Thom Yorke
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Christmas Surprise Tracks from LCD Soundsystem and Radiohead
Here’s hoping this becomes a new tradition — surprise releases from great bands that are actually pretty good! The first, what will become a seasonal classic for melancholics everywhere, is from a band that technically doesn’t even exist anymore: LCD Soundsystem. And the second is an unused theme for the James Bond film Spectre by Radiohead. First, here’s what LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy wrote to accompany “Christmas Will Break Your Heart”: so, there’s been this depressing christmas song i’d been singing to myself for the past 8 years, and every year i wouldn’t remember that i wanted to make it […]
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 25, 2015 -
Thom Yorke Explains Value of BitTorrent Bundles by Releasing a New Album
At the Sundance Artist Services Day at the IFP Filmmaker Conference, I witnessed — and wrote about — the confusion and sometimes anger that erupted during the panel discussion on BitTorrent Bundles. BitTorrent Bundles use the peer-to-peer file sharing protocol of BitTorrent to package, give away and/or sell digital goods. Some vocal members of the audience challenged the panelists to justify why filmmakers should lie down with a site many associate with piracy. Replied BitTorrent’s Director of Brand Marketing, Straith Schreder, “It is a separate website and has nothing to do with the pirate ecosystem. As for monetization, one way […]
by Scott Macaulay on Sep 26, 2014 -
“25 New Face” Andrew Thomas Huang’s New Atoms for Peace Music Video
Andrew Thomas Huang, one of our “25 New Faces” this year, sadly missed out on the annual gathering for newly inducted alums in Tacoma because, he said, he was in London for the whole summer. He didn’t say what project he was working on exactly, but it turns out to be have been, very excitingly, a music video for Thom Yorke and Flea’s band Atoms for Peace. This great promo for “Before Your Very Eyes” is yet another dream collaboration for Huang, whose previous two music videos were for Sigur Rós and Björk.
by Nick Dawson on Oct 18, 2013 -
THOM YORKE COVERS “LOVE WILL TEAR US APART”
Some Friday night listening pleasure from the Atoms for Peace concert (I sadly missed).
by Scott Macaulay on Apr 16, 2010
