15 posts tagged “radiohead”
Despite releasing three electronic albums (pre-In Rainbows), Yorke continues to write songs that doesn't quite fit into the Radiohead universe. So a few years ago, he released a solo album called The Eraser. I did download the album prior to its release, but eventually did pick up the physical CD because I felt the prices were really decent (under $10).
What's interesting is the album was released under a cardboard digipack (no plastics), under the strict direction of Yorke, who's become somewhat of an environmentalist (remember when the band refused to tour, citing that touring causes "ridiculous consumption of energy"*?) Er, Thom, have you noticed the actual CD is made of plastic?
Again, not to put a fine a point on it, but I'm not really a remix fan, but I figure if you like Radiohead or love Thom's solo efforts, you're going to enjoy this regardless. Enjoy the original mix and remix of "Black Swan" (there are two remixes of "Black Swan" on Eraser Rmxs.)
You can pick up the remix album directly at XL Recordings or via amazon.
* quote courtesy of guardian.co.uk
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09/25/08 Vinyl Fever (Acoustic In-Store) Tampa, Florida
09/26/08 In-Store Acoustic @ CD Connection Jacksonville, Florida
09/27/08 Uncle Sam’s (Acoustic In-Store) Lauderhill, Florida
09/27/08 Park Ave CDs (Acoustic In-Store) Orlando, Florida
09/29/08 Jimmy Kimmel Live Los Angeles, California
10/02/08 Warehouse Live Houston, Texas
10/03/08 White Rabbit San Antonio, Texas
10/04/08 The Door Dallas, Texas
10/05/08 Diamond Ballroom Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
10/07/08 Ogden Theatre Denver, Colorado
10/08/08 The Great Salt Air Magna, Utah
10/09/08 The Knitting Factory Boise, Idaho
10/10/08 Knitting Factory Spokane, Washington
10/11/08 El Corazon Seattle, Washington
10/12/08 Wonder Ballroom Portland, Oregon
10/14/08 Regency Center @ The Grand San Francisco, California
10/15/08 Avalon Los Angeles, California
10/16/08 Soma San Diego, California
10/17/08 The Glass House Pomona, California
10/18/08 Marquee Theatre Tempe, Arizona
10/20/08 The Beaumont Club Kansas City, Missouri
10/21/08 House of Blues Chicago, Illinois
10/22/08 Bogart’s Cincinnati, Ohio
10/23/08 House of Blues Cleveland, Ohio
10/24/08 Clutch Cargo’s Pontiac, Michigan
10/25/08 Club Infinity Williamsville, New York
10/27/08 Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, Ontario
10/28/08 Mr Smalls Millvale, Pennsylvania
10/29/08 Webster Hall New York, New York
10/31/08 Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts
11/01/08 Trocadero Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11/02/08 9:30 Club Washington DC, Washington DC
11/03/08 The Norva Norfolk, Virginia
11/05/08 Amos’ Southend Charlotte, North Carolina
11/06/08 The Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia
11/07/08 House of Blues Orlando, Florida
11/11/08 Spring and Airbrake Belfast, Northern Ireland*
11/12/08 The Academy Dublin, Dublin*
11/13/08 University Student Union Cardiff, Wales*
11/14/08 Anson Rooms Bristol, Southwest*
11/15/08 Loughborough University Loughborough, Midlands*
11/16/08 Academy Oxford, London and South East*
11/18/08 The Engine Shed Lincoln, Midlands*
11/19/08 UEA Norwich, East*
11/21/08 The Forum London, London and South East*
11/22/08 The Barfly Birmingham, Midlands
11/23/08 Club Academy Manchester, Northwest
11/24/08 The Duchess York, Northeast
11/25/08 King Tut’s Glasgow, Scotland
*with Elliot Minor
09/23/08 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, Oregon*
09/25/08 Knitting Factory - Boise Boise, Idaho*
09/29/08 Casbah San Diego, California*
09/30/08 Downtown Brew San Luis Obispo, California*
10/07/08 Revolution Music Room Little Rock, Arkansas**
10/08/08 George’s Majestic Lounge Fayetteville, Arkansas**
10/09/08 New Daisy Theater Memphis, Tennessee**
10/10/08 Exit Inn Nashville, Tennessee**
10/11/08 Bogarts Cincinnati, Ohio**
10/12/08 Headliners Music Hall Louisville, Kentucky**
10/14/08 Diesel Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania**
10/17/08 Majestic Theatre Detroit, Michigan**
10/18/08 Rave Milwaukee, Wisconsin**
10/19/08 Metro Chicago, Illinois**
10/21/08 Station 4 St. Paul, Minnesota**
10/22/08 Sokol Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska**
10/23/08 The Beaumont Club Kansas City, Missouri**
10/24/08 Diamond Ballroom Oklahoma City, Oklahoma**
*with Filter
** with Toadies
Music excerpted throughout the show are from Anberlin, Radiohead, People in Planes, Marc Broussard, and Duke Ellington/Coleman Hawkins.
PART ONE
I had a blast talking to Stephen Christian of Anberlin:
- Going through the origin of their name from a Radiohead song, "Everything in its Right Place"
- Being on the cover of AP Magazine
- Tooth and Nail vs Universal Republic (indie vs major label)
- the new album, New Surrender: its cover art and favorite song
- Anberlin's upcoming Fall tour and appearance on Jimmy Kimmel
PART TWO
Singer Gaz Jones from People in Planes was kind enough to talk to us about:
- Being on tour with Stereophonics, Welsh bands
- About their old name, Robot In The Sky sounding too familiar to "Robots in Disguise"
- New York-based Wind-Up Records label
- America vs UK culture
- The origin of the why "M'Aidez" is also in the title of their latest single, "Mayday"
PART THREE
Jazz columnist Dave talks about the recent album he picked up: Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins. 'Nuff said!
Credits: Special thanks to Jessi at Sneak Attack, Gina-Marie at Press Here, Matt at the Syndicate, and of course Stephen Christian, Gaz Jones, and Dave.
Bands and readers, if you would like to appear in a future episode of W♥M Radio, please drop me a line and we can schedule it.
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I thought I would do something different for gathering news, since you may have noticed an absent of the weekly news. News will now be delivered though Links, from a variety of music news sources. I think the "links" links actully have a feed, so you can subscribe to this using your favorite rss newsreader. I personally use google reader myself, with about 500+ items every hour!
BO DIDDLEY
Topping the music news is the death of Bo Diddley from heart failure on June 2nd.
This R&B/Blues artist got his start in 1951 playing at the 708 Club
in Chicago, Illinois. By 1955, Bo recorded some demos, "I'm a Man" and
"Bo Diddley", the later went on to become a #1 R&B hit.
His early songs made him so famous, that he was asked to be on the Ed Sullivan show, but was eventually banned from subsequent appearance when he played "Bo Diddley" instead of a cover song of "Sixteen Tons".
That didn't end his career, instead Bo went onto record more hits.... and the rest is history.
Random vu-thoughts: it would seem to me that Bo Diddley had a passion for pop culture and genre, take for instance his "western" themed album titles: Have Guitar Will Travel (based on the western tv show "Have Gun - Will Travel") and Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger (with the title track having references to the famous shoot-out at the OK Corral). Later on, he would also have his "beach/surf" theme: Surfin' with Bo Diddley and Bo Diddley's Beach Party, all probably inspired by the teen-movie Beach Party.
UNDER SURVEILLANCE
I also wanted to talk about the innovative video by The Get Out Clause.
My my understanding, the band wanted to shoot a music video, but didn't
have the finance - so they thought up the idea to have surveillance
cameras film them in performance. Under the Freedom of Information Act,
they requested the footage of their appearances and pieced together
their video for "Paper".
The video
became viral and have spread all over the UK press and picked up by
NPR, making the band an instance success overnight! (That was in May).
With all the interests, you can pick up their EP, to be released July 7th and "hand made by the band". Judging from the picture of the pre-order, it looks very cool.
Anyway, I think their video is such a cool idea, but I can't help but feel uneasy how "big brother" England's become, no?
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There are a couple of CD releases on Tuesday, June 3rd that I need to address.
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Brendan James officially releases The Day Is Brave this Tuesday. I've previously talked about his new album and EP and judging from readers' comments, they really love this guy.
I'm looking at Amazon's "Customers who bought this also bought": Duffy, Death Cab for Cutie, and Jack Johnson, so you get the general idea just how popular James is.
So, just as a reminder, his album is finally almost here, for all the people that asked me about The Day is Brave and it looks like he'll be on tour this Summer:
06/04/08 New York - Highline Ballroom
06/06/08 Tuscon, AZ - Rialto Theatre
06/09/08 Chapel Hill, NC - WestEnd Wine Bar
06/10/08 Washington, DC - Corcoran
06/11/08 Boston, MA - Club Passim
06/12/08 New Haven, CT - Space
06/13/08 Easton, MD - Coffee East
06/17/08 Ridgewood, NJ - Blendbar
06/19/08 Londonderry, NH - Tupelo Music Hall
06/21/08 Philadelphia, PA - Tin Angel
06/22/08 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
06/23/08 Ann Arbor, MI - The Arc
06/24/08 Indianapolis, IN - Birdy's
06/26/08 Madison, WI - Cafe Montmarte
06/27/08 Chicago, IL - Matyres
06/29/08 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
06/30/08 Columbia, MO - Mojos
07/01/08 Iowa City, IA - Englert Theatre
07/05/08 Chicago, IL - Schuba's
07/08/08 New York, NY - Canal Room
07/10/08 Vienna, VA - Jammin' Java
07/11/08 Nashville, TN - 3rd & Lindsey
07/13/08 Atlanta, GA - Eddie's Attic
07/14/08 Fayetteville, AK - Music Hall
07/15/08 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
07/20/08 Tuscon, AZ - Club Congress
07/22/08 Los Angeles, CA - Hotel Cafe
Radiohead is having their first ever Best Of collection out on their former EMI Records. Since I have all their albums and there's nothing new in this release, I probably won't pick up the album. There are two version: a single disc and a 2-disc set, the later disc containing such hits (with fans) as "You", "How To Disappear Completely", and "Let Down".
Radiohead apparently have been fighting against this release, and Thom Yorke is pretty unhappy about it, stating in the magazine Word:
We haven't really had any hits so what exactly is the purpose? There's nothing we can do about it. The work is really public property now anyway, in my head at least. It's a wasted opportunity in that if we'd been behind it, and we wanted to do it, then it might have been good.
That's not exactly true, Radiohead did have some chart success with "Creep" (their best-known work), "Paranoid Android", and "No Surprises".
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Radiohead's sound may have changed and evolved to their current experimental sound - but one band that doesn't want to evolve is Weezer. Their new album Weezer (The Red Album) is out on Geffen on Tuesday.
I'm sorry to say that I'm less than excited about their lack of a title (following their previously two releases of Weezer (the Blue Album) and Weezer (The Green Album)) and it seems to me that the band is just rehashing the album that made them famous: the Blue album.
Clearly the superior album that they need to imitate is Pinkerton, a commercial disaster, but much-loved by hardcore fans.
I do really respect Rivers and Patrick Wilson (I love this guy), but I just think the cover art and album title just doesn't ring excitment - at least for me anyway.
Admittedly, their video for "Pork & Beans" is actually pretty funny. It mixes a bunch of meme/viral videos together, so you'll recognize that dramatic prairie dog, to the "Will it Blend", to that Numa Numa kid, etc. Strangely it is missing the Rick Roll, because that would be awesome to see Rick Astley in a Weezer video.
Update: Apparently Weezer's had Tay Zonday to cover their "Pork & Beans" song. The video was uploaded last night for promotion for today's release. I have a soft spot in my heart for Zonday because he is from Minneapolis (I just wish they'd put a mic there so he can pull his head away to breath).
Links:
myspace.com/brendanjames
www.radiohead.com
www.weezer.com
| W♥M wrote: Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 6:53 AM |
There's also a Radiohead DVD being released today in the USA, but like the "best-of" album and the previously released box set, it's not endorsed by the band. It's being released by their former record label, no doubt in retaliation for dropping them in favor of XL Recordings.
-randy
| vu wrote: Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:31 AM |
I think I'll pick up the DVD, even though I have some of their videos from 7 Television Commercials and various compilation such as the Director's Label. Like a lot of things, the packaging and pricing does factor in, so if it's too expensive, I may just skip out on it.
I also noticed that Radiohead's back catalogue is now available on iTunes, according to BBC news.
| Jeff D wrote: Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:43 PM |
After listening to the album, I couldn't disagree more about Weezer. The Red Album is absolutely nothing like the Blue or Green with the possible exception of Pork and Beans. The Greatest Man That Ever Lived would easily fit on Pinkerton. It's downright bizarre.
At their core, Weezer has always been about writing good solid rock and roll songs and has never made any apologies for it. Rivers Cuomo has talked about it interviews for years.
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Here are the Top 7 most talked about musicians on W♥M (based on tags).
The winner is Morrissey (14 tags) and The Smiths (11 tags), which is all my fault as every possible opportunity presents itself - I will mention the great Mozzer.
Radiohead came in second with 11 tags, obviously because of the news they generated by giving away their album, In Rainbows for any price you can afford.
Belle & Sebastian also made a few appearance, mostly because I love them and they recently gave away "Are You Come Over for Christmas" as an xmas gift.
And as usual, Stars are heavily covered by a few of us. Most recently appearing as a Top 7 Concert and also Most Favorite song with 15 people marking "This Charming man" cover as a favorite.
Blur made some appearances, with some stories such as Blur to finally reunite with Coxon? and Blur Drummer Running for Office in London. By the way, Dave Rowntree didn't win the election.
Obviously we're all big fans of 80s alternative, so it's really no surprise that The Cure made it on the list.
Shockingly, Avril Lavigne made it on this list with over six mentions. It started with The Rubinoos suing Lavigne over her "hey hey you" bit in her hit song "Girlfriend".
For a comparison, I suggest you head over to The Rubinoos vs Avril Lavigne and listen for yourself (they sound nothing alike).
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12/29/2007 15:01:56
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If you're one of the million of people that downloaded Radiohead's In Rainbows, you may have noticed that they didn't include any artwork with the MP3s.
This is very annoying. Fortunately the folks at Tube.hk have uploaded the front and back cover.
I have quickly listened to it - and I have to say that of all the songs, I did like "Bodysnatchers" the best.
For further reviews, I'm 100% sure that there are a billion reviews out there on the internet. Everybody is talking about this album. There's no escaping it.
The best news I've heard is that Oasis, The Charlatans, and NIN have all decided to give away their next album for free.
Please read more on W♥M's coverage of Radiohead
10/11/2007 23:24:41
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So, as you know, I am a pretty big Radiohead fan (not as hardcore as certain people I know, but I more fan than the average listener).
I was first introduced to Radiohead through, I think, Melody Maker. Radiohead came slightly before Britpop, and I remember "Creep" having a huge impact on me on MTV's 120 Minutes. By the time I saw them again doing "Anyone Can Play Guitar" on MTV Beach House, I knew I was hooked.
Prior to The Bends being released in '95, I was already working at KFSR 90.7 FM as a regular DJ and was offered the opportunity to interview the band (which obviously I jumped all over it). I had prepared all my questions for Thom or Jonny and had already memorized all the songs off The Bends.
Of course, needless to tell you, I didn't get either of those gents, but instead got Phil Selway.
We chatted live on the radio and obviously all improvised because all my prepared questions were useless. I do remember that Phil dropped the F-bomb, which was really funny because we could've gotten fined for that.
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Anyway, so in celebration of In Rainbows, coming out via download very soon and a boxset in December, I have decided to talk about Radiohead deluxe packages. We're not talking about promos, these are deluxe versions of their albums that anyone can buy in stores.
This tradition didn't really happen until fairly recently - when sales started to slump, the record company decided it was a good idea to release a more expensive version for the fans. Which I thought was a great idea, because I rather have something special than a standard jewel-cased CD.
All the special packages started the release of Kid A in 2000. As with all the Radiohead artwork and direction, this specially designed hard glued 9 page children's book was by Stanley Donwood (and probably Thom Yorke).
The book contains paintings and a brief text on top.
With Amnesiac, this was a nice-sized hardback red book, complete with a library card and such. I thought I read somewhere that they actually wanted to use real pages from various books, but had changed their minds when it was critized that they were encouraging destroying books.
By the way, this special edition actually won a Grammy for "Best Recording Package".
Hail to the Thief was designed as a special fold-out map. This was actually pretty cool, but kind of worthless. Apparently, the poster is supposed to be a roadmap, referencing the Bush Administration's 2003 plan for peace between Israelis and Palestinians (but it just looks like a painted map to me).
10/05/2007 00:26:16
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01. 15 Step 02. Bodysnatchers 03. Nude 04. Weird Fishes/Arpegii 05. All I Need 06. Faust Arp 07. Reckoner 08. House of Cards 09. Jigsaw Falling Into Place 10. Videotape
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I just read over on The Guardian Music blog that a new Radiohead album, 'In Rainbows', will be released in 10 days.
Interestingly, there are two purchasing options for the album. If you are flush with cash and love collectables then you can splash out £40 for the boxset. This includes the CD, 2 x 12 inch vinyl records, enhanced CD containing more songs, digital photographs, artwork & lyrics booklets and the right to digitally download the tracks.
Alternatively, you can opt to buy the downloadable album only. The best bit is you get to pick the price you will pay for the album.
As people in the North of England are famed for being tight with money, I have just purchased 'In Rainbows' for £1.50 with a 45p transaction charge on top.
If you are looking to preview the tracks on the album then check out the Guardian article which contains links to youtube videos.
If paying for music is just too great a burden for your wallet then you may be interested to know that The Charlatans will be releasing their 10th album for free via XFM. It'll be available online on 22th October 2007.
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As an aside, I thought I'd highlight this campaign:
'International Bloggers' Day for Burma on the 4th of October 2007'
International bloggers are preparing an action to support the peaceful revolution in Burma. We want to set a sign for freedom and show our sympathy for these people who are fighting their cruel regime without weapons. These Bloggers are planning to refrain from posting to their blogs on October 4 and just put up one Banner then, underlined with the words Free Burma!“.
I know blogging can be addictive but I think supporting this campaign be an amazing statement of unity with the oppressed bloggers of Burma. While this will not free the people of Burma, it is a clear indication of the importance of blogging in fighting against repressive regimes.
For information on other countries that repress bloggers, check out the Amnesty International Irrepressible Campaign.|
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It was just two years ago on this day (Aug 29th) that Hurricane Katrina devastated Louisiana. Katrina caused over $80 billion dollars in damages and took the lives of 1,800 people[1].
Shortly after the destruction, everybody (and I mean everybody) wanted to help Louisiana. One of the more memorable benefit concert for the fallout of Katrina was when Kanye West, live on national television, said:
George Bush doesn't care about black people.[2]
Although the broadcast was censored for the West Coast, the scene did make it out on the East Coast... and instantly made it on the internet.
Inspired by this, The Legendary K.O. recorded the internet-only song, "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People". The song made this group known to over 2.5 million downloaders. Incidentally, the song was produced by Kanye West and Jon Brion.
One of the lesser-known effort was when Target, with all the major record labels, put together the benefit album Sound Response (2005). All the proceeds went to the Target Katrina fund, but unfortunately the CD was only sold through the Target chain stores.
I picked up this album to help out, but I mostly got it because of Radiohead's song, "Everything It Its Right Place". After listening to it, I think it might be the same exact version as appeared on their live album, I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (2001).
Anyway, check out some more interesting articles appearing recently in newspaper about rebuilding New Orleans. The most detailed coverage is at NPR.
August 29, 2007 7:37 PM
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18 Aug Open Air Gampel, Das Festivalgelфnde, Switzerland 22 Sep Eutopia 07, Cordoba, Spain 23 Sep La Merce-Damm Fest, Barcelona, Spain 05 Oct La Riviera, Madrid, Spain 06 Oct Festival de Musica Independiente, Zaragoza, Spain |
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I was over at Brody's place and he asked if I had heard the new Travis album. I told him that I wasn't that big of a fan, but I own all of their albums going back to Feeling Good (1997).
Of course, by 1997, Britpop was already fast fading out, and Britpop fans were looking for something else to hold onto. I think that's where Travis came in
I found Travis on a few compilation CDs, including the famous Volume series [W♥M], and started to like them. By this time, I wasn't all that impressed with Feeling Good, but I thought The Man Who (1999) was pretty good.
They had a major hit single, "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?", followed by another hit single, "Sing" off of The Invisible Band (2001). It also help that these singles were produced by Nigel Godrich (who helped crafted Radiohead's sound with OK Computer).
In 2002, Travis's drummer, Neil Primrose, broke his neck in a diving accident and the band took a break from public performances. They regrouped when Primrose made a full recovery and released the barely-noticed 12 Memories album.
Which brings us to The Boy With no Name, released on May 2007. I actually had no idea they released a fifth studio album. Their big single release this time is "Shelfish Jean". It's very good, I was really impressed with it.
As it turns out, this "new" song is actually recycled from their 1997 song "Standing on My Own". The music is different, but the theme and some lyrics are re-used for "Shelfish Jean".
August 17, 2007 8:22 PM
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