Month: February 2002

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Nigel Godrich & Beck

The original genre-hopper, Beck, has teamed up with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich to work on his upcoming album. The pair previously worked together on Beck’s 1998 acoustic departure, Mutations, which was recorded in around two week’s time. According to NME, sources close to the singer say that Beck hopes to have the same type of work schedule on the new album, about a song a day. As previously reported, Dan the Automator has also been working on the new album, which has yet to be named or given a release date. Beck took time out from working on the album on Tuesday (February 26) to take part in a benefit for the Recording Artists’ Coalition in support of of Senate Bill 1246 – legislation to repeal California Labor Code 2855 that excludes recording artists from 1987’s “Seven-Year Statute.” At the event, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke made a surprise appearance, joining Beck for a show-stopping rendition of the Velvet Underground’s “I’m Set Free.”

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Thom and Stanley at the Grammy’s

So, you wanna see what Stanley looks like? Did you see Thom’s new hairdo?

Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood at the Grammys

Okay… 😉

{many thanks to Paul}

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Ed & Colin interview

There is an interview that the BBC did with Ed and Colin at the recent NME Awards. You can listen to and read it here.

{thanks to kyeongi}

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New album news

From www.worldpop.com:

Radiohead plan to go back into the studio in May to record a new album according to Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien. The guitarist told worldpop: ‘The band are planning a get-together in May in the studio. We’re putting all gigs on hold at the moment to concentrate on writing new material.’
Speaking at yesterday’s NME/Carling Awards where the band won the award for Best Video for Pyramid Song, O’Brien said the new album may be a return to a guitar based format, ditching the electronica the band experimented with on Kid A and Amnesiac. ‘We’re listening to a lot of guitar music at the moment,’ said O’Brien. ‘I like a lot of the new bands like Electric Soft Parade.’

‘It’s a bit embarrassing to pick up an award for Best Video,’ continued the guitarist, ‘because it wasn’t made by us.’

O’Brien also refuted the band’s critics who claim they make depressing records. ‘We don’t make unhappy records. We make uplifting ones,’ he said.

Radiohead’s guitarist Jonny Greenwood has also contributed to a new Bryan Ferry solo album entitled Frantic. The album is released on 15 April and Greenwood played on the track, Hiroshima.

{thanks to Dale at Liquidcat.}

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Grammy Awards!

Radiohead won a Grammy earlier tonight in the Best Recording Package category for the special edition version of Amnesiac.

The other category the band was nominated in, Best Alternative Music, was won by Coldplay.

{thanks to Dave}

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Thom Yorke

Thom and Beck!

Last night Thom joined Beck onstage at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles to sing a duet of the Velvet Underground’s “I’m Set Free”. The concert was a benefit for RAC (Recording Artists Colilition). If you have a recording of this, please email us!

Don’t forget the Grammys tonight!

{thanks to KarmaJunkie & Ben}