sábado, 15 de agosto de 2009

sexta-feira, 14 de agosto de 2009

sábado, 8 de agosto de 2009

Radiohead Not Planning to Release Any Albums for Awhile

In a lengthy interview in the latest issue of The Believer magazine, Thom Yorke has revealed that we'll probably be waiting quite a long time for the next proper Radiohead album. We're more likely to get some EPs or singles or one-off musical releases (perhaps like "Harry Patch [In Memory Of]"?) in the near future."None of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again. Not straight off," Yorke said. "I mean, it's just become a real drag. It worked with In Rainbows because we had a real fixed idea about where we were going. But we've all said that we can't possibly dive into that again. It'll kill us."He clarified that Radiohead doesn't inherently hate the concept of the full-length. He said, "I mean, obviously, there's still something great about the album. It's just, for us, right now, we need to get away from it a bit." Later, he added, "In Rainbows was a particular aesthetic and I can't bear the idea of doing that again. Not that it's not good, I just can't... bear... that."

One kind of Radiohead-related music that might materialize? Orchestral works. As Yorke told The Believer, "Jonny [Greenwood] and I have talked about sitting down and writing songs for orchestra and orchestrating it fully and just doing it like that and then doing a live take of it and that's it - finished. We've always wanted to do it, but we've never done it because, I think the reason is, we're always taking songs that haven't been written for that, and then trying to adapt them. That's one possible EP because, with things like that, you think, Do you want to do a whole record like that? Or do you just want to get stuck into it for a bit and see how it feels?"
The entire interview is well worth reading, with Yorke celebrating the death of the CD and the downfall of the music industry as we know it, reflecting on the difficulty of environmentally-friendly touring and music releasing, and musing on the state of Radiohead in general. There's also this wonderful exchange:
The Believer: Do you feel like there's any definitive sound that you've been solidifying over your career?
Thom Yorke: I fucking hope not.
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quinta-feira, 6 de agosto de 2009

Thom fala da 'morte' da indústria

Para o vocalista do Radiohead, Thom Yorke, a atual crise na indústria da música já podia ser prevista há 20 anos.
Yorke acredita que hoje, graças a internet, aconteça um processo de seleção natural na música.
“Há um processo de seleção natural acontecendo na música hoje. A indústria estava esperando pela morte já há uns 20 anos. Mas aí, aleluia, surgiu o CD e ele manteve as coisas acontecendo mais um pouquinho. Mas basicamente o negócio estava morto”, explicou Yorke.
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quarta-feira, 5 de agosto de 2009

Harry Patch (In Memory Of) [NEW SONG]

Radiohead offered a new song for download on their website this morning. The track, ‘Harry Patch (In Memory Of)’, premiered on BBC’s Today show this morning and is now available for download.The track is in memory of Harry Patch, the last World War One veteran who recently passed away. As Thom Yorke explains; “Recently the last remaining UK veteran of the 1st world war Harry Patch died at the age of 111. I had heard a very emotional interview with him a few years ago on the Today program on Radio4. The way he talked about war had a profound effect on me. It became the inspiration for a song that we happened to record a few weeks before his death. It was done live in an abbey. The strings were arranged by Jonny. I very much hope the song does justice to his memory as the last survivor. It would be very easy for our generation to forget the true horror of war, without the likes of Harry to remind us. I hope we do not forget. As Harry himself said: “Irrespective of the uniforms we wore, we were all victims”.

D O W L O A D : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RX79H6BV