So, a new version of Thom Yorke’s Grammy ad, which crafts a mosaic of the Radiohead frontman’s face from the titles of various songs that have influenced him, is out there, and keen-eyed viewers will notice a few key differences between the initial print (at left, as sourced from Pop & Hiss last Tuesday) and this iteration, which is being rolled out with a TV spot in which Yorke talks about his dreams of becoming David Bowie someday. Let’s play a little game of “catch the edits,” shall we?
During last week’s discussion of Marmite artists–those artists that are so divisive, they force people to take sides, with no one left in the middle–Idolator commenter moomintroll wondered if we shouldn’t try and find more ways to classify popular bands through their analogues to various condiments. Since we figured the safe space in the fridge inhabited by your ketchups, your mustards, and your molding bottles of Hidden Valley Ranch was as good a way to make sense of the current musical landscape as any, we invited her to flesh out her theory for us. It’s after the jump!
Prolific and media-friendly British pop sensation Scott Walker has announced plans for an instrumental album due from 4AD on Sept. 24. Given Walker’s track record, it should be the perfect thing to wash the taste out of your mouth after listening to that Radio 1 abortion. More »
Earlier, a tipster let us know that an unreleased song by Relaxed Muscle–the electro-spook side project undertaken by Jarvis Cocker and Jason Buckle in the earlier part of this decade–had, under the innocuous title “left over relaxed m…..,” surfaced on Buckle’s MySpace page. More »
Reclusive crooner Scott Walker’s contribution to the forthcoming 4AD compilation Plague Songs is “Darkness,” an ode to that particular plague. “Dark” doesn’t even begin to describe just how unsettling it is. More »
