Radiohead on Studio Brussel

On Belgian radio station Studio Brussel, parts from a Radiohead concert will be broadcast on the 'Radar Live' programme featuring the best concerts of 2003. Show will be broadcast on January 1st 2004 (from 18:00 - 24:00 hrs). [thanks Michael]

And just when you thought we've had them all...

...More end-of-the-year lists: The Columbus Dispatch in Columbus, Ohio listed Hail to the Thief among its albums of the year. "The quintet continues to dabble in electronica while clinging to rock, dividing listeners along familiar lines. Those who genuinely dislike the group are excused, but the ultra-avant-garde who ''used to like Radiohead'' ought to get off their thrones and strap on some headphones -- the band still delivers tunes with equal propensity to send hearts racing and to stop them cold."

At Rough Trade Records, Hail to the Thief came in at number 52 on their Top Albums of 2003.

Hail to the Thief came in at number three on the Triple J listener's Top 10 albums of 2003.

The Hershey Chronicle have HTTT listed on number three: Difficult, angular and challenging, Hail to the Thief is not the return to rock many had predicted. However, it is a great survey and a synthesis of the band's recent experiments in techno and art-rock. That unholy union could be an unlistenable mess in lesser artists' hands; in Radiohead's, it results in new classics like the hypnotic "Where I End and You Begin" and the subtly-melodic "There There," the band's best single in years.

The Korea Times has the album listed as one of the best of 2003 as well.

The New York Times did the same: "Raising the stakes again after two albums of introspection, Radiohead stirs its sonic experiments into new ravaged anthems, engaging the outside world again with perplexity and rage."

'There There' was #37 on John Peel's 2003 festive 50 list, broadcast on BBC Radio 1.

[Thanks Doug, Dick, Anne, Chris, Ainslee]

Thom Yorke's 'Today' online

Thom Yorke's appearance as a guest editor of the Today programme was broadcast today. Listen to the items where Thom Yorke wants to know more about the US Congressional Report into the '9-11' attacks which mysteriously had 28 pages censored and his experience editing the programme. BBC Today. [thanks Barbara]

Radiohead in Spin's Top 10 of 2003

Radiohead's 'Hail To The Thief' was rated at number 10 for the top 40 best albums of the year in Spin magazine. Here's what they said about it...

"Radiohead records aren't truly avant-garde; however, they're as close to experimental as albums by major rock bands get. Radiohead recerods aren't really commercial, either; however they're as accessible as deconstructed, unconventional pop music can possibly be. Basically, Hail to the Thief is the kind of album that forces you to say "however" a lot; but not overtly so; it's clever, but it's not funny; it's not unfathomable, but it's also not for people who don't like to think about the music they buy." [thanks David]

Same goes for Jam! Music: ""Hail" emcompasses styles from Radiohead's previous albums, but manages to have its own unique appeal. "Go To Sleep" and "There There" will go down as some of the best material they have ever recorded. " [thanks Cristina]

The Philidelphia Inquirer's year in review mentioned the album as well: "It's another installment in the serial psychodrama Thom Yorke and His Invisible Demons. It's another not-so-heroic struggle involving rock's paranoid android and the wolves at his door, another song cycle devoted to the gap between "Where I End and You Begin" sung in the key of ambivalence. It's also the most unabashedly tuneful Radiohead effort in years, a thrill ride that lurches through moments of quiet reflection and gnawing frustration, and then, when you least expect it, slams you head-first into some giant-sized emotional torment."

Hultsfred gig on Swedish radio

Swedish national radio SR "P3 Live" will broadcast the Hultsfred gig (June 13th) on Monday January 5th 2004 at 21.03 CET. You can listen online as well. [thanks Mikael, Shell Shock]

Hail To The Thief nr. 5 in Time Magazine

Time Magazine had Radiohead's 'Hail To The Thief' at number 5 on their list of best albums of 2003: Fans mourned because it was neither a rock-saving opus nor a pot-clanging ambient experiment, but Radiohead's sixth album was the first to fuse all of their various incarnations into something warm and cohesive.
Best Tracks: "Go to Sleep," "There There" [thanks Anne, Dick]

Jonny Greenwood to perform in Leeds

Jonny Greenwood will perform at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. Jonny indulges his passion for the ondes martenot instrument in a new work ("Smear") performed by the London Sinfonietta with soloists Valerie Hartmann-Calverie and Bruno Perrault. Jonny will also perform music from his recent album Bodysong. [from fuseleeds.org, thanks Mark]

Head on the radio

Today's the last day of Radiohead as the 6Music selector. Don't forget to listen to Jonny's vinyl collection on the Liz Kershaw show on BBC 6Music. Thom Yorke selects Christoph De Babalon's 'If you're into it I'm out of it' as Album Of The Day.

Evening Sequence with Thom online

Thom Yorke co-hosted the Evening Sequence on BBC 6Music with Tom Robinson last night. The show is now available online.

'There There' nr. 4 at 'Song of the year' poll

Radiohead's 'There There' ended up at nr. 4 at VPRO's anual 'Song of the year' poll. 'Seven Nation Army' by the White Stripes was number 1. Full list.

Merry Christmas

Here's one to wish a Merry Christmas to all the visitors of ateaseweb.com. And if you're in the mood, why not check Bjoggi.com for a Winter Wonderland download.

HTTT in Defy Magazine

Radiohead has been featured over at Defy Magazine, calling 'Hail to the Thief' the best album of the year on their top 30 moments. [thanks Joey]

... and even more 'end-of-the-year' lists

'Hail to the Thief' ended up at #83 on Billboard's top 200 selling albums of 2003. The album was placed #5 on the billboard's critic/artist poll top 10 list of the year and Billboard's writers results can be found here.

CMJ have 'Hail to the Thief' listed at nr. 3: "Although by most accounts, the beleaguered Field Day festival — ultimately held on a cold, rainy June day at New Jersey’s Giants stadium — was a complete washout, those who braved the weather long enough to see Radiohead’s triumphant headlining set were far from disappointed. A large part of that set consisted of songs from the impressive Hail To The Thief, which, while not a complete return to the guitar-driven antics of The Bends or OK Computer, is still closer to Pink Floyd than Squarepusher. Fourteen tracks of political anger, aggressive guitars, thumping drum machines and lyrics about… rabbit disease — Radiohead albums are never the happiest things, and Thom Yorke can be downright surly at times, but Hail remains full of the kind of positive energy that inspires action. It was no surprise that the disc ascended to the top of CMJ’s charts in 2003 (the band could release a recording of its members tuning their instruments, and it would be heralded as a masterpiece), but it was nice to see that this was hardly a case of the emperor’s new clothes." [thanks doug]

Ed O'Brien interview online

The Craig Charles interview with Ed O'Brien this morning is now online at BBC 6Music. Go here for an audio stream.

Thom Yorke guest editor of Radio 4's 'Today'

Thom Yorke has been lined up to edit one of Britain’s most influential radio shows, the BBC announced today. He will join scientist Stephen Hawking, celebrated author Monica Ali, Lord Tebbit and radio critic Gillian Reynolds as guest editors of Radio 4’s Today programme. Each will take charge of one show next week and be responsible for up to one-third of the programme’s output. But they will be able to draw on the normal editors to make sure they stay within the law, the bounds of taste and decency and BBC guidelines. [from the Scotsman]

...Montreux again: Now on BBC6

If you still haven't heard the Montreux broadcast, check BBC 6Music (if you weren't listening already this week) for two Dream Tickets with Radiohead's Montreux performance on Wednesday and Thursday. All Dream Tickets have been chosen by Thom Yorke this week. [thanks Heike]

'On the Beach' performed on BBC Radio 6

As you all know, Radiohead are guests on BBC Radio 6 this week. Today, Ed O'Brien selects Scot Walker's Scott 4 as Album Of The Day; Colin and Phil chat to Gideon Coe; Thom and Jonny play an acoustic session (Karma Police and On The Beach); Thom Yorke selects the Dream Ticket line-up.

The interview with Colin and Phil is already online. As well as 'Karma Police' and the Neil Young cover, 'On the Beach'.

More info on this week's BBC6 Radiohead Music Selector.

Wolf at the Door: "I can fuckin do that better!”

In an interview with German magazine Galore R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe mentioned Radiohead's 'Wolf at the Door': "You get challenged by the work of others to make it better. For example, when I heard “A Wolf at the Door” by Radiohead for the first time, I literally grinded my teeth: ”I can fuckin do that better!” It just stimulates me more, and that’s good.". The full interview is available at murmurs.com. [thanks Ryan]

Montreux show on German digital radio

German radio news channel NDRinfo has the Montreux show scheduled in December (December 24th and 31st). [thanks Ingo]

Dutch broadcasts

As reported earlier, 3FM will broadcast a partial Radiohead concert on December 26th. It's very likely that this will be Radiohead's performance at the Glastonbury Festival. [thanks Cees]

Oh, and don't forget tonights TV broadcast of the Montreux festival on Nederland 2(00:05 hrs).

...and some more 'end-of-the-year' lists

'Hail to the Thief' is mentioned in the Ottawa Citizen (Canada), in the section titled, "Our Favorite Discs": "Hail to the Thief - Radiohead: the 14 tracks are woven like a thick and exotic cloak around the plaintive, soaring voice of Thom Yorke, who reaffirms his place as the gloomiest gus in music."

German magazine "Spiegel" has named 'Hail to the Thief' as one of the most important records of the year.

In the January issue of Q (UK) 'Hail to the Thief' ranked at number 11 in their "fifty best albums of the year": "Radiohead's xixth album met with a mixed response - those hoping for a return to stadium rock values were disappointed by the glitchy intricacies of 2+2=5, while technoheads who took Kid A and Amnesiac as proof that rock is dead can't have appreciated stadium singalongs like Go To Sleep. Still, the are classic Yorke moments throughout - There There was a fantastic single while Sail To The Moon is the quintessential modern ballad, at once ironic and tragic. Radiohead fan's will debate the "Better than Ok Computer? Better than Amnesiac?" questions endlessly - the rest of us can slip on our headphones and marvel."

[thanks Maja, Kyle, Gert]

More 'end-of-the-year' lists

Probably not the last 'end-of-the-year' lists:

- 'Hail to the Thief' is number 4 at Shaking Through.

- 'Hail to the Thief' ended up at number 9 in NME's writers' album of the year poll.

- At Atrocity Exhibition's Top 20 Singles list, '2+2=5' is number 20. On their albums list, 'Hail to the Thief' is number 7 and 'Bodysong' is number 14.

[Thanks Elden, Dough, Lou]

'There There' in Pitchfork's singles list

Pitchfork Media named 'There There' the 13th best singles of 2003: "With tunnel echo magnifying fluctuating drum sounds and lackadaisical zigzagging guitars layered over a mercurial bassline, Radiohead's opening mission statement of 2003 made a case for two directions: a clear affinity for the comfortable past of their traditional rock background and the natural progression of a maturing stadium rock giant. Thom Yorke shuttles his fragile voice between fretting regret and ambivalent disdain, along with trademark esoteric lyrics. An example of accessible rock that's not only forward-thinking and powerful, but altogether gorgeous.".

Pitchfork slotted HTTT as the 4th best album of 2003.

Hot damn, them epochal Brits done trucked over to Hollywood and dropped another compelling puzzle-piece on the stunted grad student in us all! This episode's secret word is "aphasia," as our fave quintet plods exquisitely through a batch of literate and almost standoffish anti-pop anti-anthems about the failure of utterance, as if channeling Reagan's delirium. The booklet's phrase-map artwork, the album's four titles, and the songs' double-namedness initiate a thematic bombardment that quickens throughout the 1984-referencing "2 + 2 = 5", the tongue-tied "Myxomatosis", and the hallucinatory "Scatterbrain". Thom Yorke alludes to the Bible, Homer, fairy tales, and The Stepford Wives, but this disc's closest hardbound kin is Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape, the protagonist of which mumbles at reel-to-reel recordings of himself in his fallout hut. See Hail's pro-bunker stance, its spliced dialogue songs, its schizophrenic chants (THE RAINDROPS THE RAINDROPS and little babies' eyes eyes eyes), its line about erasing all tapes, and its final line before the album ends with seven seconds of silence: "Turn this tape off."

Beckett's Krapp was alone, but Hail's wailer has children to be paranoid about. Caught up in the old trick of how some things are worth worry, while worry remains worthless, Yorke sounds as deflated as a teat ransacked by its oblivious litter. When the band's not consigned to lurch through nullabies that evoke offloaded Les Paul DNA, they meticulously rollick like fingerpainting automatons, or, during the squall of "There There", as if submitting a soundtrack for Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' in... 'Shaft'. The breakdown from The Beatles' "I Want You" is wrung neurotic to supply the backing for "A Wolf at the Door"'s taxman-citing panic-rant about calling the cops (consult Go Home Productions' mash-up of "Karma Police" and "A Day in the Life"). "We Suck Young Blood" is seasoned with off-time zombie handclaps: a Down With People hymn for the dawn of brand-name pill organizers. The production is Howard Hughes hermetic; just as early Springsteen seems the perfect warmth for vinyl, Radiohead match the coldness of CDs and the even more abstract MP3. Still, a new sentimentality and reliance on cliche have emerged: Kid A is growing up, and Yorke has begun to care about the lil' motherscratcher. Thus his band is becoming our ham-fistedly intricate Pink Floyd." [thanks Doug]

MGF were offered to open for Radiohead

Machine Gun Fellatio's recent US visit involved a flattering offer to open for Radiohead at Madison Square Garden - an offer eventually overruled by Radiohead's record company - and an unfortunate encounter with a mechanical bull. "The whole Radiohead thing put me in a crazy mood," says von Loopin Stab. "To be honest, there was quite a lot of alcohol and possibly a lot of rock cocaine involved, too. I was just on a bender and there was this cowboy bar on Sunset Boulevard. "So we go in there and I'm completely off my tits. Invincible. I'm feeling 100 feet tall. So I decide to ride the mechanical bull. I didn't know at the time, but I'd chipped the top off my collar bone and there were all these fragments sticking straight into my muscle." [from smh.com.au]

Radiohead concert on 3FM

On friday 26th December, Dutch radio station 3FM will broadcast a (partial) Radiohead concert between 22:00-23:00hr CET. 3FM has a live audio stream. [thanks Marc]

Glastonbury show on Music Choice

Music Choice (digital cable in the USA) will broadcast Radiohead's performance at this years Glastonbury festival, airing December 15 - December 28. Check MusicChoice.com for your local shedules. [thanks Cristina]

2+2=5 enters Canadian chart at number 2

In Canada, 2+2=5 has debuted at No. 2 on the singles chart. (No1. is still held
by Ryan Malcolm, the "Canadian Idol" winner.) [thanks Cristina]

Montreux show on Norwegian radio

Norwegian radio station Nrk-Petre will be broadcasting the Montreux concert on Christmas Eve, the 24th, from 18:00 - 20:00 hrs on the the MusikkMisjonen show. For those who want to listen online, click here. [thanks Martin]

Vote for Radiohead at XFM Online

The nominations have been made and the votes are flooding in for the Best of X 2003. Radiohead are up for Best Album of 2003 with 'Hail To The Thief.' You can vote for the album at Xfm Online.

Colin at Kid Koala show

Colin Greenwood and his wife Molly were at the Kid Koala gig at the Oxford Zodiac, 11th december. Kid Koala thanked Radiohead for taking him on tour in the US, to which Colin took a bow... then he dedicated a song "to my friends Colin and Molly who are expecting a baby". They both left before the end of the show. [thanks Phil]

6Music Radiohead X-mas schedule

As reported earlier, Radiohead are about to make history on the airwaves by becoming the first 6 MUSIC SELECTOR. Here's a taster of what to expect in the week starting 22 December!

Monday - Gideon Coe's guests are Phil Selway and Colin Greenwood plus two specially recorded acoustic tracks incl. Karma Police. Album Of The Day, chosen by Ed O'Brien will be Scott Walker 4.

Tuesday - Craig Charles interviews Ed O'Brien, while Jonny Greenwood chooses Sonic Youth's Goo as Album Of The Day.

Wednesday - Thom Yorke co-presents the Evening Sequence with Tom Robinson, while Album Of The Day, chosen by the band, is Pig Lid by Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks.

Thursday - Colin Greenwood chooses Al Green's Living For You as Album Of The Day.

Friday - Jonny Greenwood brings in a boxful of vinyl for It's My Party with Liz Kershaw and Christoph De Babylon's If You're Into It I'm Out Of It is Thom Yorke's choice for Album Of The Day.

Kid Dracula

Tonight at 9pm (December 14), and again on December 21, the Cineforum in Toronto, ON, Canada will be showing “Kid Dracula,” which seems to be a mix of Kid A and OK Computer to Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The Cineforum is at 463 Bathurst (below College), phone (416) 603-6643. [thanks Leilah]

Radiohead on BBC 6's Dream Ticket this week

The BBC 6 website reports that the Dream Ticket performance for Wednesday and Thursday this coming week will feature Radiohead as headliners, and will be a 2 parter of a European gig from the recent tour. [thanks Caroline, Hidde]

Maida Vale show online

You can listen to Radiohead’s performance at the Maida Vale Studios until Tuesday 16th Dec at bbc.co.uk. (forward until 1hrs 25 min) [thanks Adrian]

Slowly Downward updated

Stanley Donwood's website is updated again. Head over to Slowly Downward.com.

Earl's Court rebroadcast on XFM

XFM will be broadcasting the Earl's Court again. The London show was originally broadcast live in November. The repeat will be on Friday 26th December (Boxing Day) from 10am.

Radiohead multimedia tribute

A reminder: There will be a multimedia tribute to Radiohead at the University of Santiago de Chile in the Planetarium on December 13th @ 8:00pm and 10:00pm, which features exclusive concert footage, blips and radiohead.tv clips. Mixed with some planetarium effects.

Maida Vale on 3voor12FM

3VOOR12FM will broadcast a report from London on the Maida Vale show, including interviews with fans. Show will be broadcast from 22:00 hrs on 3FM. [thanks Niels]

'End of the year' polls

Canned has included 'Hail to the Thief' in its feature on the Top 20 Albums of 2003. The album also topped the 'Drowned In Sound' writer's end of year poll. In the latest issue of Dutch magazine 'OOR' Hail to the Thief is listed in two 'end of the year polls' at nr. 5 and nr. 10. [thanks Chris, Anna]

Reviews

A review of Monday's Maida Vale show is online at 3voor12.nl (in Dutch).

Rolling Stone mentions, in their listing of "Hail..." as one of the top fifty albums of the year; "Hail wasn't exactly Radiohead's anticipated return to rock; instead, the band simply turns down the volume on the electronics and lets the songwriting drift to less chaotic, more atmospheric realms. But on the singles "There, There" and "Go to Sleep," the album comes into scary focus: guitars swell to arena-worthy crescendos, supporting songs that demand repeated exposure to reveal themselves. And on this past summer's tour, Radiohead proved again that they're the best band in the world." [thanks Jonathan]

And there's a review of one of Christopher O'Riley's gigs in the Palm Beach Post. The show featured some Radiohead songs in the encore. Have a read.

ShowBiz Ireland has an article and photos from the Point Depot gig [thanks Alex & Fluffel]

Montreux Festival Broadcast

BNN will broadcast Radiohead's show on the Montreux Festival on Dutch television station 'Nederland 2'. Songs to be broadcast are ‘My Iron Lung’, ‘Just’, ‘Paranoid Android’, ‘Idioteque’, ‘There there’, ‘Backdrifts’, ‘Sail To The Moon’, ‘Go To Sleep’, ‘The Gloaming’, ‘Wolf At The Door’, ‘Sit down. Stand Up’ & ‘2+2=5’. The show, together with an interview will be broadcast on Saturday December 20th from 00.05 to 01.35 hrs. [thanks Ilja]

MP3's of acoustic set & Q+A's online

The MP3's of Monday's acoustic set at Maida Vale are now online, together with MP3's of the Q & A. All MP3's are recorded from yesterday's broadcast on BBC 1. Go here to download. [thanks Torlogh]

Pixies DVD to included Thom Yorke interview

The Pixies are to release a DVD, which will also include the documentary Gouge, which features interviews with Radiohead's Thom Yorke, David Bowie and Bono. [from ananova]

'Mixing It' interview online

The interview with Jonny on Mixing It last Friday for BBC Radio 3 is now online. Jonny talks about his work on Bodysong, with 2 of the songs played from the album. The show is now archived at the bbc website.

'Spin' reviews Merce Cunningham ballet

Posted today at Spin.com. A bit late, but here you go: a review of the Merce Cunningham ballet with music from Radiohead: "The piece began with Jonny Greenwood’s lonely electronic keyboards; bell tones and violin drones rose up, then bits of a religious broadcast, then Yorke’s wordless vocals, all looped and blurred. Dancers in sheer soot-gray-and-white leotards twisted around one another, creating a gorgeous human geometry. Only rarely, as when a woman repeatedly fell backward into her partner’s arms -- recalling one of those psychotherapeutic trust exercises -- did gestures rise beyond the abstract. This was Rorschach art, open to any interpretation. Toward the end, as Yorke pogoed wildly over a studio-size mixing board in the pit, you could see him indulging his own interpretation: that he was rocking the decks at the coolest dance club on the planet." [full review]

Jonny Greenwood interview at Toazted.com

Toazted.com has put an exclusive interview with Jonny Greenwood online. The interview was done in April, just after 'Hail To The Thief' leaked. Jonny talks about internet downloads, Hail to the thief, stardom, the band, religion, his favourite music instruments and even the record collection of Jonny's sister. The interview is uncut and 32 minutes long. Check out toazted.com to download the mp3 file [search for Radiohead].

Thom and Jonny at Maida Vale

Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood played at the Maida Vale Studios last night, perfoming acoustic versions of Go to sleep, I might be wrong, Like spinning plates, Bulletproof, Follow me around, Fog, Lucky, No surpises & Karma police. The set will be broadcast on BBC Radio 1 Tuesday evening between 8 and 10 pm. At the soundcheck, Thom & Jonny played an acoustic version of Neil Young's 'On The Beach' [thanks Ade]

B-sides album to be released?

Jonny Greenwood talked to BANG magazine about the Bodysong soundtrack, as well as Radiohead: Bodysong may have an impact on new Radiohead material, Greenwood suggests, after the soundtrack project saw him work with string quartets and jazz bands. "It's given me confidence to chance my arm in the studio and not feel paranoid about wasting time."

He expects the band to begin work on new tracks when they finish touring next summer, although new songs are already being written. Before then, Radiohead plan to release a collection of Hail To The Thief remixes, including efforts by Cristian Vogel, Kid Koala, Madlib, Four Tet and Thom Yorke's own new version of 'We Suck Young Blood'.

"They sound great," Greenwood confirms. "I would hope it be released at the beginning of next year, but we really don't know whether to make it a whole record or a series of smaller releases, so we've been talking about that in idle moments recently. But then we've also been talking about doing a B-sides record as well. We talk and talk!" [thanks caught by the karma police]

OK Computer featured in USA Today Top 40

Radiohead's 'OK Computer' is at number 38 in USA Today's Top 40 of all time: "Radiohead, OK Computer (1997). Themes of alienation and dysfunction bubble up through the band's fearlessly experimental textures and Thom Yorke's astonishing vocal prowess." [full list]

Bodysong reviews in Japan Times & Sunday Times

There's a review of Jonny's Bodysong soundtrack in the Japan Times: "He demonstrates a real talent for Arvo Part-like modalities in the pieces for string quartet, and his free-jazz ideas wouldn't embarrass Ornette Coleman. But the real revelation is his use of rhythm." [full review in Japan Times]

The culture section of today's Sunday Times reviewed the album as well: "PROFUNDITY OF THE WEEK - Birth. Life. Crap. Horror. Old age. Death. Why bother? Ugh. Whatever. Hmm, can't wait for Bodysong 2. Bodysong, 18, 82 mins, Human cells. Squirming tadpoles. Conception. Embryos. Little heads, little fingers. Plonk, plink - sombre piano music from that bloke in Radiohead (Johnny [sic] Greenwood). Split screens. Pregnant woman in bath. Women in labour. Babies emerging from the - oh, dear, I think I'm going to faint. The writer/director Simon Pummell has taken images from newsreels, cinema and home movies and tried to say something big about the human condition: it's a bit Desmond Morris goes avant-garde. Here are smiling African babies! Cut to Victorian tots having fun. Here comes the sex bit. Oh, dear, images of horror and human suffering, Nazi Germany, Vietnam, mushroom cloud, death, silence - the end. - Cosmo Landesman

Overall rating - "1 star - So-so" [thanks Rachel]

'Hot Press' reviews Dublin gig

There's a review of Radiohead's Dublin gig (Dec. 3) at HotPress.com.: "Dunno if there were too many Red Bulls in the backstage rider this evening, but something has given Thom Yorke wiiings. In fact, along with Thom’s frantic making-shapes-in-the-air dancing, there are many factors to indicate this is not a garden-variety Radiohead experience... Phil Selway on the sampler, doing some unforseen lounge-y shuffle, Colin Greenwood actually laughing, Ed O’Brien looking as if he’s having fun. Perhaps it’s the imminent arrival of two new Radiohead babies, but tonight there is an unmistakeable air of frivolity in the Point. In fact, the show feels surprisingly intimate, a space too small and inadequate to contain the band’s gargantuan genius." [read the rest at hotpress.com, thanks Ivan]

'Big Ideas' in Dublin

Radiohead played their second and last show at The Point in Dublin last night. The Irish fans were treated with a great setlist, including 'Creep' and 'Big Ideas'. For a full setlist, check the gigography.
This was the last live show of the year. Apart from Jonny & Thom's performance at Maida Vale next week, Radiohead's next gig will be in April 2004 in Japan.

Moby on his 'Creep' covers

Moby was guest DJ this morning on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" with Nic Harcourt, where he played his cover of "Creep" from the Glastonbury festival. Moby has performed the song on many of his live shows. He readily admitted he can't sing it near as well as Mr. Yorke. For those who want to hear it again, check www.kcrw.com/mbe. [thanks Derek]

Amnesty skateboard auction starts tomorrow

As reported earlier, The Amnesty International Music For Human Rights Skateboard Deck and Holiday Auction, begins on December 5th and will run for 7 days. Included is a signed Radiohead skateboard. Place your bids!

Radiohead's Grammy nominations

Radiohead have a couple of nominations for the 46th Annual Grammy Awards. The nominations are in the following categories 'Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal' (There There), 'Best Alternative Music Album' (Hail To The Thief), 'Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical' (Hail To The Thief) and Nigel Godrich & Darrell Thorp were nominated for Hail To The Thief in the 'Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical' category. The award show takes place on February 8th 2004. [thanks Henry, Doug, Elizabeth, Anthony]

Ateaseweb.com wins 'Best Fan Site' award

YES! Ateaseweb.com has won the award for Best Fan Site at the Interactive Music Awards. I've just returned from London, where the award ceremony was held on Tuesday December 2nd [which is why there were no site updates yesterday - sorry, felt like celebrating ;)].

I'd like to thank everyone who has voted for the site and especially those who have donated in the past year to keep the site online. And thanks to the media (NME, 3V12, Studio Brussel) who got the word out when the site was in trouble. Same goes for some of the sponsors, XFM and Matador Records, who have purchased banner ads this past summer. And last, but not least, everyone who contributed to the site!

T H A N K S !!!

Here are some news stories on the Interactive Music Awards: BBC, PC Advisor, NA Europe, Telegraaf, DotMusic, DanceFrontDoor, UKClubbing, webwereld.nl, musicfrom.nl, Tiscali.co.uk, soneraplaza.fi, MCN, top40-charts.com, yahoo, ore.lt, linxdesign, @home, never2much.info, mad.gr.

How about that Radiohead DVD?

As Thom hinted at the Guardian online chat last week, Radiohead seem to release a new DVD in April 2004. NME mentioned in their Radiohead Live Special that the DVD will feature video from the last album, live footage from the 2003 tour and material as shown on Radiohead.tv.

NME'S Radiohead feature

NME have Radiohead on the cover of this weeks issue. The magazine features live reviews of the UK shows and quotes from fans (and your friendly webmaster ;)) on the band. There's also a top 20 of Radiohead songs. If you buy this Radiohead Live issue, you'll get a bunch of Radiohead posters as well.

Ballet with Radiohead score in UK

The Merce Cunningham ballet scored by Radiohead is set to come to the UK. Earlier this year the band and Sigur Rós put together the improvised soundtrack for 'Split Sides', and performed it live at the show's premiere in New York in October. The ballet is now set to come to the London Barbican in October 2004, although a spokesperson for Radiohead told nme.com the group probably won’t be playing live. Instead, the show will use a remixed soundtrack of the material recorded in New York.
The Sun reported that “The show is very moving and the band are chuffed to be involved. They say they would love to perform live in London if their diary permits. Merce loves their music and is one of the most renowned guys in his field. This show should be very big.”
Barbican head of theatre, Louise Jefferys, said if Radiohead did play live she would expect them to bring in a big new audience of dance and rock fans. She said: “We are all really excited to be presenting this work which brings together the dance icon Merce Cunningham with pop icons Radiohead. “It is a unique collaboration which will attract a diverse audience. It is a wonderful and intriguing work we are proud to have co-commissioned.” [from nme.com & the sun]

Radiohead in Dublin

Radiohead played at a sold-out The Point in Dublin, Ireland last night. For a setlist and reviews, check the gigography. Radiohead will play The Point again tonight, which will be the last full band performance of this year.

Radio 21 broadcasts Montreux festival

Belgian radio station "Radio 21" will broadcast the 05/07 Montreux festival concert (1 hour and 54 mins) tonight (December 2nd) after midnight. [thanks Philippe]

Radiohead in Aberdeen

'Creep' was back on the setlist at the AECC in Aberdeen last night. 'Pyramid song' was played as well. For a full setlist, check the gigography.

'Punch-up at a Wedding' Promos

Capitol Records, Radiohead's record company in the USA, have issued US radio stations with 1 track promo singles of 'Punch-up at wedding'. This could mean that Capitol Records will be releasing a new single in North America. Many copies of the promo single are already on sale at eBay.

Jonny Greenwood interview on BBC Radio 3

BBC Radio 3 in the UK has a special on Jonny's Bodysong this week featuring an extended interview with Jonny in the studio on Friday at 22.15pm. [thanks Gavin]

XFM reviews Earl's Court show

XFM reviewed the Earl's Court show of November 26th: "There was a time when Thom Yorke cracking a joke onstage would’ve been met with the quaking of the earth imploding in on itself and the skies turning black. Similarly, asking the crowd to clap-along (“it’ll make the song sound brilliant!”) would once have been as likely as the Queen inviting the Daily Mirror’s editorial team round for tea." Read the rest at XFM.

Radiohead in Glasgow

Radiohead played at the SECC in Glasgow last night. 'Go To Sleep' was back on the setlist again. 'Hunting Bears' was played as well. For a full setlist and reviews, check the gigography.

The Evening Times have a review from the show as well. click.