Radiohead kicked off their mini-tour last night in Osaka, Japan. The setlist was a familiar one, with no new material played. Several fans have written in with glowing reviews. We’ll keep you posted- please keep sending in your setlists and reviews! Photos are nice, as well…
The new Radiohead.com is up and running. Go forth and enjoy.
From the official Triple J (Aussie radio station) newsletter-
COMING UP ON TRIPLE J
Radiohead playing only in Sydney and Melbourne? Not if you’re a triple j
listener…
RADIOHEAD J-FILES
Tune into to triple j on Saturday 17th April to catch the Radiohead J-Files
Rumour has it that they will be broadcasting one of the Aussie shows live. However, it’s not quite clear what they’re planning to do on the 17th, as Radiohead will be playing live in Tokyo that night.
UPDATE: According to At Ease, on the 17th they will play the one hour program “J File:Radiohead’s Musical Journey” at 5pm in anticipation for the band’s arrival in Australia.
UPDATED AGAIN: The good folks from Triple J wrote in to give us the skinny. On April 27th they will indeed be broadcasting the Melbourne concert live. In addition, if you miss the J File program on the 17th, you will be able to stream in directly from the website.
For more info, visit Triple J’s Radiohead section here.
(Thanks to Dale.)
For those in Korea who want to see the Merce Cunningham ballet piece ‘Split Sides’, with music by Radiohead and Sigur Ros, can see it live at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul from Thursday through Saturday.
Radiohead’s half of the piece, created by Jonny Greenwood’s keyboards and Thom Yorke’s looped vocals, will be presented as a recording. Sigur Ros will make the trip to Seoul with Cunningham to perform their half of ‘Split Sides’ live.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: 6 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday, 8 p.m. on Friday, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, near Kwanghwamun Station on subway line 4. Tickets: 40,000 won to 120,000 won. Info: (02) 537-0300 or www.i-fine.co.kr.
(Thanks to At Ease.)
UPDATE (4/12/04):
Several readers from Japan have written in to say that all promotional material for Com Lag has disappeared from nearly every record store. In addition, most stores have pulled the album, telling people who ask for it that it has indeed been recalled. No word as to how this affects people who have already received the album, or when a re-pressed version will be available. We’ve got a call in to Toshiba EMI, and we’ll keep you posted.
(Thanks to Jon and others.)
ORIGINAL ARTICLE (04/07/04)
We’ve received word from a source (who has been quite reliable in the past) that due to public outcry, Toshiba EMI will likely be recalling the Japanese version of Com Lag after all. We’ll keep you posted.
I’ve always wanted to say “breaking news”.
According to Stylus Magazine, Jonny’s 20 second solo (between 1:21 and 1:40) in “Killer Cars” is the #9 solo of all time.
They said-
The unsung classic flipside from ?High and Dry”, being post-Pablo Honey pop (an album that has not aged well at all) and pre abbreviated political invective Kid A.
The solo in question is not the usual Greenwood attempt at wringing bendy and unknowable notes out of his guitar, although he does do a solo like that later in the song. It?s the brutally minimalist one between 1:21-1:40, which sounds very much like someone (probably mysterious and enigmatic Jonny again) repeatedly hitting that one meaty note, although I think it probably isn?t.
#1, if you’re curious, is from Nova Scotian band Plumtree’s “Scott Pilgrim”. You can go read the entire article over here.
(Thanks to Ana.)