Thom Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead, has a new solo album, The Eraser
, hitting the stores this week. Here's a preview of the album as he performs "The Clock" on an upcoming episode of The Henry Rollins Show (IFC in the States, why isn't it up here yet?). I love that Thom's playing shows some real spark and passion. It reminds me of one of Radiohead's early tunes, Thinking About You off of Pablo Honey. Maybe this will satisfy some older Radiohead fans who prefer Pablo Honey to Kid A. (Update: nope, the album is more electronic bloops and bleeps with Thom's wonderful falsetto.) With Radiohead populated by stellar guitarists like Johnny Greenwood, I had forgotten Yorke can strum a four-string too. Terrific song, and I'm looking forward to listening to the album.
Radiohead is one of the artists that hasn't allowed their music into the Apple Itunes Store. They consider their albums to be just that - albums start to finish, and if you allow people to purchase just a single off the album, it diminishes the whole. So it was a little surprising to see Thom's new album show up on the Itunes site. Is this a one-off, an experimental toe dipped in the waters of Apple or have they softened their stance? A compromise would be if Radiohead can allow their catalogue to be available only as "Whole Album" purchases, they have the business pull to get that option if Apple wants them bad enough.
Supplementary links:
Chris Turner @ Planet Simpson on his dinner with Radiohead, a cool thing happens when the band quotes him, but the record label makes Chris pay to quote the band
, hitting the stores this week. Here's a preview of the album as he performs "The Clock" on an upcoming episode of The Henry Rollins Show (IFC in the States, why isn't it up here yet?). I love that Thom's playing shows some real spark and passion. It reminds me of one of Radiohead's early tunes, Thinking About You off of Pablo Honey. Maybe this will satisfy some older Radiohead fans who prefer Pablo Honey to Kid A. (Update: nope, the album is more electronic bloops and bleeps with Thom's wonderful falsetto.) With Radiohead populated by stellar guitarists like Johnny Greenwood, I had forgotten Yorke can strum a four-string too. Terrific song, and I'm looking forward to listening to the album.Radiohead is one of the artists that hasn't allowed their music into the Apple Itunes Store. They consider their albums to be just that - albums start to finish, and if you allow people to purchase just a single off the album, it diminishes the whole. So it was a little surprising to see Thom's new album show up on the Itunes site. Is this a one-off, an experimental toe dipped in the waters of Apple or have they softened their stance? A compromise would be if Radiohead can allow their catalogue to be available only as "Whole Album" purchases, they have the business pull to get that option if Apple wants them bad enough.
Supplementary links:
Thom Yorke “The Clock (The Henry Rollins Show)”.mp3
Chris Turner @ Planet Simpson on his dinner with Radiohead, a cool thing happens when the band quotes him, but the record label makes Chris pay to quote the band
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