I’ve been listening to the new Radiohead (The King of Limbs). I like it. Some people don’t. I read an assessment of it that described the songs as simple repetitive rhythmic patterns, with some guitar noodling on top and then Thom Yorke wailing away – the whole thing ending up much higher on atmospherics than [...]
Creep video
This is ridiculously bloody old, but I just ran across it. From four years ago, here is British Flash animator Laith Bahrani’s homemade video for Radiohead‘s acoustic version of their song “Creep.” It is based on characters from his Low Morale series of shorts (suitable for anyone working at a soul-crushing place of employment). More [...]
“One little leak becomes a lake…”
Before I left for Savannah, I snagged a copy of Thom Yorke’s The Eraser, his solo album which will be released in July, but which leaked out on the Internet on May 30. If you’re really into this sort of thing, you’ve probably already got it. But, if you’re a more casual listener, then you [...]
Radiohead Covers: I sucked the moon
I mentioned previously that I was prompted to do this series because Fluxblog had posted a Radiohead cover recently. It slipped my mind that the other reason was that Scissorkick also posted a new cover version. The whole thing seemed synchronistic. We’ll close out the week here with two piano treatments. I’ll preface this by [...]
Radiohead Covers: The best thing that you ever had
Another edition of Cover That Radiohead Song! Today: Singer-Songwriter Edition. Jamie Cullum is another of those kids operating in the Classic Crooner school (e.g. Michael Bublé or Harry Connick, Jr.), a young turk standing in the massive shadow of Sinatra. A mere lad of 26, Cullum not only covers the usual jazz standards, but also [...]
Radiohead Covers: I’m a weirdo
Day Two. Let’s go a little classical today. Brothers Steven and Stijn Kolacny play classical piano as Pianoduo Kolacny. They also formed the Scala Youth Choir in 1996. The group is from the Belgian town of Aarschot and is comprised of approximately 60 teenage girls, with Stijn conducting and Steven accompanying on piano, performing choral [...]
Radiohead Covers: We’ve got heads on sticks…
If you read this blog, you may notice the weird scattershot way that I approach popular culture. Wide breadth, filled with peculiar gaps. For example, Radiohead. I’m sure I must have heard “Creep” when it came out in 1993. I just don’t remember it. When The Bends came out in 1995, I really liked “My [...]