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Liam and Richard D. James speak up about Radiohead

In a recent interview with the NME, Liam Gallagher of Oasis spoke about the band’s upcoming album:

“It’s punk rock. And moody. And well done, proper – none of that weird fooking Radiohead bollocks, none of that indie fooking rubbish. It’s the Pistols and the Beatles, man – it’s us.”

In a seperate interview with www.groove.de, Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) brought up Radiohead:

(Translated from German)
Your music was very influential. One of the more outstanding artists, who said they were influenced by your music, is Radiohead. Did you listen to one of their latest Albums ?Kid A? or ?Amnesiac??
I don?t like them. I heard about five or six songs and considered them really crappy!
Crappy?
Yeah! Predictable and crappy! I mean, I?m simply comparing them to my favourite music, and in comparison to that it?s horrible! Compared with all that shitty boring R&B-stuff it?s probably ok. Compared to these teenage punk bands ? or whatever you?re supposed to call them – , which consider themselves being really anarchistic and stuff, they?re probably great! If one is suspended solely to things like that and then comes Radiohead?you probably think they?re geniuses!
{thanks to Zach & Kid.A}

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Radiohead nominated for 2 Q awards

Radiohead has been nominated for two Q awards for the following categories:

Best Album (Amnesiac)
Best Act in the World Today

Also nominated was Nigel Godrich, who was nominated for Best Producer for his work on Amnesiac. {thanks to Angus}

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Someone turns 33!!!!

We would like to wish Thom Yorke a Happy 33rd Birthday! The fine people at nothing-to-fear.org have set up a way that you can help contribute to Thom’s birthday present while also helping out with a very important issue. Click here for more info.

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Johnny Marr on Radiohead

There is an interview with Johnny Marr from last month’s Rock’s Back Pages in which Marr mentioned Radiohead:

RBP: Post-Britpop, what evidence do you see of The Smiths’ continuing influence on pop music? Radiohead’s ‘Knives Out’, for instance, has frequently been described as “Smithsy”.

JM: Well, I must say that the band that’s come closest to the genuine influence of The Smiths is Radiohead. A lot of it’s to do with the way Thom Yorke pitches his emotions in his voice. I mean, Gene ? forget it! Talk about grabbing the shadow and missing the substance. The first time I met Ed O’Brien, he sat me down with a certain amount of trepidation and played me ‘Knives Out’. And the music did touch me in the same way The Smiths did, and it was a wonderful feeling. And I can’t do that anymore, because it’s like dressing up in your own clothes, but there’s still a part of me that reacts to that sort of emotional quality and that sort of melodicism.

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Rock am Ring

German TV channel WDR will be re-broadcasting Radiohead’s appearance at the Rock am Ring Festival from June on October 14 at 04:03h.

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I Might Be Wrong

RADIOHEAD TO RELEASE EIGHT SONG MINI-ALBUM I MIGHT BE WRONG – LIVE RECORDINGS OUT NOVEMBER 13.
Features Previously Unreleased “True Love Waits”

Radiohead will release an eight-song live collection November 13th, featuring material culled from performances last summer in Oslo, Berlin, Vaison Le Romaine (Southern France) and the band’s historic July 7 homecoming show in Oxford’s South Park.

Titled I Might Be Wrong – Live Recordings (click here for the cover), the record features live versions of three songs from Amnesiac, four from Kid A and the previously unreleased (though oft-bootlegged) “True Love Waits.” The complete track listing, in order, is: “The National Anthem,” “I Might Be Wrong,” “Morning Bell,” “Like Spinning Plates,” “Idioteque,” “Everything In Its Right Place,” “Dollars And Cents” and “True Love Waits.”
Radiohead concludes its world tour October 4 in Japan. There are no plans for further touring in support of I Might Be Wrong at present.

The video for “I Might Be Wrong” was directed by Sophie Muller and can currently be seen on MTV UK.