Author: Jonathan

A website called Cold News is reporting that Thom Yorke is releasing a solo album on June 4th. While it is possible that Yorke would release a solo album, especially since there is no new Radiohead album in sight, the article stinks of a joke.

“After Radiohead.tv came out, we all went back into the studio. I sellotaped myself into a room and smoked myself sick” “Nigel [Godrich, the bands producer], listened as I spaced out and ripped apart a brand new piano, while Protools recorded all the chaos”. Needless to say, Thom’s new album sounds promising. “I wrote a 5 minute track using bicycle wheels and a prosthetic arm. But people don’t take this stuff seriously anymore. We continually called weird when walking down the street.”. Thoms eye starts to wander and stops upon the view of a 20 something young Oxford student “People just have to realise we aren’t young anymore, we have to move onto greener pastures.”. He wipes a solitary tear from his eye.

Hmmm… Yeah. We would love to be proved wrong. Read the article here.
(many thanks to Gary)

There’s an article in this week’s Times Higher Education Supplement on The Music and Art of Radiohead, the book Green Plastic friend Joseph Tate edited. Several contributors were interviewed as well, including Paul Lansky whose music was sampled on “Idioteque.”

http://www.thes.co.uk/current_edition/story.aspx?story_id=2019438

The article is “subscription only” but you can register for a free 14 day trial and access it. You can also view it as a PDF file by clicking here.

Make sure to also check out Joseph’s fine Pulk-Pull site.

April 8th is the confirmed date for the second Radiohead Tribute Concert organized by the peruvian Radiohead Community (www.radioheadperu.com). The event is set to start at 9pm with the projection of several videos and audiovisual material related to the band. The main part of the show is the appearance of live acts such as Space Bee, Ertiub, Glam, Amnesiac and an acoustic show by violinist Pauchi Sasaki and guitarist Rodrigo Raez. The after-concert hours will be filled with more visuals, the airing of Radiohead songs and more surprises.
Take note in case you’ll be in Lima around that date:
– Venue: Wayqui Peru Bar – Av. Grau 290-A, Barranco.
– Date and time: Friday, April 8th 2005. 9pm.
– Cost: s/.10 (about $3), including a drink courtesy of the bar.
If you’d like to get tickets with anticipation, e-mail tributo@radioheadperu.com
E-flyer: http://www.radioheadperu.com/e-flyer_english.png

The NME has this story about new music coming soon from Thom and Jonny:

New music from members of RADIOHEAD will be played for the first time at the LONDON ETHER FESTIVAL, NME.COM can reveal.
Material penned by Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood will form part of The London Sinfonietta at the London Royal Festival Hall (March 27-28).
Organisers say the events will feature “two evenings of experimentation, collaboration and cross-genre juxtaposition”.
New music from Greenwood and Yorke will form part of the show, along with more classical composers and traditional Arabic song.
Radiohead TV will also be shown on the night, featuring video, animations and unreleased tracks.
Other events at the Ether Festival 2005 include Dizzee Rascal (March 15) and Matmos (19).
Tickets are on from Thursday (December 16) at 9am via the Royal Festival Hall website here .

(thanks to Kai)

Planet Simpson – Axed & Other Notes
Check out Chris Turner’s story about his experience using Radiohead’s quotes in his book Planet Simpson by clicking the link above. Very interesting reading…

Here is a scan of the DJ Shadow limited edition vinyl remix of Radiohead’s “The Gloaming” that we reported about yesterday:

Click to see the full image
(thanks to Arakias for the scan)