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Radiohead Announces Additional East Coast Tour Stops

Posted 3-5-12 by
Tags: Radiohead

Radiohead has announced additional North American tour dates with more East Coast stops, including two New York area shows in Newark, NJ on May 31 and June 1.

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Radiohead Expands U.S. Tour Around Coachella Appearance

Posted 1-10-12 by
Tags: Radiohead

Radiohead, who will be headlining Coachella on April 14 and April 21, have added three more dates to their sold-out Stateside tour, which begins February 27 in Miami.

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Radiohead, Pulp, Bon Iver, At The Drive-In And More Tapped For Coachella 2012

Posted 1-9-12 by
Tags: At The Drive-In, Bon Iver, Dr. Dre, M83, Pulp, Radiohead, Snoop Dogg, The Black Keys

Coachella garnered some grumbles when it was announced the festival would stretch over two weekends, but today's Facebook  announcement of a strong lineup of Radiohead, Pulp, Bon Iver, the reunited At The Drive-In, The Black Keys, M83, Dr. Dre with Snoop Dogg, Florence and the Machine, The Shins, M83 and many more should appease fans. Coachella takes place April 13-15 and April 20-22 in Indio, California. After the jump, the full lineup.

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Listen: Radiohead's 'The Daily Mail' and 'Staircase'

Posted 12-14-11 by
Tags: Radiohead

Radiohead's "The Daily Mail" and "Staircase," two outtakes from The King of Limbs sessions set for release as a double, b-side single next Monday, December 19, premiered on BBC radio yesterday. After the jump, check out both songs, which will also appear as live tracks on the upcoming DVD/Blu-Ray collection, The King of Limbs: Live From The Basement, in January.

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Radiohead Say They're NOT Playing On Behalf Of Occupy Wall Street on 9/30

Posted 9-30-11 by
Tags: Radiohead

As first reported by Gawker and confirmed by the organizers of Occupy Wall Street, Radiohead will play a not-so-surprise show this afternoon, September 30, at 4 p.m., likely around Liberty Plaza. UPDATE: As of 1:30 p.m. today, the NME and Wall Street Journal report that an offiical spokesperson for Radiohead has denied that the band will perform. UPDATE: Just after 3 p.m., Radiohead posted on their Facebook page that "contrary to earlier rumours, we will not be appearing today at Occupy Wall Street."

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Radiohead To Play Two Shows At New York's Roseland September 28-29

Posted 9-19-11 by
Tags: Radiohead

Okay, Radiohead fans. You're allowed to hyperventilate. The band is not only headed to New York to do "Saturday Night Live" and "The Colbert Report" this week, but Thom Yorke and company will also play two shows at Roseland, September 28 and 29. Tickets go on sale this Monday, September 26, at 10 a.m. Expect online bedlam if you try to score a pair.

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Radiohead Releasing Double Album Of Remixes This Fall

Posted 8-10-11 by
Tags: Radiohead

Radiohead's summertime project of releasing a  series of 12-inch remixes of other artists' takes on tracks from The King of Limbs will expand further with the release of a 19-track double CD/download, due out this October. The collection includes remixes from Caribou, Jamie xx, SBTRKT, Four Tet and more.

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Radiohead To Release The King Of Limbs Remix Series

Posted 6-6-11 by
Tags: Caribou, Jacques Greene, Radiohead

When Radiohead's The King of Limbs was released earlier this year, fans and music bloggers speculated how cool it would be to hear some of the tracks remixed by other artists. Well, they're getting their wish. Radiohead will be releasing a series of 12-inch vinyl remixes this summer handled by intriguing folks like Caribou and Jacques Greene.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending May 1

Posted 4-26-11 by
Tags: Elbow, Holy Ghost!, James Blake, Lykke Li, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, The Mountain Goats, The Raveonettes, The Vaccines, Yuck

The Raveonettes and Holy Ghost! fly onto the TAS Top 20 while Lykke Li carries her wounded rhymes to the top of the album chart.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending April 24

Posted 4-19-11 by
Tags: Cold Cave, Elbow, James Blake, Lykke Li, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, The Mountain Goats, The Pains of Being Pure At Hear, Yuck

Cold Cave, who kicked off their North American tour with an appearance at Coachella this past weekend, push into the TAS Top 20 while PJ Harvey reassumes her chart reign.

 

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending April 10

Posted 4-5-11 by
Tags: Elbow, Fleet Foxes, Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx, James Blake, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Vaccines, Yuck

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Fleet Foxes segue easily to the TRL Top 20 while the slow-burning James Blake unlocks the number one position.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending April 3

Posted 3-29-11 by
Tags: Bright Eyes, Elbow, Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx, James Blake, Lykke Li, Radiohead, Tennis, The Strokes, The Vaccines, Yuck

Manchester's Mercury Prize winners Elbow rocket onto the TAS Top 20 while Radiohead, fresh off of handing out free newspapers, finally take over the apex of the album chart.

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Radiohead Distribute Free Newspaper To Mark Album Release

Posted 3-28-11 by
Tags: Radiohead

To mark the physical or "traditional" release of Radiohead's The King Of LImbs this week, the band has published and is distributing free copies of a newspaper, The Universal Sigh, worldwide. If you're in the New York area, you can pick up copies in Soho, Union Square and Times Square. Plus, check out a PDF of the newspaper after the jump.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 27

Posted 3-22-11 by
Tags: Cut Copy, Gil Scott-Heron with Jamie xx, James Blake, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Smith Westerns, The Streets, The Twilight Singers, The Vaccines, Yuck

The British storm the TAS Top 20 with UK acts, like Radiohead and The Vaccines, taking over the top four spots (or four and a half if you count Jamie xx with Gil Scott-Heron). Plus, PJ Harvey extends her Number One reign of the album chart another week.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 20

Posted 3-15-11 by
Tags: Bright Eyes, Lykke Li, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Smith Westerns, Tennis, The Streets, The Vaccines, Yuck

PJ Harvey keeps Radiohead at bay for a second week and dominates the TAS Top 20 while SXSW bands like Smith Westerns, The Vaccines, Bright Eyes and Yuck continue their climb up the album chart.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 6

Posted 3-1-11 by
Tags: Destroyer, Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Smith Westerns, Tennis, The Streets, The Twilight Singers, Yuck

After a decade-long run and five albums, The Streets' swansong, Computers and Blues, debuts on the TAS Top 20 while another opinionated Brit remains on the top of the chart.

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Radiohead Move Up Release Of New Album To Friday 2/18

Posted 2-18-11 by
Tags: Radiohead

The band has pushed up the digital release The King of Limbs to today, Friday, February 18.  The so-called "newspaper" special edition of the album, available for pre-order, won't ship until May 9, with regular CD and vinyl versions available at retailers beginning on March 28. Plus the band has released a new video, "Lotus Flower."

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TAS Interview: Radiohead's Phil Selway

Posted 11-4-10 by
Tags: Lisa Germano, Peter Broderick, Phil Selway, Radiohead, Wilco

Radiohead drummer Phil Selway might have spent part of the year recording an eighth album with his bandmates, but in August he also released his dreamy, contemplative solo debut, Familial,  on Nonesuch Records and Bella Union. The Alternate Side's Alisa Ali  caught up with Selway on the phone not long ago and discovered that even a member of one of the most influential rock bands of all time can't tear his kids away from "The X Factor."

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Radiohead's Phil Selway Releases A Solo Album This August

Posted 2-7-10 by
Tags: Phil Selway, Radiohead

Radiohead drummer Phil Selway will release his solo debut Familial next month and offers up a first single, "By Some Miracle," for free download.

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Radiohead Unveil "These Are My Twisted Words" at Frequency Festival

Posted 8-23-09 by
Tags: Radiohead

Radiohead's live debut of "These Are My Twisted Words" at Austria's Frequency Festival - and here's the video.

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