Radiohead’s fifth album, Amnesiac, will be released today in pretty much all of the world. The United States and Canada will get it tomorrow, while New Zealand will have to wait until June 11. Enjoy!!
In video news…
In the latest newsletter from shots.net (the UK promo/ad industry mag), they indicated that Michel Gondry is set to direct a promo for Radiohead in June. Gondry has done videos for Bjork, Chemical Brothers, Rolling Stones, and Cibo Matto. For more info about him, check out this site and this site. {thanks to Kevin}
Radiohead has been nominated for the Band of the Year award at this year’s GQ Awards. You can vote for them at www.gq.com. {thanks to Christina}
You can now view scans of the Q & A special Thom did with Blender Magazine. {thanks to Sid}
Amnesiac is being featured as Record of the Month at the Portuguese site www.alternativeyouth.com/. Coincidentally, Green Plastic is featured as the Site of the Month! 🙂 {thanks to JM}
w.a.s.t.e. is now selling tickets to the shows in Japan.
Air-Radiohead.com has some photos of the Rock am Ring show and some mp3s of the Rock im Park show.
Speaking of the Rock im Park concert, you can see the setlist here.
There is a midnight showing of “Meeting People is Easy” at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, IL on June 8 & 9, 15 & 16 (Friday and Saturday nights). Here is the web site for more information. {thanks to Julia}
Here’s the latest press roundup:
– The Dallas Morning News gave Amnesiac a C+. {thanks to Jerry}
– Review of Amnesiac by Chicago Tribune. {thanks to Jason}
– People Magazine’s review of the new album. {thanks to Aurora}
– Nightshift’s review. Amnesiac is also mentioned on this page. {thanks to Karine}
