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Radiohead Is So Mainstream Now, You Guys

noah | January 26, 2009 10:30 am
noah | January 26, 2009 10:30 am

Radiohead will make its first U.S. TV appearance since 2000 in two weeks, when the band performs as part of this year’s Grammy ceremony. The band’s 2007 album In Rainbows is up for Album Of The Year against Coldplay’s Viva La Vida Etc., Ne-Yo’s Year Of The Gentleman, Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III, and the Robert Plant/Alison Kraus collaboration Raising Sand. T.I. is also expected to perform twice on the evening of Feb. 8—once with Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and Kanye West on “Swagger Like Us,” and again with Justin Timberlake on an unidentified song. (I’m pretty sure that Robyn Troup won’t be around to get ogled by the two this year, although who knows—the nostalgia cycle is pretty short these days.) A list of all the announced performers after the jump.

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Thom Yorke’s Taste In Music Gets Made More Mainstream By The Man

noah | January 19, 2009 4:00 am
noah | January 19, 2009 4:00 am

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?

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Thom Yorke Wants You To Watch The Grammys, Know Who Liars Are

noah | January 13, 2009 9:30 am
noah | January 13, 2009 9:30 am

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, perhaps inspired to play nice by the Album of the Year nomination In Rainbows received from the Grammys this year, has lent his visage—and his taste in music—to the award ceremony’s ad campaign, in which composites of nominated stars’ faces are created from the titles and lyrics of songs that influenced their musical development. Bjork’s “Unravel,” which Yorke has previously cited as one of his favorite songs ever, gets a nod, as does Madvillain’s “Meat Grinder.” There’s also a Liars shout-out! Anyway, a TV ad narrated by Yorke (it may sound like this, a bit) is rolling out as the broadcast gets closer, but for now, there’s a spot featuring Stevie Wonder’s musical development embedded after the jump.

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Bjork And Thom Yorke Team Up, Freak The Internet Out

noah | October 14, 2008 9:30 am
noah | October 14, 2008 9:30 am

Bjork’s collaboration with Radiohead’s Thom… More »


Idolator Presents Five Not-All-That-Ridiculous Ways To Celebrate Rocktober

noah | October 1, 2008 12:00 pm
noah | October 1, 2008 12:00 pm

Congratulations, world! You somehow made it all the way to Oct. 1, 2008, which means one thing: It’s time for Rocktober to start. How will you celebrate? Some people are linking to YouTubes of Who songs. Others are hoping that you’ll have a hankering to hear the Divinyls and Foreigner within the same span of time. One guy who got the coveted domain name “rocktober.com” is even saying that we should bring back Metallica Monday, although I know of a few people who might disagree with that idea. Which is why I have five Rocktober-celebration suggestions of my own, all of which are located after the jump.

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Bono Backs Away From Manager’s Radiohead-Bashing Ways

anthonyjmiccio | June 30, 2008 9:30 am
anthonyjmiccio | June 30, 2008 9:30 am

AP080311011359.jpgLike U2’s manager, Paul McGuinness, Bono firmly believes that all problems can be solved by haranguing people in power and pleading for charitable donations, rather than actually changing economic models. But one thing Bono won’t do is dis Radiohead, one of the few successful bands with any critical cachet whatsoever. So when McGuinness decided to call the Internet release of In Rainbows a failure, Bono felt it necessary to send a letter to NME making clear that while their manager doesn’t want the RIAA to consider these upstarts’ hair-brained schemes, U2 thinks the band are “courageous and imaginative,” etc., smooch smooch, let’s photo op with Barack sometime.

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Radiohead Already Over The Whole Free Download Thing

anthonyjmiccio | April 30, 2008 9:45 am
anthonyjmiccio | April 30, 2008 9:45 am

AP060617032911.jpgThe “pay what you want” online release of In Rainbows may have set Trent Reznor and Billy Corgan off to discover their own maverick ways, but it looks like Thom Yorke is a little tired of the brave new world. “I think it was a one-off response to a particular situation,” said Yorke. Rather than admit that he’s loving the taste of Dave Matthews’ crunchy granola over at ATO, or that financially the online release of In Rainbows wasn’t all that it could have been, he’s crediting his anomie on the lack of “significance” it would have if they did it again. It’s always about significance with you, isn’t it, Thom?

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Project X Goes Indie (Sort Of)

Michaelangelo Matos | March 12, 2008 10:00 am
Michaelangelo Matos | March 12, 2008 10:00 am

1176570660_thomyorketheeraser.jpgAs part of Idolator’s continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Idolator Critics’ Poll editor Michaelangelo Matos breaks down rankings from every genre imaginable. After the click-through, he looks at the Britain’s ever-shifting definition of “indie,” with a BBC chart that includes everything from soul to Radiohead effluvia to synth-pop that first hit three decades ago to, yes, even some indie rock:

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Liner Notes: Thom Yorke Packs For A Long Train Ride

noah | October 17, 2006 2:50 am
noah | October 17, 2006 2:50 am

– Thom Yorke has announced his plans to quit touring by plane unless steps are taken to reduce carbon emissions in the UK; no word on whether he will ban crazed Radiohead fans from saving up their frequent-flyer miles so they can catch shows on the other side of the world. More »


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