Rdiohead: We're just like a sibling akin

Drummer Philip Selway has said,"Radiohead members are close together like brothers. In there it's a really very strong band, it's not like a pair of friend, not like a pair of colleagues. It's relationship just like a sibling where you have all these common experiences."

Radiohead's Solo Album Selway Discusses

Radiohead drummer Philip Selway has revealed some new details about his solo album, Familial, an August which is slated for 30 release in the U.K. "I've been playing guitar and writing songs since I was 15 but I started really thinking about making an album around four years ago," Selway tells Pitchfork."But I didn't know I'd sing on it; I didn't feel at that point I had a convincing voice," he adds. "It took four years of trial and error to find out the stretches I could make. It's a bit of a leap of faith."Selway will follow the release of Familial with a short British tour. He will act as the main support for Wilco."I am one of the more shadowy figures in Radiohead which is a great place to be," Selway adds. "As a drummer in a five piece, you can easily get bound up in this rather distasteful shout for attention but, in some ways, a drummer is there to do a job and doesn't actually need to speak."

Horizon for radiohead No split

The British rockers sparked fears they were eyeing retirement after frontman Thom Yorke formed a new band with Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea for a handful of shows in Los Angeles earlier this month (Oct09). It followed Yorke's comments which suggested the band had given up recording 'traditional' albums following the release of their online offering In Rainbows.But guitarist Ed O'Brien insists Radiohead will continue and they're already working on their next collection of songs. He tells rock mag NME, 'We were misquoted. We will be making an album... We're going into the studio in winter. It's always miserable! Are we at the whim of the seasons? We are!'

Release new album in 2010 to Radiohead

Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien has revealed that the band is recording a new album that will be released in 2010. Previously hinted Thom Yorke that they might be growing tired of the album format, but a summer spent in the studio has obviously caused him to change his mind. O'Brien has said in an interview with NME that they would "definitely" be releasing an album next year.

“We were misquoted,” O’Brien said of Yorke’s comments, before adding, “WE WILL BE MAKING AN ALBUM!” The guitarist must have welcomed a opportunity to talk about music again after his current spat with Lily Allen. It’s not yet known how the album will be released, but he suggests that Radiohead still has a lot of time for physical formats.

“We love the artwork; that’s actually important, the physicality,” he said. “And we all like vinyl. That’s not going to go away. I still like CDs as well. I got the Speech Debelle CD the other day I nearly downloaded it from iTunes but I thought, ‘No. I want the physical thing.’”

Thom Yorke plays second Los Angeles show, Radiohead's

Radiohead's Thom Yorke played his second solo gig of the weekend in Los Angeles last night (October 4).Yorke played at the city's Orpheum Theater following a gig on Friday (October 2) at the Echoplex venue, again with musicians including Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, producer Nigel Godrich, REM collaborator Joey Waronker and Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco in his live band. Fan watch of the gig picture by clicking below. He played a similar set to the Friday gig, running through his 2006 solo album 'The Eraser'. He also played a new Radiohead song, for which they have two working titles, 'Lotus Flower' and 'Moon Upon A Stick'.Yorke dedicated Radiohead 2003 B-side 'Paperbag Writer' to his bandmate Colin Greenwood, who was in the audience. Yorke played both a solo and band encore to end the show.The frontman is due to play again at the venue tonight (October 5).

Thom Yorke played:

'The Eraser'

'Analyse'

'The Clock'

'Black Swan'

'Skip Divided'

'Atoms For Peace'

'And It Rained All Night'

'Harrowdown Hill'

'Cymbal Rush'

'Lotus Flower'/'Moon Upon A Stick'

'Open The Floodgates'

'Super Collider'

'Paperbag Writer'

'Judge, Jury & Executioner'

'The Hollow Earth'

'FeelingPulledApartByHorses'

Radiohead's Yorke forms side band, sets gigs

LONDON (Billboard) – Radiohead's Thom Yorke has formed a live band and recruited Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea to the lineup, with two Los Angeles gigs confirmed for the week of October 5.
The band will also include Radiohead produce Nigel Godrich, drummer Joey Waronker, who has toured and recorded with REM, among others, and Mauro Refosco of New York band Forro in the Dark.
The October 4 and 5 shows at the 1,970-capacity Orpheum Theater will feature material from Yorke's solo set "The Eraser" and new songs.
Two songs "The Hollow Earth" and "FeelingPulledApartbyHorses" were released September 21 as a limited edition 12 inch vinyl single via the Radiohead Web site. The tracks will also be delivered as a free download, and are set to be made available separately as a paid download in October.
Yorke's solo set at the U.K. Latitude festival in July included the new song "The Present Tense." Another new song, "Hearing Damage," will appear on Atlantic's "New Moon" soundtrack, due October 20.
"In the past couple of weeks I've been getting a band together for fun to play the eraser stuff live and the new songs etc. ... to see if it could work!" Yorke said in a post at the Radiohead Web site.
The post also featured a photo of the unnamed pair and a link to buy tickets via Ticketmaster.
"We don't actual have a name and the set will not be very long cuz ... well ... we haven't got that much material yet!" Yorke added. "But come and check it out if you are in the area."

On The Agenda: We've got a hankering for Herzog this week

Music
From the home of Radiohead, Supergrass and the Foals comes a festival that's not so much a festival as a big street party (albeit indoors). On 10 October, down Cowley Road in the east of Oxford, 10 bands will be playing 10 venues, including The Big Pink, receiving rave reviews for debut album A Brief History of Love and critics' favourite Stornoway. Staged by the team that puts together the Truck festival, this local music spectacular will be supplemented by poetry performances and an open-mic event. Time to warm up that larynx.

Fashion

The shows in London last week had their eye on what we'll be wearing next summer, but some of us haven't sorted our autumn wardrobes yet. Take a tip from those in the know and revamp with a versatile high street investment. Stylist Beth Dadswell's top buy is a Whistles silk biker blouse, £85, (www.whistles.co.uk): "It looks great with a mini, pencil skirt or skinny jeans and eases the conversion from office to night out." Stock up also on ballet flats in this season's lively animal prints, £150, from Pretty Ballerinas (www.prettyballerinas.com). "Wear them with your favourite LBD or black leggings, and your feet will thank you for years to come." For more advice from Beth, visit www. mypersonalstylist.co.uk
Harriet Walker

'I agree with Lily Allen on file-sharing', Radiohead's Ed O'Brien

However guitarist is still not in favour of 'cutting people's internet off' Radiohead's Ed O'Brien has reacted to Lily Allen's criticism of him with regards to file-sharing, saying that he agrees with her.Allen had accused the guitarist, a member of the Featured Artists Coalition, of portraying the message that illegal file-sharing was acceptable. He has since told the BBC World Service that he does in fact agree with the singer's stance, and that he was not trying to send such a message."What's great at the moment is that artists, people like Lily Allen are saying, 'You know what, there are effects to file-sharing', and that's the first step in engaging the file-sharers," he said.Allen had suggested that O'Brien and other already successful musicians had a lax attitude to file-sharing as it wouldn't affect them as much financially as it would smaller bands."I completely agree with Lily Allen," O'Brien said. "We're (Radiohead) certainly not going to suffer. A lot of people have downloaded our music for free, but finally we don't suffer as much as a small band."He went on to say that young music lovers should be advanced to stop file-sharing through education and providing cheaper legal downloads. He criticised the Government's proposal to cut of internet connections of those who persistently file-share."At the moment the industry is saying you get them to change their behaviour by threatening them," he said. "We don't think this is realistic. Hopefully we can educate them (music fans) and say, 'Listen, if you want a great vibrant music scene and your favourite bands to be able to carry on doing it, you have a responsibility to pay for some of the work that they've produced'."Record companies have to permit out the recordings a lot more. You want to make it completely user friendly for somebody to be able to download something. Make it cheaper as well. Basically have more websites out there selling people's work."Lily Allen currently set up a blog to record responses for her campaign to challenge illegal downloading.

Phil Selway reportedly recording solo album to Radiohead's

The drummer is rumoured to be collaborating with Wilco members, singer songwriter Lisa Germano and former Soul Coughing bassist Sebastian Steinberg.

Last month, we mentioned that Radiohead drummer Phil Selway is getting set to record a solo album at his band's Oxfordshire studio. Selway sings two songs on the 7 Worlds Collide: The Sun Came Out benefit album, which is already out in the UK and due for a September 29 American release. And according to NME, he's recently hard at work on that solo album. NME reports that Selway's currently untitled solo effort will feature contributions from four of Selway's 7 Worlds Collide co-stars: Wilco's Glenn Kotche and Pat Sansone, singer songwriter Lisa Germano, and former Soul Coughing bassist Sebastian Steinberg. And yes, Selway will sing on it.

Radiohead's Thom Yorke announces two solo songs

The Hollow Earth and FeelingPulledApartbyHorses are to be released under the Radiohead frontman's own name – though he is considering a new moniker: Thomosexual

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke will release two new songs in September on limited connection 12". The Hollow Earth and FeelingPulledApartbyHorses are to be released under Yorke's own name, although there are signs that he is regarding a new moniker or even a new backing band for his solo project.
"Dear Sir or Madam," Yorke wrote yesterday on the official Radiohead blog. "This is to inform you of the release of two more bits of work shortly ... Both were created by Nigel Godrich as ever. And mastered by Bob Ludwig. They are being put out on 12" with shredded sleeve by Stanley (Donwood) and (myself)."
Radiohead and Yorke have been busy these last few weeks. Largely dormant since 2007's In Rainbows, the band released a tribute to first world war veteran Harry Patch at the start of August. These Are My Twisted Words, another new track, was posted to their website just weeks later. Yorke has also recorded a cover of All for the Best, primitively by US band Miracle Legion, which will appear on a Miracle Legion tribute album and limited edition 7" later this month.
Both FeelingPulledApartbyHorses and The Hollow Earth have been maturation in Radiohead vaults for some time. The former, Yorke wrote, is a "radical rework of an old tune" from 2001, written and performed with Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood. The "bass menace" of The Hollow Earth was, meanwhile, apprenticed for Yorke's 2006 solo album, The Eraser, "but wanted a little more time".
The forthcoming 12" will be released in shops and at Radiohead's online store on 21 September. According to a source at Canadian distributor Sonic Unyon, there many be as few as 4,000 copies available in Europe (North America will receive another 4,000). Digital versions of the tracks will go on sale on 6 October.
Billboard reports that Yorke is considering touring this material later in the year. Rather than play solo, he may even perform with a band and it won't needfully be Radiohead. "These days it's all getting kind of blurry," Yorke wrote. The singer is also resultedly considering new names for his solo project.
He sais, "Thomosexual," suggested Adam Buxton in an interview with Yorke, "(or) the Duke of Yorke." Yorke preferred T.Homme. "(It's) kind of sophisticated,"