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News for August 31, 2000

Radiohead Interview in Q

Thom Yorke Q MagazineRadiohead have admitted that the lengthy conception of their new album Kid A sparked a number of “crisis meetings” for the band – a reaction reflected by the revelation that one song – Knives Out (which didn’t even end up on the album) – took 373 days to complete.

In an exclusive interview in the October issue of Q Magazine (on sale 1 September), Ed O’Brien said that the absence of a deadline imposed by their label, Parlophone prompted “brain overload”. He said, “Human beings need a sense of order to what we can handle. If there are too many unfinished things, where do you focus? If you’ve got 30 or 40 things started and you’ve made no decisions on any of them, it causes you to knee-jerk and panic at times. We had several crisis meetings.”

The band also reveal their top secret publicity photographs for the launch of the album, a series of manipulated portraits created by Thom Yorke and his “mate Dan”, which depict each band member with modified features and pale eyes. The experiment he says, was because he’s “fed up of seeing my face everywhere. It got to the point where it didn’t feel like I owned it. We’re not interested in being celebrities, and others seem to have different plans for us. I’d like to see them try to put these pictures on a poster [giggles]”.

Read the complete interview in Q, out tomorrow (Friday 1 September).

-From Q

More Kid A Press

Why don’t you go over to www.juice.net and read a recap of their interview with Thom Yorke? To read the full interview, you’ll have to wait until the magazine is released to newstands in Australia on September 25.

NME also has some quotes made by Thom in one of his other interviews with Q. You can read them here.

Canoe, a Canadian music site, has a review of Kid A for your reading pleasure.

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News for August 30, 2000

Radiohead Confirmed to play Saturday Night Live

Radiohead has been confirmed to perform Oct. 14 on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” program, in support of the U.K. act’s long-awaited fourth album, “Kid A,” due on Capitol Oct. 2 internationally and a day later in North America. The brief U.S. visit will come less than a week after the band wraps a month-long European tour with a three-night stand Oct. 5-8 in Kildare, Ireland. The trek begins this Friday (Sept. 1) with the first of two shows at the Tredegar House in Newport, South Wales, U.K.

No proper North American tour dates have yet been scheduled, although rumors are swirling that Radiohead will turn up for surprise shows in New York and Los Angeles while its members are in the U.S. Billboard’s Sept. 16 issue will feature an interview with the band.

– From Billboard.com

Can’t make it to a playback of Kid A? No sweat…

The fine folks at chartattack.com will be streaming the whole album on September 18. In order for you to listen, you have to be a member of their eChart newsletter. You can subscribe to the eChart for free by going to http://www.chartattack.com/newsletter/. Information will soon be mailed to you about the streaming party and also to links to more Radiohead blips.

Radiohead is in Time

That’s right… you heard me. The Oxford five have made it into the pages of Time magazine. The September 4th issue, which features upcoming Autumn musical releases, has this to say about Radiohead:

Rock is dead. Rock is alive. Meaningful music is over. Meaningful music never mattered more. The British band Radiohead’s new CD, Kid A, out Oct. 3, arrives like Mark Antony delivering Caesar’s funeral oration: it comes not to praise rock but to bury it. The songs defy convention and categorization: one track, The National Anthem, begins like a full-on rock number, with a throbbing bass guitar and aggressive percussion, before the tune bursts open and jazzy horns tumble out. This is an album about atmosphere and mood, not easy hooks and catchy choruses. Listening to Kid A is like hearing one’s own heart– you feel every beat intimately. And you never want it to stop.

You can read the article here.

Radiohead’s “Just” voted best song of all time

The British radio station, XFM, held their annual poll of their listener’s favorite tracks of all time. Radiohead came in at first with their song “Just” from The Bends. Here’s the top ten:

1 Radiohead – ‘Just’
2 Davis Bowie – ‘Life On Mars’
3 Nirvana – ‘Heart Shaped Box
4 Stone Roses – ‘I Am The Resurrection’
5 Oasis – ‘Live Forever’
6 Ian Dury – ‘Sex Drugs & Rock & Roll’
7 Red Hot Chili Peppers – ‘Give It Away’
8 Coldplay – ‘Yellow’
9 Travis – ‘Writing To Reach You’
10 Clash – ‘London Calling’

[thanks to John]

Watch Juice

Make sure to keep your eye on www.juice.net today as they were one of only three media publications that were granted an interview with Thom Yorke. The other two were Q magazine (UK) and Spin (US). Juice, an Australian magazine, has this on their site:

Radiohead`s eagerly awaited new album is on its way and JUICE magazine has just completed one of only three interviews with Thom Yorke worldwide — and it`s an Australian exclusive!

Last night, our roving journo in the mother country, Lauren Zoric, sat down with Thom Yorke for a DNM (deep and meaningful) chat at a Cardiff cafe. It was Yorke’s first interview to promote the album and one of only three worldwide he has agreed to. The others are for Q (UK) and Spin (US).

Zoric, still on cloud nine after her major score, described the interview — which lasted for more than an hour — as “revealing.” We’ll have more details to tantalise you with tomorrow, so watch this space.

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News for August 29, 2000

Death Bear

Another Media Blip has been sent out. This time it’s the Death Bear! It features a sound clip of “Motion Picture Soundtrack”.

View it by clicking this link.

You will need the latest version of Apple Quicktime to view these.

Kid A reviewed in Spin

The new issue of Spin magazine came out yesterday with a review of Kid A in it. The magazine gave it a 9 out of 10. Radiohead may be on the cover next month.

Congrats to GP friend Sarah for being voted Radiohead Fan #1 by Spin!!!

 

Newsweek mentions Kid A

In Newsweek’s Fall Arts Preview, the mentioned Radiohead and Kid A. Here’s the blurb:

“Kid A” is the year’s most highly anticipated underground pop album. Enigmatic, arty, and brooding enough to be 2000’s answer to “The Wall,” it’s a sure winner for the “Lie in Bed, Stare at the Ceiling, Contemplate Life” album award.

[thanks to Jerome]

Kid A Playback in NYC

Apparently there will be a playback of Kid A at the Sony IMAX theater at Sony Lincoln Square (68th and Broadway) in New York City next Tuesday, September 5. The playback is for media and retail only, but we’ve been told that there will be playbacks for the public soon in selected cities across the US. Once anything is known, it’ll be here!

[thanks VP]

Lift!

One of the grandaddies of all RH fansites, Lift, has had it’s first update in over a year! We’re glad to see it up again. Lift has played a huge role in inspiring others (including myself) to build and maintain a fan site.

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News for August 28, 2000

Kid A on the radio

We’ve heard that the entire Kid A album will be played on Radio 21, a Belgian radio station, on September 20, 2000. More info when it’s available.

Kid A will also be played on September 18th on BBC Radio 1 and again on the 19th on XFM. You may listen to the Radio 1 broadcast here.

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News for August 25, 2000

More Playbacks!

An announcement was made on the official message board this morning that there would be more Kid A playbacks! Here’s what was posted:

Here’s an idea that may please some people. The very nice chaps at the record company are letting people listen to KID A before it is released…..in fact on the 4th or 7th of sept, depending on where you live.

here’s how.

You will need to go to your local indie record shop (see list below) to queue for your
ticket early on 2 September (probably earlier than opening time, yikes!!) – there
should be posters up instore about the playbacks.
– Tickets will be handed out on a first come, first served basis – strictly
1 ticket per person.
– The playbacks on either 4th or 7th September (depending on city) will
start at 7pm and finishing around 9pm at each venue.

MANCHESTER
Record shops to get ticket from: Picadilly, Vibes (in Bury), X Records (in
Bolton)
Playback date: Monday 4 September
Venue: The Roadhouse, 8 Newton St, Piccadilly, Manchester

GLASGOW
Record shops to get ticket from: Fopp, Avalanche, Record Factory (in
Paisley)
Playback date: Monday 4 September
Venue: King Tuts, 272A St Vincents Street, Glasgow.

NEWCASTLE
Record shops to get ticket from: Windows, RPM, Spin
Playback date: Thursday 7 September
Venue: The Cluny, Lime Street, Newcastle

OXFORD
Record shops to get ticket from: Polar Bear, Chalkys (in Banbury), Modern
Music (in Abingdon), Powerplay (in Newbury), Music Box (in Wallingford)
Playback date: Thursday 7 September
Venue: Zodiac, 190 Cowley Road, Oxford

CARDIFF
Record shops to get ticket from: Spillers, Hitman (in Newport), Diverse (in
Newport)
Playback date: Thursday September
Venue: Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, City Centre, Cardiff

I think that’s about it.

Good luck people, we are relying on you.

Tinkerty Tonk

Mungo

It was also mentioned that some playbacks of Kid A will most likely happen in the United States soon!

Phil on Radio 21

Phil will be interviewed on the Belgian radio station, Radio 21, on Monday, August 28, between 2 and 3pm.

More blips to be made available

Pretty soon you’ll be able to view more official Radiohead blips promoting Kid A at www.chartattack.com. Go here to find out more!

Just when you think they’re gone

w.a.s.t.e. has graciously put up more tickets for the tent tour starting next month. Head on over here to order!

More articles

NME is running a story about Grant Gee (MPIE director) and Radiohead working on some live footage. Read that story here.

Dotmusic has a story about Radiohead’s fifth album, rumored to be out next Spring. They talked to one of Radiohead’s managers, Chris Hufford, who confirmed the release of a fifth album. Go here to read that article.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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News for August 23, 2000

Kid AKid A cover revealed!

It’s official now… you can now see the cover for Radiohead’s new album, Kid A, by going to http://www.radiohead.com/007.html.

We would like to congratulate Mr. Stanley Donwood on his fantastic work! He continues to amaze us…

Ed in Rolling Stone

Ed O’Brien is featured as a “Hot Guest” in the September 14th issue of Rolling Stone. Here is an excerpt:

“We’ve discovered an interesting parallel relationship: The less time you spend on the road, the more sane you are. So we are not doing the traditional album, tour, album, tour, album, tour anymore. We’re going to tour when we want to, regardless of whether we’ve got a record out. What we’re going to do is a month here and there, rather than the huge rock & roll circus that we did for OK Computer.”

To read the full article, click here.