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Radiohead admit The King of Limbs alienated people

Music Gossip

14 May 2012

Radiohead can see how their last album "alienated" people. The 'Nude' group released 'The King of Limbs' with no prior promotion and only one week's notice last year, and singer Thom Yorke acknowledges it was difficult record for many of their fans…

Radiohead announce UK tour dates

Music Gossip

6 Mar 2012

Radiohead announced their first UK headline shows in four years today (06.03.12). The 'Lotus Flower' group will playing two shows in at London's O2 Arena on October 8 and 9 and one show at Manchester Arena on October 6, in support of 'The King of…

Radiohead rehearing new tracks

Music Gossip

16 Dec 2011

Radiohead are rehearsing "four or five new songs" to play live next year. The 'Lotus Flower' group are touring next year, playing America in February and March, and guitarist Ed O'Brien said they will be road testing new material when they play.

Jeff Beck envies modern songwriters

Music Gossip

11 Nov 2011

Jeff Beck is "jealous" of the Arctic Monkeys, Adele and Radiohead's songwriting abilities. The 67-year-old guitarist is envious of many current artists because he claims he doesn't know how to write popular songs in the way they do. Speaking at…

Radiohead announce US tour dates

Music Gossip

7 Nov 2011

Radiohead have announced a string of live dates for 2012. The band will kick off their first US tour since 2008 in Miami on February 27, just over a year after the release of their last album 'The King of Limbs'. Support for the 10 concerts will…

Radiohead working on new album

Music Gossip

14 Oct 2011

Radiohead are already working on their next album. The 'Lotus Flower' band only released their eighth album 'The King of Limbs' in February, but frontman Thom Yorke said they already have ideas for a follow up. Talking about a new song, 'Come to…

Radiohead's vodka fuelled Paranoid Android

Music Gossip

13 Oct 2011

Radiohead drunk vodka and lit candles to get them in the mood to write 'Paranoid Android'. The British group started to write the 1997 single one night when they were jamming together, which bassist Colin Greenwood says brought a fresh energy to the…

Radiohead never planned The King of Limbs

Music Gossip

10 Oct 2011

Radiohead never expected to make an album from 'The King of Limbs' tracks. The group released the eight-track record earlier this year but frontman Thom Yorke admitted they were astonished by the finished record, which he said was similar in creation…

Radiohead pay tribute to R.E.M.

Music Gossip

29 Sep 2011

Radiohead paid tribute to R.E.M. in New York last night (28.09.11). The 'Reckoner' group's frontman, Thom Yorke, played the first verse of 'The One I Love' by the US indie group - who announced their split last week - partway through their first set…

Radiohead to tour next year

Music Gossip

21 Sep 2011

Thom Yorke has confirmed Radiohead will tour next year. The group have played few dates in support of their latest album 'The King of Limbs', but now the frontman has revealed the band will go on the road "on and off" throughout 2012. He said…

Singles of the month: Blood Orange - Sutphin Boulevard

Radiohead, Seafieldroad, Bright Eyes, and more also reviewed

18 Jul 2011

It’s a good month for Scots musicians, both electronic and otherwise. Probably the best ever, in fact, for 24-year-old Aberdonian Emeli Sandé with ‘Heaven’ (EMI) ●●●●, her instantly recognisable, ‘Unfinished Sympathy’-like major label debut after…

Radiohead tipped for secret Glastonbury show

Music Gossip

24 Jun 2011

Radiohead will play a secret Glastonbury gig today (24.06.11). The 'Creep' hitmakers are expected to make an appearance on the park stage of the three-day festival in Somerset, South West England, although organiser Emily Eavis is afraid to confirm…

Radiohead not planning ahead of themselves

Music Gossip

4 Mar 2011

Radiohead have "stopped planning ahead very far" in their career. Band member Johnny Greenwood has spoken for the first time since the shock release of the band's eighth album, 'King Of Limbs' in February, to say the group are now taking a relaxed…

The reviewers reviewed: Radiohead's The King of Limbs

The quick version of who said what

1 Mar 2011

Once again, Radiohead sprung a surprise on the world by announcing the impending release of latest album, The King of Limbs, just five days in advance. The publishing world scrambled to get reviews out; here's the quick version of who said what.

Radiohead - The King of Limbs

Another quiet gem from a band you couldn’t pick apart, and wouldn’t want to

1 Mar 2011

(XL) It’s hard to isolate The King of Limbs from its context, especially when Radiohead do something like produce it as a ‘newspaper album’ – the £30 version comes wrapped in ‘many large sheets of artwork’ that embrace the distortions of packaging…

Radiohead album King of Limbs released - New video 'Lotus Flower'

18 Feb 2011

New Radiohead album out today - a day early - and here's the first video - Lotus Flower

Radiohead announce new album

Music Gossip

14 Feb 2011

Radiohead will release their new album, 'The King Of Limbs', on Saturday (19.02.11). The 'Karma Police' group made the unexpected announcement through their official website this morning (14.02.11), confirming the album will be available as a…

Radiohead score best album of last 25 years

Music Gossip

23 Dec 2010

Radiohead's 'OK Computer' has been voted the best album of the last 25 years. The British indie group topped the list of the best 250 albums released between 1986 and 2011 - beating U2, Nirvana, Oasis, Muse and The Strokes - in the poll by Q…

Radiohead preparing new release

Music Gossip

20 Sep 2010

Radiohead have written a "group of songs" and are presently deciding how to release them. The UK band pioneered a system whereby fans could pay what they liked to download their last album, 'In Rainbows' in 2007, and bassist Colin Greenwood has…

Radiohead drummer's 'trial and error' album

Music Gossip

10 Aug 2010

Philip Selway doesn't think his solo songs wouldn't work for Radiohead. The band's drummer - who is set to release debut solo album 'Familial' at the end of the month - revealed the record has been in the making for seven years, as it required a lot…

Radiohead album will be best yet

Music Gossip

22 Jun 2010

Radiohead believe their forthcoming album is their best yet. The indie band - which consists of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway - have been busy working on the follow up album to 'In Rainbows' - their last LP…

Thom Yorke says Pop Is Dead

Music Gossip

8 Jun 2010

Thom Yorke has predicted the death of the music industry. The 41-year-old Radiohead frontman - who split from record label EMI in 2007 after recording six albums - has advised aspiring musicians to try and make it on their own, rather than sign a…

Best of a decade: Music

2 Dec 2009

Arcade Fire – Funeral, The Knife – Silent Shout, Radiohead – Kid A, Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago, The White Stripes – White Blood Cells, Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand, Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion, Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To…

We Like...

6 Aug 2009

This week, we like Radiohead’s back catalogue finally coming to Spotify, and Charlie Brooker’s panel show. Just because we do. We also like wearing sweetie necklaces in celebration of classic Glasgow sweet shop I Love Candy opening up an Edinburgh…

Radiohead video remix and ECA triumph at BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards 2009

16 Mar 2009

Glasgow artist James Houston was awarded for his take on Radiohead’s Nude at the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards tonight. Houston created an innovative remix of the Radiohead track using an old scanner, a dot matrix printer and other assorted vintage…

James Houston - Cryptic Nights

5 Feb 2009

What happens to your average art school student in the six months after they graduate? A spell travelling? A job waiting tables to finance their next project? Probably not a flurry of media attention, more job offers than they know what to do with…

Mercury Music Prize 2008 shortlist announced

22 Jul 2008

The shortlist for the Mercury Music Prize 2008 has been announced.

Radiohead Nude remix film finds audience

3 Jul 2008

A Glasgow School of Art student has become a YouTube sensation. James Houston featured a remix of the Radiohead single 'Nude' from their album In Rainbows in a four minute video, 'Big Ideas (Don't Get Any)', as part of his Degree Show. Houston has…

Fitter Happier - Radiohead interview

19 Jun 2008

They’re one of the biggest bands in the world despite refusing to play the music industry’s game. Mark Robertson talks to Radiohead about success, self-indulgence and their reputation as the most miserable men in rock

Also Released - Music

22 May 2008

The Futureheads - This is Not the World (Nul) Much underrated Mackem quartet unfurl this, their third album, showing considerable depth to their harmonious fevered guitar pop. Highly recommended. Radiohead - Best Of (Parlophone) Despite being…

Radiohead won't give their next album away

1 May 2008

Thom Yorke has hinted that the 'pay what you want' release strategy behind his band's last album 'In Rainbows' is unlikely to be repeated. 'I think it was a one-off response to a particular situation,' Yorke said. 'I don't think it would have the…

Radiohead offer cash to aspiring video makers

19 Mar 2008

Continuing their spirit of giving after their pay-what-you-like-for-our-album action late last year, Radiohead are offering the chance to win a $10,000 budget to make a promo video for their next single. The competition is being run in conjunction…

Also Released - Music

28 Feb 2008

Amp Live and Radiohead - Rainy Dayz (No label) In the spirit of free enterprise, US rap producer Amp Live took it upon himself to rework the finer points of Radiohead’s In Rainbows. After much wrangling and various cease and desists the two parties…

Radiohead - In Rainbows

18 Oct 2007

ROCK In Rainbows (www.inrainbows.com) So you’ve registered, paid what you thought your download might be worth (in our case £3.03 plus 45p admin fee – who are you calling cheap?), downloaded, burned, copied it and generally stuck it to ‘The Man’ in…

Radiohead - In Rainbows

12 Oct 2007

Radiohead are clever. Very clever. Not just clever in that they remade Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon for the 90s in OK Computer and that they’ve refused to compromise their stance musically, commercially or politically over the years to become one…

Fans flood Radiohead site for new album

3 Oct 2007

Radiohead fans flocked to the band’s official website in their droves after it was announced their new album would only be available as a download. It was also revealed that fans can pay what they like for the download, with the ensuing rush causing…

Fans to dictate price of new Radiohead album

2 Oct 2007

Radiohead will allow fans who download their new album decide what they want to pay. In the latest move to modernise with the music industry, as CD sales decline year on year, the group’s seventh studio album In Rainbows will be available for…

Radiohead/Beck

Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh, Tue 22 Aug

23 Aug 2006

Beck almost threatened to outshine Radiohead in a triumphant support slot with an upbeat funk party complete with dancing bears, cutlery as instruments and puppets galore. For once the flourishes didn't feel like gimmicks but added to the audio-visual…