November 17, 2008 (vol. 119, iss. 53) • Page Image 5
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, November 17, 2008 -5A A traditional 'Mars' Xmas By JACK PORTER synth majesty. Cultivating an Daily Arts Writer alien tundra of sound, the band delivers on the title's promise, The Flaming Lips's latest though it leans more toward the release is a bit bewildering. It Mars side. doesn't con- Christmas on Mars tells the form to the story of a crumbling human civi- band's , usual lization on the new...…