Thom Yorke

Thom Yorke

in
By Noah Love (CHARTattack) July 11, 2006 1:00 pm
Bored and frustrated with the process of writing Radiohead's new record, Thom Yorke decided to compile some of his more abstract ideas and take them into Nigel Godrich's studio. On first listen, some of the songs have problems distinguishing themselves, but that's what people said about Kid A, now considered by many to be Radiohead's best work....
More
Live Review
The Eraser
  • Read more
  • Share this
  • Comments

LISTEN: Jamie xx and Caribou’s joint Boiler Room DJ Set

in
By Dan Busheikin (CHARTattack) January 20, 2012 11:58 am
Right on time for your inevitable Friday night alcohol binge, podcast/show/DJ series Boiler Room has released the audio and video of a joint DJ set by Caribou and Jamie xx. Switching off between tracks, the two artists weave together an excellent and expectedly eclectic 100-minute set of electro, house and funk music. The two were DJing for...
More
News

Flying Lotus to showcase new work at Coachella

in
By Mike Searle (CHARTattack) January 16, 2012 12:27 pm
Producer/DJ Flying Lotus announced via his Twitter this past week that he will be presenting new material at this years’ Coachella set to take place April 13-15 and April 20-22, 2012 in Indio, California. This is great news for the thousands of music nuts from all over the world that will attend the festival this spring, and a bit of a blue-baller...
More
News

WATCH: Fred Armisen impersonates Thom Yorke on SNL

in
By Colton Eddy (CHARTattack) December 19, 2011 4:21 pm
Jimmy Fallon's hosting gig on Saturday Night Live this past weekend drew in a consequent alumni-ococlypse. We saw the return of Weekend Updaters Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and other former cast members Rachel Dratch, Horatio Sanz and Chris Kattan.  Traditional (or nostalgic) winter SNL skits were resurrected, including the Fallon-Sanz-Kattan-...
More
News

BEST OF 2011: A playlist of our favourite songs

in
By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 7, 2011 9:55 am
The year is winding down, which means that year-end lists are winding up. Without further ado, here are our favourite songs from 2011, selected by CHARTattack's devoted team of contributors, presented in no particular order. What did we miss?:...Our Favourite Songs of 2011 by CHART Attack on Grooveshark Tracklist:"The Bad In Each Other" - Feist...
More
Feature

WATCH: Modeselektor ft. Thom Yorke - "Shipwreck" official music video

in
By Dan Busheikin (CHARTattack) November 2, 2011 2:17 pm
This summer German house legends Modeselektor released their third album Monkeytown, which featured Thom Yorke (from some band called Radiohead or something) on a couple of the tracks. One of those songs is the dark and reserved banger "Shipwrecked", which now has some post-apocalyptic visuals courtesy of director Tony "Truand" Datis. The video...
More
News

MP3 Roundup: Rostam (of Vampire Weekend), DOOM ft. Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, Hospitality

in
By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 2, 2011 11:02 am
1) Rostam - "Don't Let It Get To You"This is the second single we've heard from Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij -- the first being "Wood" -- and it's a damn impressive five-minute slice of avant-pop pie. You won't find Vampire Weekend's neatly-combed production here; Rostam likes dirty sounds and makeshift percussion, giving us an unexpectedly...
More
News

I Read The News Today... For March 17, 2011

in
By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 17, 2011 3:54 pm
How much is your band's name worth? Apparently $251,100 in this case, at least. —younameourband.com Japanese metallers Boris have released a statement about the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in their home country, saying their families are safe. Unfortunately, both the band's upcoming new albums, Attention Please and Heavy Rocks, have...
More
News
Boris

I Read The News Today... For March 15, 2011

in
By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 15, 2011 3:53 pm
Halifax's Quiet Parade are heading out on the road this April to support their Please Come Home (We Hate It Here Without You) album. —Acadian Embassy If "I want my band to be the next Nickelback" is running through your head on a constant basis and you feel absolutely no shame whatsoever for thinking that, you should enter 99.3 The Fox FM...
More
News
Quiet Parade (Photo by Jule Malet-Veale)

I Read The News Today... For Feb. 22, 2011

in
By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 22, 2011 3:45 pm
Halifax indie rockers Dog Day will release a new seven-inch mini-album, The Scratches EP, on March 22. They're heading south of the border to promote it in March. —dogdaymusic.com Man, does Sam Roberts' new record ever sound like it's gonna be hippie. Well, I mean, everything he's done so far is pretty hippie, but this one mixes his classic rock-...
More
News
Sam Roberts Band

I Read The News Today... For Nov. 22, 2010

in
By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 22, 2010 1:53 pm
The Dears will launch a webcast at 7 p.m. EST today to preview their upcoming Degeneration Street album. The series will continue until the LP comes out Feb. 15. —Livestream Luke Doucet and blues artist Harrison Kennedy both won three Hamilton Music Awards on Sunday night. No, the trophies were not made of steel. —Hamilton Spectator Wavves' Nathan...
More
News
The Dears

I Read The News Today... For Nov. 8, 2010

in
By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 8, 2010 3:38 pm
Lily Allen is back in hospital and is being treated for blood poisoning. Allen miscarried her second baby last week and is said to be getting better with treatment. —Sky News Marilyn Manson's signed with Cooking Vinyl, which will release his upcoming new album on his own Hell, etc. imprint sometime next year. Bizarrely, it's supposed to be a punk...
More
News
Lily Allen

I Read The News Today... For Oct. 19, 2010

in
By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 19, 2010 12:51 pm
Calgary experimental quartet Braids will release their Native Speaker debut album on Jan. 18. If you don't already know who they are, you will soon; the internets are hyping them up like crazy. —Tell All Your FriendsLightspeed Champion will release a new EP titled Bye Bye on Dec. 13 in the U.K. It'll contain a cover of The Beach Boys' "Til I Die...
More
News
Braids

Top 10 Music Video Beatings

in
By Barry Taylor (CHARTattack) June 9, 2010 1:47 pm
Against Me!'s new album White Crosses hits stores on Tuesday (June 13). The full-length includes the previously released track "I Was A Teenage Anarchist," whose video features one of the most glorious beatings in music video history. Over the years there's been some impressive thumpings showcased in music videos. And that seems as...
More
Feature
Man down

I Read The News Today... For June 3, 2010

in
By CHARTattack Staff June 3, 2010 3:26 pm
Rush want Kentucky Republican senatorial candidate Rand "I'm really, really scary" Paul to stop using their music in his campaign. No wonder — who'd want their music to be associated with this? (Besides Ted Nugent, of course.) —World Entertainment News Network Wilco are sponsoring little league teams throughout Chicago and Northampton...
More
News
Rush

I Read The News Today... For May 6, 2010

in
By CHARTattack Staff May 6, 2010 1:04 pm
The Polaris Music Prize's long list of 40 titles will be revealed on June 17, while the short list will be unveiled July 6. Both events will be held at Toronto's Drake Hotel, while the winner of the 2010 Polaris Music Prize will be revealed during a gala at Toronto's Masonic Temple on Sept. 20. —polarismusicprize.ca Jane's Addiction debuted a...
More
News
Elliott Smith (Photo by Paul Heartfield)

Thom Yorke's Atoms For Peace Cover Joy Division In California

Submitted by Kate Harper on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 1:48pm
in
By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 16, 2010 1:48 pm
Most people wouldn't call Joy Division one of Radiohead's biggest influences, seeing as Thom Yorke's sometimes falsetto voice sounds absolutely nothing like Ian Curtis and Radiohead's music is far from minimalistic. But they do have similar demeanors. But that didn't stop Yorke's Atoms For Peace project — which includes Red Hot Chili Peppers...
More
Riff
blog-kate.gif

Thom Yorke Not Fond Of Canadian Tar Sands

in
By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) March 31, 2010 1:12 pm
Radiohead singer Thom Yorke posted a short note on the band's website on Wednesday (March 31), which didn't exactly praise Canada's tar sands project. In a post entitled "mr sensible strikes a pose," Yorke wrote the following: "your bank may be investing your pension, if you have one, in the Tar Sands of Canada..that...
More
News
Thom Yorke

Thom Yorke Gets His Reggaeton On With Major Lazer Remix

in
By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 12, 2010 12:50 pm
Get ready to hear reggaeton, club beats and lasers mixed with cold, synthesized keyboards, crunchy guitars and wailing vocals. Thom Yorke's remix of Major Lazer's "Jump Up" will appear on Lazers Never Die, the upcoming EP from the collborative project of producers Diplo and Switch. That Yorke has remixed one of Major Lazer's tunes is...
More
News
Thom Yorke

Thom Yorke Plays "Journalist," Crashes Copenhagen Climate Change Conference

in
By Mark Teo (CHARTattack) December 18, 2009 12:01 pm
Hey, Stephen Harper, listen up. You too, Barack Obama. Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown, I hope you're taking notes. The leader of the rock 'n' roll world is speaking. Indeed, a bearded Thom Yorke recently showed up in Copenhagen, Denmark, where world leaders are meeting for the United Nations Climate Change Conference. It began Dec. 7 and will...
More
News
Thom Yorke
Syndicate content