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Radiohead Get Real With ‘Knives Out’ Video

Radiohead are working on the video for their next single, “Knives Out,” and the clip will feature real human beings for a change.

Following the abstract cartoon “iBlips” from Kid A and the computer-animated video for the U.K. single “Pyramid Song,” the band decided to go live action on this outing. Directed by Michel Gondry who helped Bjork achieve her quirky vision in the videos for “Human Behaviour,” “Hyperballad” and “Bachelorette,” among others the video features an appearance by lead singer Thom Yorke himself. From Sonicnet. {thanks to Luke and Charlie}

If you live in Illinois, Wisconsin or Indiana you can enter this contest for tickets to the Chicago show from WXRT. {thanks to Steve}

A radio station called 99.1 WHFS in the Washington D.C/Baltimore area is giving away Radiohead tickets to the Bull Run show all this week. To obtain these tickets, one must listen to the radio all week… {thanks to Lisa}

This is from U2.com:

U2 and RADIOHEAD join forces to raise the plight of AIDS holocaust in Africa.
This week fans are being invited to e-mail politicians and other leaders in the richest countries urging them to direct the IMF and World Bank to cancel the debts they are owed by the poorest countries.
This would free up hundreds of millions of dollars each year to help the fight against AIDS.
As well as lobbying politicians through the internet, supporters are also being invited to the STOP GLOBAL AIDS RALLY on June 23rd in New York.
Musicians, speakers and thousands of campaigners will be calling for urgent action to end the Global AIDS crisis. (Supporters assemble 11am at Washington Square Park (Manhattan) and march to Bryant Park for the rally.)
Campaigners are demanding urgent action ahead of the forthcoming UN summit on AIDS and are demanding a a New Deal on Debt to fight AIDS at the G7 meetings in Rome and Genoa in July.
Please cut, paste and send the e-letter below to the following email addresses of President Bush and other leaders of rich nations – known as the G7.
president@whitehouse.gov;
OPCmail@do.treas.gov;
pmartin@fin.gc.ca;
poststelle@bmf.bund.de;
segreteriaportavoce@governo.it;
info@mof.go.jp;
info@hm-treasury.gov.uk;
Dear G7 leaders
The AIDS holocaust in Africa requires urgent action. When 5,500 Africans die each day from AIDS it is strange that these poor countries still spend more repaying debts than on healthcare. This could be changed if you would agree to direct the IMF and World Bank to cancel the debts they are owed by the poorest countries. This would free up hundreds of millions of dollars each year to help the fight against AIDS.
Please consider this at the forthcoming UN summit on AIDS and agree a New Deal on Debt to fight AIDS at the G7 meetings in Rome and Genoa in July.
Future generations will judge ours by whether we saw the connection between the debt and AIDS crises, and acted to end both decisively.
Yours truly,
…………..
For more information about debt visit www.dropthedebt.org
For more on the Stop Global AIDS rally visit www.globaltreatmentaccess.org

{thanks to David}

Check out this article about Radiohead from Reuters. {thanks to Les}

There are some Amnesiac reviews for your reading pleaure at Pitchforkmedia, Indulged, and Adequacy. {thanks to Willem, Chris, and Andrew}

Virgin Radio has updated their Radiohead feature to include an exclusive interview with Virgin DJs Pete and Geoff. Also, visitors can also win copies of Amnesiac (as if you’ve not already got a copy!), listen to some clips from the album, and link through to the video to “Pyramid Song”. Enjoy!

And finally, why don’t you go and download a remix of “Everything in its Right Place” by ROLLMOTTLE!

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Kid A Billboard

Want to own a massive Kid A billboard? Well you may have a chance… {thanks to Justin}

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Canal+ Concert on MTV

MTV USA (yes, USA!) will be showing the Canal+ concert Radiohead recorded last April on June 5 at 10:30pm EST/PST.
You can now read the review of yesterday’s show at the Rock am Ring Festival in Germany.

From Capitol Records:
June 5th marks the arrival of not only Radiohead’s 5th album, Amnesiac, but the launch of the “soon to be world famous” GooglyMinotaur. Befriend him by adding his name to your instant message buddy list. He’s got the 411 on Radiohead past, present and future. But, that’s not all… he’ll challenge you with Radiohead trivia, hangman and more. Remind friends of the minotaur’s quintessential Amnesiac existence by collecting all four of his buddy icons and swapping them.

Plus, Radiohead is being crowned “Yahoo! Band of the Month” for June. The inauguration begins with an auction for front row seats to see the band on the first leg of their tour. The bidding starts with Houston and Denver. We’ll keep you updated as Yahoo puts more hot tickets on the auction block. All proceeds from the auctions go to Amnesty International.

Stan “The Man” Donwood made a post on the now grey official message board that the “rebirth” of radiohead.com will happen on Monday. {thanks to electioneer}

There will be a pretty big interview with Thom Yorke in this Sunday’s LA Times. The story will appear in the Calendar section with Thom on the cover! You can read the interview now Online. Snippet:

“To me, electronic music is the new folk music ’cause it’s that easy to use and generate,” he explains. “I find the noises I can get out of my laptop and all the gear that we’ve got in the studio far more stimulating than [conventional] rock instrumentation.”

{thanks to Chris & Andy}

Ed was interviewed by Dave Fanning on 2FM ( www.2fm.ie) last Thursday night. The interview lasted about 45 minutes and was conducted over the phone. Ed made some very interesting comments.

Regarding Kid A :
* “We knew that Kid A was challanging but we wanted to try out different techniques. Musically, it was really the test of the band.”
Regarding Amnesiac :
* “I got frustrated with Knives Out, we had lost the disipline to do stuff that’s straight ahead.”
* “Kid A is cold and numbed, it’s linear, but Amnesiac engages you more, there’s more emotion to it.”
Regarding the new material they have written since Amnesiac :
* “We’ve all come back with a new vigour in the past 8 weeks. The guitars are out again. The new stuff has a Crazy Horse vibe to it, it’s amazing.”
* “It’s bad for your head to make an album over a year and a half, so what were going do next is 2 three week sessions, and then finish that stuff.”
{thanks to Gerry}

Here’s more press:
– Article at Ice Magazine. {thanks to Matt}
– Review of Amnesiac at Q Magazine. {thanks to Aaron}
– Review at Rolling Stone. {thanks to Chris}
Radiohead was featured on the American TV show “Jeopardy” last Friday (May 31st). In the category “Radio-logy” the question went *something* like this: “Kid A, an album from this British band fronted by singer Thom Yorke, was nominated at the 2001 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year.” {thanks to Steve}

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Our Kid Eh

Our Kid Eh
On May 14 Manchester-based rock gods The Shirehorses (they’re huge in England, really) will release their mildly anticipated second album ‘Our Kid Eh’. The artwork parodies an album of a similar title from some local pub band from Oxford called ‘Radiohead’, and the second track on the Shirehorses album parodies one of Radiohead’s songs.

Find out (slightly) more from http://www.sonymusic.co.uk/shirehorses. Mark and Lard, the creative force behind the band, also find time to DJ on Radio 1: find out more about them somewhere within http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1. {thanks to Paul and Will}

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News for September 15, 2000

Los Angeles ticket details!

As earlier reported, Radiohead will be performing at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Friday, October 20 at 8pm. Support, if any, is unknown at this time. Tickets are expected to go on sale within the next 2 weeks. Tickets will also be offered through w.a.s.t.e.

All seating is reserved with all tickets priced at $36.00 (the orchestra pit, however, will be standing general admission); there is a 2 ticket limit.

When tickets do go on sale, they will be available at the Greek Theatre Box Office (without additional charges), at all Ticketmaster outlets, through Ticketmaster charge-by-phone and Ticketmaster Online (Ticketmaster adds convenience and other charges). There is a possibility of a ticket pre-sale through a music network, but that is not confirmed at this time.

Please note that the above information is subject to change. Check the Greek Theatre on-sale page for the latest info or check back here. Once the exact ticket on sale date is known, it’ll be posted here.

For information about the Greek Theatre, go here.

Get Kid A before it’s released!

Those crazy guys over at Capitol Records are auctioning off a SONY MC-P10 Music Clip Personal Network Player with the full Kid A album on it! The auction is taking place at ebay and the proceeds will go to the Milapera Fund. You’ll have to hurry cause the auction will end on the September 21st so they can ship it to you a week before the album is released.

Go here for more info and to bid!! Good luck!

A fine review

Pitchforkmedia.com has a very good review of Kid A! They gave the album a 10.0and is one of the best reviews out there at the moment! Go now and read it!

Best quote of the week: “Kid A makes rock and roll childish.”

They also have some info about the 5th and 6th album possibilities here.

[many thanks to Ryan]

Billboard Articles 

Billboard has two articles up today concerning Radiohead. On is an interview with Ed and the other is about Radiohead’s online and TV campaign to release Kid A.

[thanks to Sean]

Kid A playback in Mexico City

There will be a KID A playback in Mexico City on Monday, September 18 at the EMI office. For information go to http://www.radioactivo.com.mx or listen to radioactivo 98.5 (FM 98.5)

[thanks to Jorge]

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News for September 14, 2000

This may very well be the best news you hear all day

From Music365.co.uk:

RADIOHEAD are believed to be entering the studio before the end of the year to start recording their sixth album – just weeks after the release of their fourth LP ‘Kid A’ and several months ahead of their as-yet-untitled fifth effort.

Music365 has learned that recording for the album could start as after the band finish their UK and Ireland tour, which winds up in Dublin in October.

The band are already thought to have finished their fifth album, and will mix it in November. The album is expected to include several tracks that the band have played on their recent live shows in Europe, including ‘Knives Out’ and ‘Dollars And Cents’.

It is described as being a more traditional alternative guitar album than the more electronic ‘Kid A’. 

Music365 has learned that the band want to start recording another album as soon as possible – and with ‘Kid A’s successor rumored to be ready for release as early as next spring, this could mean Radiohead releasing three albums within 18 months. 

Radiohead are also expected to continue touring in small bursts next year, which may see them return to Europe as well as visiting the USA, Japan and Australasia. 

A spokesperson for Radiohead, however, could not confirm any studio time before the end of the year.

About the L.A. show

Many have asked about when tickets will go on-sale for the upcoming Radiohead show at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on October 20. Nothing is known yet so stay tuned. Once anything is known, it’ll be here.

Another Article from Music365

Go here to read another article about Kid A at Music365.

More Playbacks!!

Is there any end in sight? No!! 🙂

The Montreal radio station 98.5 is giving away tickets for the Montreal Kid A playback to be held September 15th at the IMAX Paramount Famous Players cinema. Listen to the station for more details about getting tickets. [thanks to Sara-Emmanuelle]

There are going to be a ton of playbacks in Australia on September 19th. Email back to melita.hodge@emimusic.com with your Listening Party store preference by Monday to be added to the very limited guest list.

BRISBANE 
ROCKING HORSE RECORDS
101 ADELAIDE STREET
BRISBANE 4000
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 19 6.30PM

MELBOURNE 
GASLIGHT MUSIC
85 BOURKE STREET
MELBOURNE 3000
T UESDAY SEPTEMBER 19 7.00PM

PERTH 

78 RECORDS
914 HAY STREET
PERTH 6000
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 19 5.30PM

CANBERRA 
IMPACT SARITON BLDG
NR CITY WALK & EAST ROW
CANBERRA 2601
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 19 TIME TBC

ADELAIDE 
MUSES
112 RUNDLE MALL
ADELAIDE 5000

BIG STAR 
197 RUNDELL STREET
ADELAIDE 5000
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 19 6.30PM

SYDNEY 
RED EYE RECORDS
66 KING STREET
SYDNEY 2000

HUM ON KING 
271 KING STREET
NEWTOWN 2042
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 19 6.30PM

[thanks to Stephen]

More about the Vancouver radio station…

NME.com has a story up about the recent trouble Vancouver radio station 104.9 XFM went through when they played “Optimistic” before they were supposed to. Check it out here!