Posted on 02 September 2010
A group of Radiohead fans used cheap Flip cameras to record the band’s Aug 23, 2009 show in Prague. Radiohead approved of the DIY concert film, and even provided the filmmakers with the soundboard recordings of the set. Now the concert film, simply called Prague DVD, is available for free download (though the site keeps going down from the overload). It’s in many formats (DVD, iPhone/iPad, PAL/NTSC, etc). And you can watch segments of the set via Youtube. Watch “The National Anthem” and a very sloppy “The Bends,” below, and download the whole thing here.
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Posted on 05 August 2010
Reader Jim tipped us off to this 1993 Pablo Honey ad campaign that aligns Thom York & Co., aka “Oxford, England’s rowdiest new band,” with Beavis And Butt-head (twice!). Also, please note, if you want to become “a RADIOHEAD,” you’ll need to send your fan mail to Capitol Records in c/o “I Wanna Be A Creep.”
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Posted on 20 July 2010
Dresden Dolls’s Amanda Palmer parted ways with Roadrunner Records a couple months back. She’s releasing music however she wants now. Her newest project is a series of Radiohead covers from Kid A and earlier. It’s called Amanda Palmer Performs The Popular Hits Of Radiohead On Her Magical Ukulele, and the title says it all, really. Some of the covers include a little piano or other additional percussion, but it’s mostly just Palmer and her ukulele, and (at least one time) a bad hangover — one of the songs is titled, “Creep (Hungover at Soundcheck in Berlin).” Have a listen to the entire EP:
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Posted on 15 July 2010
Well, Scala & Kolacny Brothers’ cover of “Creep” to be precise. It works extraordinarily well in this preview of the David Fincher-directed, Aaron Sorkin-adapted, surprisingly great-looking movie about Facebook. Watch it here. (Also, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross wrote the score.)
Posted on 12 July 2010
Bryan Ferry’s forthcoming “solo” album Olympia finds the Roxy Music frontman collaborating with Radiohead classicist Jonny Greenwood, Red Hot Chili Pepper/Atoms For Peace bassist Flea, Nile Rodgers, Scissor Sisters, Groove Armada, David Gilmour, and Primal Scream’s Mani. Pitchfork reports he’s also teaming with Roxy bandmates Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera and onetime squabbler Brian Eno. (It’s their first collaboration since 1973’s For Your Pleasure.) Outside the extra hands, the 10-song collection includes covers of Tim Buckley’s “Song to the Siren” and Traffic’s “No Face, No Name, No Number.” There are other songs, too:
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Posted on 30 June 2010
Radiohead drummer Phil Selway will release his debut solo album, Familial in August. We previously heard “The Ties That Bind Us” and album closer “The Witching Hour,” and he also played some of the songs at a show in Portugal in April. There’s a stream of the album’s first single “By Some Miracle” on his website right now. Selway’s voice whispers about hiding guilt over a hushed acoustic guitar and a drum track that sounds like sheets being pulled over a bed. Have a listen here.
Speaking of Radiohead, Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood did a surprise set at Glastonbury last weekend. 24Bit found videos of the nine-song set, including these two below:
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Posted on 03 May 2010
The video you’re about to watch is a career highlight for me.
I became a Peter Gabriel fan(atic) after seeing “Digging In The Dirt” on VH1 in the dog days of ‘92. That September, prior to the release of Us (i.e., Peter’s followup to one of the greatest albums of all time) Peter participated in “An Intimate Conversation About Us” for Westwood One, discussing and previewing clips from the album. I stayed up late to tape it off WDRE. I was enamored.
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Posted on 14 April 2010
Conan O’Brien sound-checked for the kick-off date of his “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour” with a stumbling, cockney version of Radiohead’s “Creep.” The tour began in Eugene, Oregon, and both he and his sound-checking audience are in good spirits during his “Creep” attempt:
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Posted on 14 April 2010
coachella.com
For the fans like me that aren’t going to be at Coachella this weekend, we’ve got a first glimpse of what will be made available on the webcast through two sponsored social media app integrations, one on Facebook and one on MySpace. For each three days of the festival, we’re told through the apps that you can customize a playlist that will allow your Coachella webcast experience to be unique. We’ll see how it plays out in action, but I love the idea and I’ll be working on this today and tomorrow before the festival starts on Friday.
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Posted on 14 April 2010
Conan O’Brien is no stranger to making headlines in the media world, and that trend will likely continue as coverage leaks in from his Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour, which kicked off on Monday night in the Pacific Northwest. First, there was the huge announcement that Conan inked a deal with TBS to bring his show to cable late-night. Then he kicked off his tour fronting the band he brought with him for a cover that seemed pretty apt for his situation, a twist on “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gayner.
Conan O’Brien in Eugene, OR – I Will Survive [YouTube]
Finally, video leaked of Conan covering the Radiohead classic, “Creep,” with his own twists on how the song should be made comically relevant.
Conan O’Brien covers Radiohead Creep [YouTube]
Keep it up, Conando. I’ll be seeing you next week, brutha.
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