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New Radiohead video

There is apparently a new Radiohead video that has been made by Johnny Hardstaff. The following information is from Creative Base:

Having quickly established himself as one of the most interesting new directors to emerge in the last year, it’s unsurprising that Johnny Hardstaff landed one of the most sought-after commissions in town: a video for Radiohead.

The track is close to eight minutes long, a combination of Push Pulk and Like Spinning Plates, from the band’s Amnesiac album.

Opening on a black screen, brief flashes of the white markings of killer whales flit in and out of view, before the video cuts to a diagram of mind-jarring complexity, the line drawings of a complex machine of indeterminate purpose. Hardstaff’s signature graphic style is exploited to full disturbing effect as the camera pans along more complex diagrams detailing various elevations of threatening machinery, tools and implements. As a huge white machine is examined from every angle some kind of medical purpose becomes apparent: something is being closely monitored. Our attention is gradually drawn to the focus of all this technology, a small cylindrical chamber containing a pair of Siamese twins, joined at the pelvis and held fast by straps around their abdomen. As the rotating capsule slows down to a halt, their evident distress tears at your heart strings, and soon the centrifuge starts spinning again as the machine continues its obscure task. The final sequence shows the result of the distressing treatment, as the babies’ chest strains and distends, before the delicate white ribcage emerges, its fragility emphasised by the distinctive blue Wedgwood pattern it bears.

You can read the full article here and see some screen shots here.
{thanks to Andrew}

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RADIOHEAD TOUR DATES

It appears that Radiohead will begin touring again sometime in June or July in Portugal. Musicnet.pt is reporting the following (translated from Portuguese):

“Radiohead will return to Portugal this year. Musicnet has learned that one of the biggest Portuguese showbiz production companies, Tourne, is preparing to bring Thom Yorke’s group for 3 concerts, two in the Atlantic Pavillion in Lisbon and the other in Oporto. The gigs will occur around June/July.
Meanwhile, “Amnesiac”, the last LP from Radiohead was considered by the Musicnet’s visitors as the Best 2001 Album.”

This news has also been announced by various other Portuguese media, including Radio Commercial, the largest radio station in Portugal, but has yet to be officialy announced and confirmed by Radiohead’s management.

So far no other dates have been announced but if these Portuguese dates are confirmed, expect others…
{thanks to Daniel}

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Grammy nominations

Radiohead’s Amnesiac has been nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Recording Package.

Nigel Godrich was nominated for Producer of the Year for the second year in a row for his work on Amnesiac and The Invisible Band by Travis.

The 44th Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place on Feb. 27 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on CBS Television to a worldwide audience.

For the full list of nominees, please go to http://www.grammy.com/.

{thanks to Paul}

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Radiohead: Simply the Best

Radiohead’s “Pyramid Song” made it to #1 on Nightshift’s Simply the Best – 20 Songs for ’01:

1. RADIOHEAD: “PYRAMID SONG” – Even by their incredible standards, this was an astonishing song. The first single from “Amnesiac”, “Pyramid Song” answered all of Radiohead’s critics in majestic style, taking a desolate trek across frozen tundra, into pop’s heart of darkness. A song dense enough to suck the light out of the room, it snakes in a casually malevolent way across what sounds like the film score to an old Roman epic, dissected and assimilated by the Borg and topped off by Thom Yorke’s detached, repressed howl. One of the bleakest songs ever written. Quite magnificent.

See the full list…
{thanks to Lewis}

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Amnesiac #6

Pitchforkmedia has listed Amnesiac #6 in their best albums of 2001 poll. Check it out at http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/.
{thanks to Juston, Chris & dan0}

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Triple J Listeners’ Top 10 Albums Of 2001

Amnesiac came in at #7 in the Triple J Listeners’ Top 10 Albums Of 2001. To see the full list, go here.

{thanks to Chris505 & maddie}