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The Eraser Remixes now out on CD

Posted by Adriaan at 00:06 Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Oct 12 The remixes for Thom Yorke’s ‘The Eraser’ were out some time as a digital release as well as on three vinyl 12 inches. A cd release was in the pipeline, but was postponed time after time and cancelled in the end. But the long story took a suprising turn. The cd is out now. The Japanese [...]

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Easy All Stars take Radiodread to Europe

Posted by Adriaan at 10:41 Saturday, October 11th, 2008

Oct 11 The Easy Star All-Stars, the band behind Radiodread, the complete reggae version of Radiohead’s classic album  ‘OK Computer’, will be back on the road in The Netherlands, Belgium, the UK and Ireland between October 15 and November 2. The band still plays loads of material from Radiodread during their sets, including ‘Airbag’, ‘Paranoid Android’, ‘Karma [...]

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Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’ first anniversary

Posted by Adriaan at 21:19 Friday, October 10th, 2008

Oct 10 It’s October 10th 2008. Exactly 1 year since Radiohead ‘leaked’ their own record online. On October 1st the band’s announced that their seventh album, ‘In Rainbows’, would be available online, surprising their fans and the press. I remember being in a New York City, waking up to see if the download link was already in my [...]

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First Latin American dates confirmed

Posted by Adriaan at 23:21 Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Oct 9 Earlier this year, Ed O’Brien mentioned that Radiohead would be touring Latin America this year, but unfortunately none of the countries ended up on the tour schedule. But hooray for 2009. With rumours of Chile and Brasil still floating around, first country to have confirmed Radiohead dates is Mexico. Radiohead will play at Foro Sol in [...]

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Stanley Donwood’s Fleet Street Apocalypse

Posted by Adriaan at 23:22 Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Oct 8 In Stanley Donwood’s latest Taglibro issued Today, the Radiohead artist informs us that his Fleet Street Apocalypse has been issued. Available as a lino print and screen print, the Fleet Street Apocalypse linocut is a companion piece of the London Views linocut which was previously used as artwork for Thom Yorke’s ‘The Eraser’ release. The new [...]

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Happy Birthday Thom!

Posted by Adriaan at 23:34 Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Oct 7 Somewhere in the world it’s still October 7th, so therefore a Happy Birthday to Thom Yorke. Thom celebrates his 40th Birthday today. At least we think he’s celebrating… as some people seem to spend their 40th hiding. Anyway, have a great one Thom… Here’s to another 40. And now for something completely different; where are those Radiohead [...]

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Popcorn Superhet Receiver returns to London

Posted by Adriaan at 10:59 Friday, September 12th, 2008

Sep 12 For those who missed out on hearing Jonny Greenwood’s ‘Popcorn Superhet Receiver’ can hear it where it once debuted at LSO St Luke’s in London. Popcorn Superhet Receiver premiered in April 2005, performed by the BBC Orchestra. After performances in the USA commissioned by Wordless Music the classical piece will return to St Luke’s on October [...]

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Radiohead to return to studio after tour

Posted by Adriaan at 23:07 Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Sep 11 In a year where Radiohead spent most of the time touring, news about an upcoming Radiohead album would be too good to be true. Then again, here’s some good news. Radiohead are determined to work on album #8 after the tour. Radiohead have announced exclusively to 6 Music that they’re in the process of writing a [...]

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Radiohead ballet ‘Ride The Beast’ on tour

Posted by Adriaan at 00:28 Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Sep 10 The Scottish Ballet with music from Radiohead will go on a UK tour. Last year, the ballet premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival, featuring ‘Fitter Happier’, ‘Hunting Bears’, ‘Idioteque’, ‘The National Anthem’ and ‘Creep. Pitchfork reports that each evening will find the ballet presenting a three-part affair, including pieces inspired by “film techniques” and “the sophisticated [...]

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Radiohead miss out on Mercury Prize again

Posted by Adriaan at 23:50 Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Sep 9 Radiohead were nominated for the Mercury Prize for the fourth time, but the band missed out on the prestigious award again. The band’s latest effort ‘In Rainbows’ lost to Elbow’s ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’. Before the award ceremony, which Ed O’Brien and Colin Greenwood attended, Colin told NME: “This is our fourth nomination, I don’t think [...]

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