Hey everyone! I’m moving into a new place and my internet won’t be reconnected until Monday. So, please forgive the short hiatus in updates. Hypeful will be back next week with loads of new goodness. In the meantime, please enjoy these moving-themed tracks!

MP3:
The Format - “Movin’ Out” (Billy Joel Cover)
The Teemates - “Movin’ Out”
Ben Kweller - “I Gotta Move”
We Are Scientists - “Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt”
CSS - “Move”
And, of course…
The Jeffersons -”Theme (Movin’ On Up)”

It’s official! Just a few hours ago Gov. Brad Henry signed an executive order naming the Flaming Lips’ “Do You Realize??” as Oklahoma’s official rock song and declaring today (April 28th) Flaming Lips Day!

After the jump, check out the photos I grabbed at the event including exclusive pics of the signed executive order!

MP3:
The Flaming Lips - “Do You Realize??”

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Every Tuesday, Hypeful teams up with Salad Days Music to pick and preview the week’s best new album releases. Bend an ear to this week’s choicest selections after the jump!

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Just received a tip from a fairly reliable source that the upcoming Flaming Lips album will be entitled Embryonic. There’s no release date set, but the same source says the band is hoping to have it out sometime in the last half of 2009. In the meantime, here’s a preview of what fans may expect on the new LP.

MP3:
The Flaming Lips - “Anything You Say Now I Believe You”

Sufjan Stevens posted an essay on Asthmatic Kitty’s blog earlier today about his unique name and his songwriting process in college, which included penning a song to his “imaginary confident” Sofia Coppola. It may not exactly be a new track, but you’ll probably be more than happy to take a walk down memory lane with Soof courtesy of this old demo.

MP3:
Sufjan Stevens - “Sofia’s Song”