Mo’ Wax’s U.N.K.L.E. album has been pushed back to an autumn release. the first single, “Rabbit in Your Headlights”, which is a collaboration between thom and DJ SHADOW, will be released sometime in may.
still no official word on tour dates for the spring. one interesting rumor is that radiohead will be performing in Toronto on April 12. the opening act, bjork. let us pray.
ciao
no surprises went to number 4 in the UK charts.
the michael stipe produced movie, Velvet Goldmine, which features radiohead on the soundtrack, will be premiered this april at the Cannes Film Festival. the world-wide release will be in june. if haven’t heard about this movie, it stars Ewan McGregor (trainspotting) and is loosely based on David Bowie and Iggy Pop. sort of a glam rock thing, if you will. the soundtrack will include a super band composed of thom and jonny with some others:
vocals: thom yorke, jonathan rhys myers
guitars: jonny greenwood, bernard buttler (suede), brian from placebo
bass: steffan from placebo
drums: drummer from placebo
the band will be playing such hits as 2HB, Ladytron, Bittersweet, and Baby’s on Fire. the soundtrack will be released in may.
the radiohead mailing list seems to be down. anyone know why?
not much to report. with the recent awards and nominations the band has received, radiohead’s success in the billboard 200 charts began to improve in the last week. the week before the grammy nominations, radiohead was #102. the week afterwards, #76.
radiohead has been nominated for three awards at this year’s Brit Awards. they are nominated for best album, best group, and best producers. but don’t expect them to be there.
there will be a radiohead videography on MTV EUROPE tonight at 20:00.
why don’t you swing on over to MTV to read their article on radiohead’s upcoming US tour and video. go on, it’s okay. please go!
the thom/ DJ shadow collaboration on the U.N.K.L.E. project should be released soon. the title is “rabbit in your headlights.”
radiohead has been nominated for awards in the NME brat awards this year for best band, best album, best single (paranoid android), best video (paranoid android), and radio 1 evening session of the year. the winners will be announced on january 27.
from NME:
RADIOHEAD are releasing a fly-on-the wall documentary later this year charting their ‘OK Computer’ world tour. The documentary is being made by ‘No Surprises’ video-maker Grant Gee and will be premiered on UK television before hitting the stores on longform video.
Radiohead bassist Ed O’Brien explained: “We didn’t want a ‘rockumentary’, a warts’n’all type thing that Spinal Tap sends up completely and is brilliant for. Grant’s been shooting us since we started promotion on the album in Barcelona. He’s got some really good stuff.”
Gee continued: “The real challenge is to try and make a rockumentary about a rock band that doesn’t feel like it’s a ‘rockumentary’. Radiohead deserve more than that. I wanted to make a documentary that fits the imagery of ‘OK Computer’.”
Meanwhile, the band have announced that they will not be playing any festival gigs in the UK this year. O’Brien told London alternative radio station XFM during an interview on January 6 that the band still had to play Japan, New Zealand, Australia and the US, but then they would spend the rest of the year recording. A new Radiohead album is promised for 1999.
radiohead has been nominated for two grammies this year.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
radiohead OK COMPUTER
bob dylan TIME OUT OF MIND
paul mccarteney FLAMING PIES
babyface THE DAY
paula cole THIS FIRE
BEST ALTERNATIVE ACT
radiohead OK COMPUTER
bjork HOMOGENIC
david bowie EARTHLING
chemical brothers DIG YOUR OWN HOLE
the prodigy FAT OF THE LAND
the 12″ no surprises single will not be available until january 19. the b-side will be palo alto.
the band will most likely not make any UK appearances this year. after the upcoming US tour, the band will concentrate on the next album.
speaking of US tours, there is a rumor that radiohead will be playing washington d.c.’s 9:30 Club on march 17. this is only a rumor. check back for more details.
according to MTV, massive attack has been given the green light to begin work on the OK COMPUTER remix album. it will probably be out this spring after massive’s new album is released in february.