Describing the warm, fuzzy optimism of an Idles record requires only the most pretentious adjectives — ebullience, exultation, jubilation — words that Idles frontman Joe Talbot would likely laugh at heartily before offering a pint to anyone who said them. This is a band who once titled an album, Joy as an Act of Resistance, and whose 2020 album Ultra Mono brightened the darkest moments of peak Covid lockdown with uplifting punk-rock mantras like, “Let’s seize the day … You can do it,” on “Mr. Motivator” and the chorus to “Kill Them With Kindness.
- 2/15/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
U.K. post-punks Idles enlisted Chris Martin — both the real one from now and the one from 24 years ago — to help them put together the video for their new song, “Grace.”
The clip is basically the same one Coldplay released all the way back in 2000 for their hit song, “Yellow,” with Martin walking along a dreary, empty beach in the rain. Only in the “Grace” clip is he mouthing along to the Idles song, a feat accomplished with a bit of AI deepfake technology.
The idea for the video came...
The clip is basically the same one Coldplay released all the way back in 2000 for their hit song, “Yellow,” with Martin walking along a dreary, empty beach in the rain. Only in the “Grace” clip is he mouthing along to the Idles song, a feat accomplished with a bit of AI deepfake technology.
The idea for the video came...
- 2/14/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Through his lyrics, Idles frontman Joe Talbot often looks outward for love and healing amid the chaos of a broken world. By contrast, the British band’s fifth studio album, Tangk, sees him reaching inward to find it—despite the chaos around him.
One might expect a certain harshness or violence from an album titled Tangk, an onomatopoeia coined by the band themselves. But the very first sounds on the opening track, “Idea 01,” are lightly swirling piano loops and soft pulsing drums—trademarks of Nigel Godrich, who co-produced the album alongside Kenny Beats and band member Mark Bowen. “Idea 01” is a sleepy, slow opener, after which “Gift Horse”—whose tale of galloping freedom is accompanied by rich, clangy guitars and drums—offers a release in both sound and spirit.
“Pop Pop Pop” marks another quick shift in tone. “Freudenfreude, joy on joy, cheerleader, happy boy,” Talbot declares over a bed of dark synths and feedback.
One might expect a certain harshness or violence from an album titled Tangk, an onomatopoeia coined by the band themselves. But the very first sounds on the opening track, “Idea 01,” are lightly swirling piano loops and soft pulsing drums—trademarks of Nigel Godrich, who co-produced the album alongside Kenny Beats and band member Mark Bowen. “Idea 01” is a sleepy, slow opener, after which “Gift Horse”—whose tale of galloping freedom is accompanied by rich, clangy guitars and drums—offers a release in both sound and spirit.
“Pop Pop Pop” marks another quick shift in tone. “Freudenfreude, joy on joy, cheerleader, happy boy,” Talbot declares over a bed of dark synths and feedback.
- 2/12/2024
- by Nick Seip
- Slant Magazine
Idles stopped by The Tonight Show to perform their recent single, “Gift Horse.” The punk-tinged song, released last month, is an intense rock number that is even more so live.
“Gift Horse” will appear on the U.K. group’s forthcoming fifth LP, Tangk, out Feb. 16 via Partisan Records. The LP was produced by Nigel Godrich, Kenny Beats, and Idles’ Mark Bowen, and follows the band’s 2021 LP Crawler. The band previewed the album with “Dancer,” a collaboration with LCD Soundsystem‘s James Murphy and Nancy Whang.
Frontman Joe Talbot...
“Gift Horse” will appear on the U.K. group’s forthcoming fifth LP, Tangk, out Feb. 16 via Partisan Records. The LP was produced by Nigel Godrich, Kenny Beats, and Idles’ Mark Bowen, and follows the band’s 2021 LP Crawler. The band previewed the album with “Dancer,” a collaboration with LCD Soundsystem‘s James Murphy and Nancy Whang.
Frontman Joe Talbot...
- 2/8/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Idles have shared “Grace,” the latest single from their forthcoming album, Tangk. Stream it below.
Co-produced by longtime Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich, hip-hop producer Kenny Beats, and the band’s own Mark Bowen, “Grace” is a slow-burning track that takes its time building to the crescendo. “No god, no king,” Joe Talbot sings on the chorus. “I said love is the thing.”
“The song came from nowhere and everything. It was a breath and a call to be held,” Talbot said in a statement. “The only words or singing that came from our sessions with Nigel and I needed it, truly. All is love.”
Tangk is out on February 16th and also includes the lead single, “Dancer,” featuring James Murphy. Pre-orders are ongoing.
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In support of the album, Idles are heading out on a 2024 international tour. Get tickets to the North American dates here and overseas dates here.
Co-produced by longtime Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich, hip-hop producer Kenny Beats, and the band’s own Mark Bowen, “Grace” is a slow-burning track that takes its time building to the crescendo. “No god, no king,” Joe Talbot sings on the chorus. “I said love is the thing.”
“The song came from nowhere and everything. It was a breath and a call to be held,” Talbot said in a statement. “The only words or singing that came from our sessions with Nigel and I needed it, truly. All is love.”
Tangk is out on February 16th and also includes the lead single, “Dancer,” featuring James Murphy. Pre-orders are ongoing.
Get Idles Tickets Here
In support of the album, Idles are heading out on a 2024 international tour. Get tickets to the North American dates here and overseas dates here.
- 12/6/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For regular updates, sign up for our weekly email newsletter and follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSCapital.The Palestinian Film Institute and several prominent filmmakers—including Sky Hopinka, Miko Revereza, Maryam Tafakory, Charlie Shackleton, and Basma al-Sharif—have withdrawn from the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam in response to the festival’s messaging about the war in Gaza. On the festival’s opening night, a group of activists took to the stage holding a banner that read “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”; on November 10, IDFA published a statement apologizing to patrons who may have been offended by this “hurtful slogan.” On November 11, the Pfi and the advocacy group Workers for Palestine Netherlands announced their withdrawal from IDFA: “As the world’s largest documentary film festival, IDFA holds the responsibility to respond to the plight of journalists and documentarians on the ground in Gaza,...
- 11/16/2023
- MUBI
Radiohead side project the Smile — featuring the band’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood along with former Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner — have announced their second album, Wall of Eyes, the follow-up to their 2022 debut A Light for Attracting Attention.
Ahead of the LP’s January 26 release, the trio have shared the video for the album’s title track, a visual that reunites Yorke with director Paul Thomas Anderson, who previously helmed the singer’s Anima short film along with Radiohead’s “Daydreaming” video:
Wall of Eyes features the...
Ahead of the LP’s January 26 release, the trio have shared the video for the album’s title track, a visual that reunites Yorke with director Paul Thomas Anderson, who previously helmed the singer’s Anima short film along with Radiohead’s “Daydreaming” video:
Wall of Eyes features the...
- 11/13/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
R.E.M.’s 11th studio album, Up, informally flagged the start of the third and final phase of the band’s career, following both their early I.R.S. years and their mainstream peak in the 1990s. Drummer Bill Berry departed the band after suffering a brain aneurysm while on tour in 1995, but the remaining members opted not to replace him, instead employing electronic drum programming throughout the majority of the album. And the timing, it seemed, was serendipitous, as the electronica movement was reaching its apotheosis.
Up subsequently marked the end of R.E.M.’s decade-long relationship with rock producer Scott Litt, replaced by Ray of Light knob-twirler Pat McCarthy and mixer Nigel Godrich, who produced Ok Computer. And yet, the album doesn’t immerse itself as vigorously in the genre as those two watershed releases. Sonically, tracks like the Eno-esque opener “Airportman” and the gently percolating “Suspicion...
Up subsequently marked the end of R.E.M.’s decade-long relationship with rock producer Scott Litt, replaced by Ray of Light knob-twirler Pat McCarthy and mixer Nigel Godrich, who produced Ok Computer. And yet, the album doesn’t immerse itself as vigorously in the genre as those two watershed releases. Sonically, tracks like the Eno-esque opener “Airportman” and the gently percolating “Suspicion...
- 11/6/2023
- by Sal Cinquemani
- Slant Magazine
For a wildly popular rock band like Radiohead, it would seem that rejection is a scarce sentiment the group has to face when it comes to their artistic material. After all, the band's contributions to alternative rock remain significant, with several of their albums — including the masterful "Ok Computer" and the beautiful, bizarre "Kid A" — completely redefining the meaning of experimental music within the confines of the genre. Moreover, one will often stumble upon a Radiohead track being used in films to heighten ambience, key examples of which include the use of "Codex" to capture the escalating dread of "Prisoners" or the surreal use of "Everything in its Right Place" in "Vanilla Sky."
In 2015, when the band was approached to conceive a theme song for "Spectre," it was expected that their rendition of the theme would end up being used in the film. However, director Sam Mendes decided that the...
In 2015, when the band was approached to conceive a theme song for "Spectre," it was expected that their rendition of the theme would end up being used in the film. However, director Sam Mendes decided that the...
- 10/29/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
Idles have announced their fifth studio album, Tangk. The LP is out February 16th via Partisan Records, and as a preview, they’ve shared “Dancer,” the lead single that features LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy and Nancy Whang on background vocals. Check it out below.
Idles drew from a wide swath of influences in making Tangk. The record was produced by the band’s guitarist Mark Bowen, as well as Radiohead’s go-to boardsman Nigel Godrich and Denzel Curry/Vince Staples collaborator Kenny Beats. A press release describes the project as more love-oriented than the post-punks’ previous efforts, which often dealt in political commentary.
“Tangk,” singer Joe Talbot said in a statement. “I needed love. So I made it. I gave love out to the world and it feels like magic. This is our album of gratitude and power. All love songs. All is love.”
New track “Dancer” is all about finding love — or,...
Idles drew from a wide swath of influences in making Tangk. The record was produced by the band’s guitarist Mark Bowen, as well as Radiohead’s go-to boardsman Nigel Godrich and Denzel Curry/Vince Staples collaborator Kenny Beats. A press release describes the project as more love-oriented than the post-punks’ previous efforts, which often dealt in political commentary.
“Tangk,” singer Joe Talbot said in a statement. “I needed love. So I made it. I gave love out to the world and it feels like magic. This is our album of gratitude and power. All love songs. All is love.”
New track “Dancer” is all about finding love — or,...
- 10/18/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Idles have released a new single, “Dancer,” featuring LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy and Nancy Whang. The song is the first listen from the U.K. group’s forthcoming fifth LP, Tangk, out Feb. 16 via Partisan Records.
The band performed a secret show at London’s Village Underground on Oct. 17 under the name Tangk and previewed two new songs, “Gratitude” and “Dancer,” according to NME. Frontman Joe Talbot told NME how he approached Murphy and Whang while on tour with LCD Soundsystem to ask if they would provide the vocals on “Dancer.
The band performed a secret show at London’s Village Underground on Oct. 17 under the name Tangk and previewed two new songs, “Gratitude” and “Dancer,” according to NME. Frontman Joe Talbot told NME how he approached Murphy and Whang while on tour with LCD Soundsystem to ask if they would provide the vocals on “Dancer.
- 10/18/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Emmy nominee Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games) and Oscar nominee John C. Reilly (Chicago) are set to lead timely Cannes market package Dreamquil, an AI thriller which HanWay Films is launching.
Set in the not so distant future, the movie — which comes amid heightened industry attention on the role of AI — is being positioned as a cautionary tale about what happens when Artificial Intelligence and automation are integrated into our daily lives. UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance co-repping the film in North America.
The film will mark the debut of American filmmaker and contemporary artist Alex Prager, who was nominated for the SXSW Grand Jury Prize in 2023 for her short film Run. Production is being lined up for Q3, 2023.
Oscar nominee Vincent Landay (Her) will produce alongside Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman and Alison Small for Brownstone Productions (Pitch Perfect).
HODs attached include Prager’s long-time collaborators:...
Set in the not so distant future, the movie — which comes amid heightened industry attention on the role of AI — is being positioned as a cautionary tale about what happens when Artificial Intelligence and automation are integrated into our daily lives. UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance co-repping the film in North America.
The film will mark the debut of American filmmaker and contemporary artist Alex Prager, who was nominated for the SXSW Grand Jury Prize in 2023 for her short film Run. Production is being lined up for Q3, 2023.
Oscar nominee Vincent Landay (Her) will produce alongside Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman and Alison Small for Brownstone Productions (Pitch Perfect).
HODs attached include Prager’s long-time collaborators:...
- 5/11/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead has yet another new project on his schedule, this time a collaboration with Israeli musician (and former Radiohead tourmate) Dudu Tassa. The duo have a new album Jarak Qaribak coming out June 9th via World Circuit, and as a preview, they’ve shared its lead single “Ashufak Shay.”
Those familiar with Greenwood’s work already know he has a pretty broad spectrum of influences, but with Jarak Qaribak, the musicians really want to throw listeners for a loop: “When people listen to this music, I really love to imagine them thinking…what is this?” Tassa said in a press release. “It sounds 1970s, but there are drum machines, there are guitars but they’re singing in Arabic…what’s going on?”
Despite hailing from different parts of the globe, however, Greenwood and Tassa are longtime friends, which has lent to their trusting creative partnership. Jarak Qaribak...
Those familiar with Greenwood’s work already know he has a pretty broad spectrum of influences, but with Jarak Qaribak, the musicians really want to throw listeners for a loop: “When people listen to this music, I really love to imagine them thinking…what is this?” Tassa said in a press release. “It sounds 1970s, but there are drum machines, there are guitars but they’re singing in Arabic…what’s going on?”
Despite hailing from different parts of the globe, however, Greenwood and Tassa are longtime friends, which has lent to their trusting creative partnership. Jarak Qaribak...
- 4/13/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead are returning with the rest of the original cast of ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ to voice their characters in an anime series adaptation of the 2010 action comedy.The Edgar Wright-directed film, that has already been turned into a video game, is getting the animated reboot thanks to Netflix, which has announced the remake is on the way.Based on the hugely popular Bryan Lee O’Malley-created graphic novel series, the first volume of which was published in 2004, the film focuses on the eponymous hero, played by Cera, as he pursues a relationship with delivery woman Ramona Flowers (Winstead) and attempts to defeat her seven evil exes.Netflix said on Thursday (30.03.23): “Scott Pilgrim has already been through so much, but he’s about to take on the world again.“The gangly bass player was first introduced in Bryan Lee O’Malley’s hit comic series,...
- 3/31/2023
- by Aaron Tinney
- Bang Showbiz
The name’s Trooper. Stormtrooper. Daniel Craig may be best known as James Bond, but his cameo as a stormtrooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens is still one discussed today.
Daniel Craig, who is a major Star Wars fan, recently gave more details on how his cameo as Stormtrooper Fn-1824–jokingly referred to as Stormtrooper Fn-007 on set–in The Force Awakens came about. While doing fittings, Craig approached assistant director Ben Dixon and meekly said, “Can I get a part in this?” So Dixon asked the proper authorities and, as Craig put it, “The next day I’m in a fucking suit! They do not fit!”
Daniel Craig elaborated on the troubles of the stormtrooper outfit, saying, “I had to wear this suit all day and I couldn’t feel my hands at the end of the day and I thought, God, these poor people have to wear them in the desert.
Daniel Craig, who is a major Star Wars fan, recently gave more details on how his cameo as Stormtrooper Fn-1824–jokingly referred to as Stormtrooper Fn-007 on set–in The Force Awakens came about. While doing fittings, Craig approached assistant director Ben Dixon and meekly said, “Can I get a part in this?” So Dixon asked the proper authorities and, as Craig put it, “The next day I’m in a fucking suit! They do not fit!”
Daniel Craig elaborated on the troubles of the stormtrooper outfit, saying, “I had to wear this suit all day and I couldn’t feel my hands at the end of the day and I thought, God, these poor people have to wear them in the desert.
- 12/24/2022
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Travis’s frontman Fran Healy was watching TV one afternoon in 1999, with the sound turned down. Something about swingbeat was on MTV. Healy reached for his guitar and began to hum along to the silent video, working his fingers around the chords of a new song. “When it naturally got to a sort of chorus-y part, I started singing, ‘Swing... If you swing, swing, swing, swing,’” Healy said.
The melody took shape and next day Healy took it to his bandmates in the studio. With Andy Dunlop on piano and banjo, bassist Dougie Payne and drummer Neil Primrose, Healy strummed his new song about a children’s swing. The band became engrossed, and cut a demo. Halfway through the chorus, Healy altered “swing” to “sing”. Listening to the playback, he heard a song about the recuperative powers of singing, rather than children in the playground.
The track was recorded some months later in Los Angeles,...
The melody took shape and next day Healy took it to his bandmates in the studio. With Andy Dunlop on piano and banjo, bassist Dougie Payne and drummer Neil Primrose, Healy strummed his new song about a children’s swing. The band became engrossed, and cut a demo. Halfway through the chorus, Healy altered “swing” to “sing”. Listening to the playback, he heard a song about the recuperative powers of singing, rather than children in the playground.
The track was recorded some months later in Los Angeles,...
- 10/8/2022
- by Robert Webb
- The Independent - Music
Halfway through A Light for Attracting Attention, the Smile’s debut album, Thom Yorke flashes a smirk: “Don’t bore us, get to the chorus,” he drawls slowly almost without melody over ambient synths and downtempo piano on “Open the Floodgates.” Then he doubles down, whinging, “We want the good bits, without your bullshit, and no heartaches.” These lines are the sorts of gormless heckles he and fellow Smile member Jonny Greenwood have likely heard for decades in their other band, Radiohead, ever since they ventured into more experimental terrain on 1997’s Ok Computer.
- 5/12/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Arcade Fire recorded their take on Harry Styles’ “As It Was,” during a performance at BBC’s Maida Vale studios in London for BBC Music. The group also performed two of their own tracks — “Age Of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)” and “The Lightning I, II“ — which come off their new LP, We.
Arcade Fire released We on May 6 via Columbia Records. The album — which was produced by longtime Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich along with Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne — was recorded at studios in New Orleans, El Paso,...
Arcade Fire released We on May 6 via Columbia Records. The album — which was produced by longtime Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich along with Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne — was recorded at studios in New Orleans, El Paso,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Arcade Fire returned to Saturday Night Live for their fifth stint as musical guests where they performed two tracks from their sixth studio album We.
The Canadian indie rockers delivered an equally heartfelt and anxiety-inducing performance of the lead single from it, “The Lightning I, II“
At the end of the set, bandleader Win Butler grabbed the mic to give his opinion regarding the threat of Roe v. Wade being overturned: “A woman’s right to choose forever and ever and ever. Amen.”
Arcade Fire also performed the uplifting track...
The Canadian indie rockers delivered an equally heartfelt and anxiety-inducing performance of the lead single from it, “The Lightning I, II“
At the end of the set, bandleader Win Butler grabbed the mic to give his opinion regarding the threat of Roe v. Wade being overturned: “A woman’s right to choose forever and ever and ever. Amen.”
Arcade Fire also performed the uplifting track...
- 5/8/2022
- by Ilana Kaplan
- Rollingstone.com
When Arcade Fire first came roaring out of Montreal with their firmament-strafing debut, Funeral, in 2004, they promised something new, exciting, and somewhat contradictory: heroic, culturally significant indie rock. A significance-deprived world ate it right up. This band didn’t just musically honor Springsteen, U2, and Bowie in the coming years, they became those artists’ peers and collaborators. Sometimes they’ve lived up to the high expectations they set for themselves, and sometimes they haven’t. Album’s like 2007’s Neon Bible and 2010’s The Suburbs were potent expressions of underdog rock gusto.
- 5/6/2022
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Ahead of their new album We, Arcade Fire have shared the LP’s latest single “Unconditional I (Lookout Kid).”
The band previously premiered the track onstage during their New York residency as well as during their surprise set at Coachella, where frontman Win Butler got so emotional performing the track that Arcade Fire had to stop and start again after he composed himself.
“There’s nothing saccharine about unconditional love in a world that is coming apart at the seams,” Butler said of the single in a statement. “We need each other,...
The band previously premiered the track onstage during their New York residency as well as during their surprise set at Coachella, where frontman Win Butler got so emotional performing the track that Arcade Fire had to stop and start again after he composed himself.
“There’s nothing saccharine about unconditional love in a world that is coming apart at the seams,” Butler said of the single in a statement. “We need each other,...
- 4/27/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Following a string of singles, Radiohead side project the Smile have finally set the release date for their debut album A Light for Attracting Attention.
The LP will arrive digitally on May 13, with a physical release to follow a month later on June 17; the album is available to preorder in a variety of formats now. The album features artwork by Yorke and Stanley Donwood.
Ahead of A Light for Attracting Attention’s release, the trio of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner have shared one more single from the album,...
The LP will arrive digitally on May 13, with a physical release to follow a month later on June 17; the album is available to preorder in a variety of formats now. The album features artwork by Yorke and Stanley Donwood.
Ahead of A Light for Attracting Attention’s release, the trio of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner have shared one more single from the album,...
- 4/20/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The sound of Terror Twilight, the final album from Pavement, the Platonic ideal of 1990s indie rockers, was the guitar-waggle of frustration, the warp and woof of a brilliant songwriter and still-more-brilliant guitarist struggling against the limits of a band he’d outgrown. By 1999, Pavement leader Stephen Malkmus had long lapped his bandmates, the gents with whom he defined a genre for a solid decade, and on Terror Twilight, reissued in this glorious fan-service-ish package, one can hear it in every note of that progression and struggle.
Following their 1997 album Brighten the Corners,...
Following their 1997 album Brighten the Corners,...
- 4/7/2022
- by Joe Gross
- Rollingstone.com
Following a pair of comeback shows this week in New Orleans, Arcade Fire have revealed We, the band’s first new album in five years.
We, out May 6 via Columbia Records, was produced by longtime Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich along with Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. The LP was recorded at studios in New Orleans, El Paso and Mount Desert Island, Maine in mid-2021 following a pandemic period that marked “the longest we’ve ever spent writing, uninterrupted, probably ever,” Butler said in a statement.
The album...
We, out May 6 via Columbia Records, was produced by longtime Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich along with Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. The LP was recorded at studios in New Orleans, El Paso and Mount Desert Island, Maine in mid-2021 following a pandemic period that marked “the longest we’ve ever spent writing, uninterrupted, probably ever,” Butler said in a statement.
The album...
- 3/17/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Radiohead have detailed their mysterious Kid A Mnesia Exhibition, an “upside-down digital/analog universe” based on frontman Thom Yorke and artist Stanley Donwood’s original artwork from the LPs.
The experience — arriving as a free download for PlayStation 5, Mac, and PC on Nov. 18 — was two years in the making, with the band initially planning a traveling museum exhibition to showcase the massive amount of artwork that Donwood and Yorke created for Kid A and Amnesiac.
However, the pandemic forced the real-life exhibition into the digital realm. As a result, the...
The experience — arriving as a free download for PlayStation 5, Mac, and PC on Nov. 18 — was two years in the making, with the band initially planning a traveling museum exhibition to showcase the massive amount of artwork that Donwood and Yorke created for Kid A and Amnesiac.
However, the pandemic forced the real-life exhibition into the digital realm. As a result, the...
- 11/11/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Jomoro, the duo of Atoms for Peace drummer Joey Waronker and percussionist Mauro Refosco, teamed up with Sharon Van Etten for their song “Nest,” the latest single off the group’s album Blue Marble Sky.
“‘Nest’ started for us as an instrumental, reflecting a style Mauro and I developed playing together over the years, especially with Atoms for Peace,” Waronker said in a statement. “It was, for us, an exercise in working with a more ambient overall sound. I kept thinking of Sharon when I listened to it and finally...
“‘Nest’ started for us as an instrumental, reflecting a style Mauro and I developed playing together over the years, especially with Atoms for Peace,” Waronker said in a statement. “It was, for us, an exercise in working with a more ambient overall sound. I kept thinking of Sharon when I listened to it and finally...
- 8/4/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Super producers are usually not young guys; they are generally the Tony Viscontis, Rick Rubins, Dr. Dre, Linda Perry, and Nigel Godrich’s of the world, to name a few. Though he’s 45 now, British DJ/producer musician Mark Ronson was seemingly a super-producer almost out of the gate, nearly 20 years ago when he first came to acclaim with his Here Comes the Fuzz debut album.
Continue reading ‘Watch The Sound With Mark Ronson’: DJ Premier On Sampling & Chasing Beats [Exclusive Clip] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Watch The Sound With Mark Ronson’: DJ Premier On Sampling & Chasing Beats [Exclusive Clip] at The Playlist.
- 7/29/2021
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Nigel Godrich discusses the impetus for his celebrated performance series, From the Basement, in a new clip tied to the arrival of the show on the Coda Collection. Curated episodes will hit the streaming platform each week, starting today, July 23rd, with Radiohead’s 2011 appearance in support of The King of Limbs.
The clip comes from a new interview Godrich did with the Coda Collection’s editorial director Greg Kot. Godrich explained that the show’s creation was linked to advances in technology, like the proliferation of high-definition television (shooting...
The clip comes from a new interview Godrich did with the Coda Collection’s editorial director Greg Kot. Godrich explained that the show’s creation was linked to advances in technology, like the proliferation of high-definition television (shooting...
- 7/23/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Thom Yorke has released a new remix of Radiohead classic “Creep.” The new slowed-down rendition is called “Creep (Very 2021 Rmx).”
Aptly living up to its namesake, the remix slowly unfurls over the course of nine minutes. It’s fitting for our pandemic era, where a sense of time is warped and singular moments can seem both fleeting and drawn out simultaneously. Woozy synths and reverb enhance the feeling of discombobulation and uncertainty. The song’s accompanying video features artwork from Jun Takahashi.
In June, Dave Chappelle made a surprise appearance...
Aptly living up to its namesake, the remix slowly unfurls over the course of nine minutes. It’s fitting for our pandemic era, where a sense of time is warped and singular moments can seem both fleeting and drawn out simultaneously. Woozy synths and reverb enhance the feeling of discombobulation and uncertainty. The song’s accompanying video features artwork from Jun Takahashi.
In June, Dave Chappelle made a surprise appearance...
- 7/13/2021
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood have formed a new project called the Smile along with drummer Tom Skinner and longtime collaborator Nigel Godrich.
Yorke announced the new band Saturday morning, hours before the group was set to make their debut and perform new music during the Glastonbury Festival Presents Live at Worthy Farm livestream, a five-hour event that will also feature performances by Coldplay, Damon Albarn, Haim and more. The Smile is scheduled to perform at 11:05 pm U.K. time.
@thesmiletheband @glastonbury https://t.co/S6xYlzAsNF pic.
Yorke announced the new band Saturday morning, hours before the group was set to make their debut and perform new music during the Glastonbury Festival Presents Live at Worthy Farm livestream, a five-hour event that will also feature performances by Coldplay, Damon Albarn, Haim and more. The Smile is scheduled to perform at 11:05 pm U.K. time.
@thesmiletheband @glastonbury https://t.co/S6xYlzAsNF pic.
- 5/22/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Drummer Joey Waronker and percussionist Mauro Refosco have formed the group Jomoro, dropping the lead single “Delicate Butterfly.”
Lucius provides shimmering vocals to the track, backed by subtle instrumentation that stretches to nearly four minutes. The track follows “Mirror,” released last month.
The group also announced the album Blue Marble Sky, out June 4th. The duo wrote and produced the record, trading files during the pandemic. Sharon Van Etten, Brandon Markell Holmes, and Brazilian singer Karina Buhr appear on the album, which contains vocal and instrumental tracks. Bassist Gabe Noel,...
Lucius provides shimmering vocals to the track, backed by subtle instrumentation that stretches to nearly four minutes. The track follows “Mirror,” released last month.
The group also announced the album Blue Marble Sky, out June 4th. The duo wrote and produced the record, trading files during the pandemic. Sharon Van Etten, Brandon Markell Holmes, and Brazilian singer Karina Buhr appear on the album, which contains vocal and instrumental tracks. Bassist Gabe Noel,...
- 4/16/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Exactly one year after they started dropping archival concerts in wake of the pandemic, Radiohead will revive the streaming series on April 8th at 3 p.m. Et.
The band will unearth seven shows from the Radiohead Public Library archive on YouTube, kicking off with a January 16th, 2008 performance at London’s 93 Feet East. The show was initially an intimate in-store performance at Rough Trade for the release of In Rainbows, but it ultimately caught the attention of media and hundreds of fans and relocated to the club. The set contains...
The band will unearth seven shows from the Radiohead Public Library archive on YouTube, kicking off with a January 16th, 2008 performance at London’s 93 Feet East. The show was initially an intimate in-store performance at Rough Trade for the release of In Rainbows, but it ultimately caught the attention of media and hundreds of fans and relocated to the club. The set contains...
- 4/6/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Fresh off the release of their greatest hits compilation, the White Stripes have revealed the full video of their From the Basement performance.
The performance was recorded in November 2005 at London’s Maida Vale Studios, made by Basement co-creator Nigel Godrich and director Sophie Muller. It originally aired on the series’ pilot in 2007, alongside performances by Thom Yorke (later, Radiohead released In Rainbows — From the Basement and The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement).
The duo’s set consists of tracks from 2005’s Get Behind Me Satan, including “Blue Orchid,...
The performance was recorded in November 2005 at London’s Maida Vale Studios, made by Basement co-creator Nigel Godrich and director Sophie Muller. It originally aired on the series’ pilot in 2007, alongside performances by Thom Yorke (later, Radiohead released In Rainbows — From the Basement and The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement).
The duo’s set consists of tracks from 2005’s Get Behind Me Satan, including “Blue Orchid,...
- 2/17/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Every decade should kick off with a Paul McCartney one-man-band album — and this one needs it more than most. McCartney III carries on his tradition of homemade solo records, in the mode of his acoustic 1970 debut and his 1980 synth-pop oddity McCartney II. Like its two predecessors, it’s Macca at his most playful. He’s not sweating about being a legend, a genius, or a Beatle — just a family man kicking back in quarantine, writing a few songs to keep his juices flowing. Like the rest of us, he’s been in lockdown,...
- 12/17/2020
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Take yourself back, if you will, to the winter of 2007, when online concerts by your favorite artists were still a fun occasional treat instead of a way of life.
Radiohead had just made one of the best albums of their career with In Rainbows, recorded over the preceding year at a crumbling mansion near their Oxford, England, hometown. Everyone was very excited about the fact that they’d released the album that October as a free, pay-what-you-want download (another innovation that’s since become commonplace).
On December 31st of that year,...
Radiohead had just made one of the best albums of their career with In Rainbows, recorded over the preceding year at a crumbling mansion near their Oxford, England, hometown. Everyone was very excited about the fact that they’d released the album that October as a free, pay-what-you-want download (another innovation that’s since become commonplace).
On December 31st of that year,...
- 12/10/2020
- by Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
When Flea refers to you as “the greatest fucking electric bass player,” you know you’ve done something right. Just ask MonoNeon, who appeared in a video on the Red Hot Chili Peppers member’s Instagram this summer. The artist, born Dywane Thomas Jr., likely realized he was headed in a fruitful direction back in 2014, when Prince caught wind of his talents and reached out to jam. But both milestones came before MonoNeon released “Invisible,” his favorite song to date.
A funky pop song with unwavering soul, “Invisible” pulls stylistic elements from the the Sixties,...
A funky pop song with unwavering soul, “Invisible” pulls stylistic elements from the the Sixties,...
- 11/10/2020
- by Samantha Hissong
- Rollingstone.com
Brian Burton (a.k.a. Danger Mouse) and Nigel Godrich have created a new mobile app called Station Rotation, released last week in a surprise drop on the iOS App Store.
The free music discovery app allows music artists, producers and directors to program individually curated radio stations for sharing within the app. Unlike a typical mixtape or playlist found on streaming platforms like Spotify, the stations found on Station Rotation are meant to be a social experience in real-time. Station creators choose their favorite songs, which are then played...
The free music discovery app allows music artists, producers and directors to program individually curated radio stations for sharing within the app. Unlike a typical mixtape or playlist found on streaming platforms like Spotify, the stations found on Station Rotation are meant to be a social experience in real-time. Station creators choose their favorite songs, which are then played...
- 10/6/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
As part of our newly updated survey of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, we’re publishing a series of pieces on the making of key albums from the list. Radiohead’s Ok Computer came in at number 42.
Before Ok Computer, Radiohead were seen by many as the band behind “Creep,” the 1993 grunge-wannabe hit that Alicia Silverstone casually dismissed in the movie Clueless as “the maudlin music of the university station.” After Ok Computer, they were hailed as musical saviors who could usher rock & roll into the 21st century.
Their...
Before Ok Computer, Radiohead were seen by many as the band behind “Creep,” the 1993 grunge-wannabe hit that Alicia Silverstone casually dismissed in the movie Clueless as “the maudlin music of the university station.” After Ok Computer, they were hailed as musical saviors who could usher rock & roll into the 21st century.
Their...
- 9/24/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
After being name-checked in The Rise of Skywalker’s end credits under ‘additional voices,’ Star Trek and The Boys star Karl Urban has confirmed that he played a stormtrooper in last year’s Star Wars threequel.
“Here’s the process,” he told Digital Spy. “I had the good fortune to go and visit [director] J. J. Abrams while he was shooting The Rise of Skywalker. While I was there, he put me in a stormtrooper uniform and we had a really fun day on set. It’s been one of my life-long goals to be a stormtrooper, so I can tick that off now.”
Urban also helpfully described his brief moment in the movie for fans who want to nudge a pal and say “hey, did you know that’s Karl Urban?” during any future re-watches, by explaining that he’s one of the stormtroopers who check out Kylo Ren’s...
“Here’s the process,” he told Digital Spy. “I had the good fortune to go and visit [director] J. J. Abrams while he was shooting The Rise of Skywalker. While I was there, he put me in a stormtrooper uniform and we had a really fun day on set. It’s been one of my life-long goals to be a stormtrooper, so I can tick that off now.”
Urban also helpfully described his brief moment in the movie for fans who want to nudge a pal and say “hey, did you know that’s Karl Urban?” during any future re-watches, by explaining that he’s one of the stormtroopers who check out Kylo Ren’s...
- 7/30/2020
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
When Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood stepped into New York’s tiny Mercury Lounge in November 1994 to play an acoustic duo show, their band was known for a single song that they’d already grown weary of playing: “Creep.” They’d been on tour for two solid years in support of their debut LP, Pablo Honey, and by this point they had a handful of new tunes they planned to include on their next record.
“It was the first time that Thom and Jonny had played our songs...
“It was the first time that Thom and Jonny had played our songs...
- 3/13/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
While Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker didn’t exactly wow critics or fans with its cobbled-together story, it did deliver when it came to interesting cameos. Chances are, we’ll be dissecting the film for some time to come, but a few of the more prominent celebrities who made their own appearances include Lin-Manuel Miranda (who played a Resistance Trooper), Kevin Smith (perhaps the biggest nerd director of our time), and Jeff Garlin, of Curb Your Enthusiasm fame.
Speaking of cameos, there’s one celeb whose mysterious role has been kept a secret, until now. In late 2018, we reported that music sensation Ed Sheeran would be getting his own cameo in The Rise Of Skywalker, but details on his appearance were kept under wraps. However, it looks like the cat’s out of the bag now. As reported by CinemaBlend, the official Star Wars Twitter account recently shared an...
Speaking of cameos, there’s one celeb whose mysterious role has been kept a secret, until now. In late 2018, we reported that music sensation Ed Sheeran would be getting his own cameo in The Rise Of Skywalker, but details on his appearance were kept under wraps. However, it looks like the cat’s out of the bag now. As reported by CinemaBlend, the official Star Wars Twitter account recently shared an...
- 1/19/2020
- by Shaan Joshi
- We Got This Covered
Ultraísta — the electronic outfit of Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, singer Laura Bettinson and R.E.M./Atoms for Peace drummer Joey Waronker — have returned with a new song, “Tin King.”
The track will appear on the group’s upcoming LP, Sister, which arrives March 13th via Partisan Records and marks the band’s first in eight years.
“Tin King” boasts a frenetic energy, with Waronker’s drumming carrying an ebb and flow of synths as Bettinson’s vocals glide across the top. Her lyrics probe the disorienting high-speed clip of...
The track will appear on the group’s upcoming LP, Sister, which arrives March 13th via Partisan Records and marks the band’s first in eight years.
“Tin King” boasts a frenetic energy, with Waronker’s drumming carrying an ebb and flow of synths as Bettinson’s vocals glide across the top. Her lyrics probe the disorienting high-speed clip of...
- 1/14/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Thom Yorke brought his mesmerizing Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes live show to late-night Tuesday with a visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live, where the Radiohead singer performed three tracks off his recent solo album Anima.
Accompanied by long-time collaborator Nigel Godrich and visual artist Tarik Barri, Yorke opened the mini-concert with a rendition of Anima’s opening track “Traffic,” with Barri’s visuals seemingly pumped into the TV cameras to create a three-dimensional effect for viewers.
As an Internet exclusive, Yorke delivered the Anima one-two punch of “Twist” and “Dawn Chorus,...
Accompanied by long-time collaborator Nigel Godrich and visual artist Tarik Barri, Yorke opened the mini-concert with a rendition of Anima’s opening track “Traffic,” with Barri’s visuals seemingly pumped into the TV cameras to create a three-dimensional effect for viewers.
As an Internet exclusive, Yorke delivered the Anima one-two punch of “Twist” and “Dawn Chorus,...
- 10/16/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Thom Yorke has dropped a new Ep featuring remixes of his Anima track “Not the News.” The four-song collection, titled Not the News Rmx, includes versions of the track by Mark Pritchard, Equiknoxx and Clark, as well as an “Extendo Mix.” The Equiknoxx, an ambient rendition of the track, also features Time Cow & Gavsborg. “Extendo Mix” is Yorke’s own fresh variation on “Not the News.”
Anima, which Yorke released in June, was the Radiohead frontman’s first official solo effort since 2014’s Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes. Along with the album,...
Anima, which Yorke released in June, was the Radiohead frontman’s first official solo effort since 2014’s Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes. Along with the album,...
- 8/2/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke released his third solo album “Anima” on June 27, but he didn’t release it alone. It was accompanied by a Netflix short film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The 15-minute film — really an extended music video — features three songs from the album: “Not the News,” “Traffic” and “Dawn Chorus.” It follows Yorke as a train commuter in search of a woman (his real-life partner Dajana Roncione) through a strange, dream-like landscape. Indeed, dream-like is how a lot of critics are describing the album. Or nightmarish. Or both.
As of this writing the album has a MetaCritic score of 85 based on eight reviews counted so far — all of them positive. Reviewers say it’s haunted by “dreams, nightmares and sleepwalking,” “an artfully produced fever dream of an album” on which Yorke sounds “anxious, helpless, enraged.” “Anima” contains “little hope,” but its “the darkest and tenderest music he has released outside of Radiohead.
As of this writing the album has a MetaCritic score of 85 based on eight reviews counted so far — all of them positive. Reviewers say it’s haunted by “dreams, nightmares and sleepwalking,” “an artfully produced fever dream of an album” on which Yorke sounds “anxious, helpless, enraged.” “Anima” contains “little hope,” but its “the darkest and tenderest music he has released outside of Radiohead.
- 6/28/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Thom Yorke describes his excellent new solo album Anima as “dystopian,” which isn’t exactly the hugest surprise in the world. With or without Radiohead, he’s spent his whole career mapping out the dystopia we’re living in—he does futuristic apocalypse the way John Fogerty does choogle. Yorke could have spent the entire record freestyling new verses for “Old Town Road” and it still would have turned out dystopian. But nobody could accuse him of overreacting. At a moment when the world is in even scarier shape than...
- 6/27/2019
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
"Anima" is a new musical short, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson ("Phantom Thread") starring Thom Yorke of 'Radiohead' fame, described as "a mind-bending visual piece", streaming on Netflix June 27, 2019:
Yorke wrote and produced the new album "Anima" with Nigel Godrich. Three tracks from the LP are included in the 'one-reeler' film.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Anima"...
Yorke wrote and produced the new album "Anima" with Nigel Godrich. Three tracks from the LP are included in the 'one-reeler' film.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Anima"...
- 6/20/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Thom Yorke will release his new solo album, Anima, digitally on June 27th, with a physical version arriving July 19th.
Yorke wrote all of Anima, and the album was produced by frequent Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich. Yorke, Godrich and Tarik Barri debuted several songs on the album during past Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes performances.
To accompany the digital release of Anima, Yorke will also share a new short film of the same name, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The “one-reeler,” featuring three tracks from the album, will hit Netflix June...
Yorke wrote all of Anima, and the album was produced by frequent Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich. Yorke, Godrich and Tarik Barri debuted several songs on the album during past Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes performances.
To accompany the digital release of Anima, Yorke will also share a new short film of the same name, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The “one-reeler,” featuring three tracks from the album, will hit Netflix June...
- 6/20/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke’s new solo studio album, “Anima,” will be released digitally on June 27 on Xl Recordings, he announced today. The album’s digital release will be accompanied by a “one-reeler,” also entitled “Anima,” directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and set to three tracks from the new album. The “one-reeler” will be available to watch exclusively via Netflix, also on June 27. A trailer can be viewed below:
The album’s physical release will follow on July 19. It will be avaiblel on CD, black double vinyl, limited edition orange double vinyl, and a deluxe 180g heavyweight orange double vinyl which includes a 40-page book of lyrics, and pencil drawings by Stanley Donwood and Dr Tchock.
The announcement includes the following definition of the album’s title: “Definition of anima: an individual’s true inner self that in the analytic psychology of C. G. Jung reflects archetypal ideals of conduct...
The album’s physical release will follow on July 19. It will be avaiblel on CD, black double vinyl, limited edition orange double vinyl, and a deluxe 180g heavyweight orange double vinyl which includes a 40-page book of lyrics, and pencil drawings by Stanley Donwood and Dr Tchock.
The announcement includes the following definition of the album’s title: “Definition of anima: an individual’s true inner self that in the analytic psychology of C. G. Jung reflects archetypal ideals of conduct...
- 6/20/2019
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke will embark on a solo trek of North America this fall with the singer’s Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes project.
The month-long theater trek – which features Yorke backed by longtime collaborator Nigel Godrich and visual artist Tarik Barri – begins September 26th in Laval, Quebec and closes October 29th at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre. The tour includes Yorke’s previously announced gigs at the Austin City Limits festival in October.
Tickets for the tour go on sale June 21st. Check out Radiohead’s W.A.S.T.
The month-long theater trek – which features Yorke backed by longtime collaborator Nigel Godrich and visual artist Tarik Barri – begins September 26th in Laval, Quebec and closes October 29th at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre. The tour includes Yorke’s previously announced gigs at the Austin City Limits festival in October.
Tickets for the tour go on sale June 21st. Check out Radiohead’s W.A.S.T.
- 6/17/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
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