Category: Radiohead

Everybody and their brother has reviewed Coachella. To sum up, The Pixies were amazing, as was Radiohead. Apparently, Thom’s voice hadn’t entirely healed, but general consensus is that it sounds much worse on the MP3 boots than it did at the show. Since every review reads pretty much the same, I’ll refer you over to Treefingers, who has collected a good chunk of them for you to peruse as you see fit.
There was a bit of a tease with “Let Down”, but Thom left it up to Jonny…who chose “Planet Telex”.
Speaking of MP3 bootlegs, there are apparently some very high-quality ones floating around your favorite file-sharing app- of both Radiohead and The Pixies. They certainly go hand-in-hand.

Back in action after a week and a half of no internet (not as bad as it sounds), and lots to report- here we go.
*Radiohead did in fact have to cancel their final show in Melbourne, Austrailia. After having trouble during the first show, Thom was diagnosed as having marked hoarseness of voice, a significant upper airway infection, and associated heavy inflammation of his vocal chords. He was advised by a doctor that should he have performed that night, he risked permanent damage to his voice. Nobody wants that, of course. The band expressed sincere apologies to their Aussie fans, who they know travelled far and wide to be there, and made it clear that this decision was not made lightly (not exactly G’N’R, our boys, a quick glance at the gigography reveals a very very very few cancelled shows, all done for good reason). Refunds are available at the point of purchase, and if you bought them from w.a.s.t.e, you need to mail them to
Waste Products Ltd.
PO Box 322
Oxford
OX4 1EY
England
to get your refund.
*Jonny’s Bodysong score was nominated for ‘Best Original Film Score’ at the Ivor Novello awards. We’ll find out if he wins at the end of this month.
*The “Japanese-only” Com Lag EP has gone global, with release now confirmed for Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Canada.
*Q Magazine listed “OK Computer” and “The Bends” as two (out of twenty) of the most important albums of the last 25 years. “OK Computer” was second only to Nirvana’s “Nevermind”, and Radiohead was the only group that had two albums on the list. “Creep” was listed as the third most important single in the past 25 years (out of 20).
*The Scotsman and Q Magazine declared Radiohead’s 1997 Glastonbury gig (listen to “How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found” for more info) the number one gig of all time, followed by Nirvana, Oasis, Coldplay, and Brian Wilson.
*Fan favorite “Let Down” was soundchecked three times over in Oz. Rarely played live, this would be a treat to hear if any has any recordings. Hint hint.
That should do it (for now), we’re back online so we shall keep you posted as best we can.
We missed you…
(Thanks to CUTW, At Ease, Treefingers, 58hours, and all the fine people who wrote in with news while we were gone, news that was immediately erased when my hard drive failed about thirty minutes after setting up my computer in its new home).

That sound you hear is 50,000 people letting out a big sigh of relief at once. At approx. 9PM PST, Radiohead did in fact take the stage at Coachella, Thom’s throat problems be damned.
58hours (a GREAT live Radiohead resource, by the way) is doing their usual amazing live setlist updates, courtesy of their spies at Coachella.

From the Tripwire:

All anyone can talk about this week is the Coachella Festival. Coachella this, Coachella that. And with good reason: with live acts like Pixies, Cure, Radiohead, Ash and a host of others, it?s the best music lineup in the States, perhaps ever. But is there a chance one of the headliners will bow out? Radiohead had to cancel their final gig before Coachella, the last show on their Australian tour, after Thom Yorke developed throat problems. Going on stage meant risking permanent damage to his voice, so the band called the show off. What does this mean for this weekend?s endeavor in the desert? Hopefully nothing, but here?s to Thom?s voice healing in time for all the sweating drunks to revel in his magic on Saturday night.

We lack any confirmation from Radiohead’s people stating that they will cancel their performance. Stay tuned…
UPDATE (4/29/04): Thom and the band have arrived in Los Angeles and are still expected to perform this Saturday. More details to come…

I know I’m supposed to be moving, but you have to go check out RichDork Media. The internet at it’s finest.
“As for tracks 2-9, I was unable to listen to them as I was so blown away by Radiohead’s sheer power that I beat my CD player into pieces with a rake so it would never be defiled by another, inferior compact disc. I shall review the rest of the album once my dad flies back from the Hamptons and buys me a new SUV to play it in.”
(Thanks to Dave.)

We’ll be moving our “NYC offices” (which means I’m moving across town and taking my Mac with me), so you will see light updates (if any) for about one week. Jonathan will still be around, so you won’t go newsless. Fear not, we’ll be back on the scene before you know we’re gone.
Feel free to email and tell us how much you miss us.