Radiohead To Win Kentucky Derby?

Radiohead, a horse named after everyone’s favourite indie heroes, has been given odds of 20/1 to win The Kentucky Derby.
Rick Dutrow Jr, the horse’s trainer, has even admitted that the three year old chestnut colt has assumed the band’s persona. "He'll try to take a chance and bite you", he said.
Radiohead’s jockey for the flagship race has yet to be confirmed and wild speculation with no truthful basis whatsoever suggests that Thom Yorke could be mounting the steed on May 1.
Journalists with information wide of the mark are also reporting that Radiohead, the horse, has begun working on an album which he plans to give away as a free download in return for users dropping a donation in his horse box.
Tracks mooted for the long player, titled ‘Kid Neigh’, include:
“Everything In Last Place”
“Nosebag”
“Hay To The Thief”

Oxford Bands Cover Radiohead Classic

A group of Oxfordshire based bands have all covered a track from the Radiohead's classic album The Bends for a new compilation album called Round The Bends.

BBC Oxford Introducing have out the album together showcase the region's new and established musical talent in celebration of their 5th Birthday as Oxford’s local music radio show, furthermore, The Bends celebrates it's fifteenth birthday this coming Saturday (March 13).

Round The Bends is available to download from iTunes now with the following tracks:

1 Planet Telex - Stornoway
2 The Bends - Ute
3 High and Dry - Jessie Grace
4 Fake Plastic Trees - We Aeronauts
5 Bones - Spring Offensive
6 (Nice Dream) - The Winchell Riots
7 Just - Little Fish
8 My Iron Lung - The Scholars
9 Bullet Proof… I Wish I Was - Richard Walters & Session Leopard
10 Black Star - The Family Machine
11 Sulk - Alphabet Backwards
12 Street Spirit (Fade Out) - The Evenings
13 Talk Show Host - Lee Christian

Radiohead Raised $ 500k For Haiti

Radiohead have performed at a special concert organised to raise funds for Haiti earthquake victims.

The band raised more than 500,000 dollars in their two hour performance at the Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles. The ticket prices that were sold online went as high as 4,000 dollars for a pair.The money collected will be forwarded to Oxfam International, a group that works with developing countries. Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel, Charlize Theron, Anna Paquin and Daniel Craig were among the crowd present at the show

Radiohead: Kasabian deny Gallagher rumours

Kasabian have denied Noel Gallagher is joining the band following his split from Oasis.
Lead singer Tom Meighan said: "I'd like him to but he's not going to - he's just quit his band, he's putting music aside for a bit."
However, he said if Noel wanted to join them for a concert he would be more than welcome.
"If Noel wants to come on stage with us he can. I love Noel and I love Liam, and if Noel wants to play then I'm sure he'll come and play," Tom said.
And the Kasabian frontman told how he is mourning the loss of Oasis, saying: "They're heroes, I lost my heroes."
Kasabian were at the Q Awards where they picked up Best Album for West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, and Meighan thinks it has been a long time coming.
He said: "We're the best, the best of the best. I'm happy we won because we deserve it. It's about time we won something like this, we've been waiting a long time."
And the Leicester born singer ruled out ever releasing an album over the internet for free.
"Never, over my dead body. Would you go into a restaurant and eat for free? Would you go into a garage and drive away in a car for free?.
"Radiohead can give their album away for free but there are clever little ploys to get their money back - you've got to think of the bigger picture."

World of Goo Pulls a Radiohead

World of Goo is one of the current darlings of the independent games industry. It’s an award winning physics based puzzle game featuring playful visuals and addictive gameplay.
Until October 19, the typically $20 title is on sale: just pay whatever you think it’s worth. This is highly reminiscent of last year’s successful Radiohead experiment to try a creative new business model for their In Rainbows album. This experiment is all the more poignant for World of Goo developer 2D Boy, who have struggled with a reported 90% piracy rate for the game. The game’s publisher, Brighter Minds, has also filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. In other words: what have they got to lose? The promotion also celebrates the 1 year anniversary of the game’s release.
Have you played World of Goo on any of the wide variety of platforms it’s available on (PC, Mac, Linuxlinux, Nintendo Wii and soon, iPhone)? If you haven’t purchased a copy before, will you pick one up and for how much?

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.’”