beatles’ tracks from The White Album combined with a cappella version of Jay Z’s The Black [...]

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