We Suck Young Blood

It's time for some angst, baby! Apparently there will be a new "Twilight" movie and it will feature a Thom Yorke song on its soundtrack. "New Moon" is expected to be out October 20th and will feature a Thom Yorke track "Hearing Damage". Get out your pale makeup and feel like no one understands you! CHOO-WOO!

You can listen to the new song here:

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I don't know what to make of any of these new tracks that keep popping up and this one especially. Should I instantly like it because I'm such a fan or should I instantly hate it because it's associated with "Twilight"? So much conflict. On first listen, it is really catchy and has a cool "dance" vibe to it. It actually reminds me a little bit of Joy Division though don't quiz me on that.

In related news, (anything to keep this post from being entirely devoted to Twilight) the online music magazine Gigwise have voted "Idioteque" the best song of the 2000's. I don't know, seems like it doesn't fit. A great song though, no argument about that, but the best song of an entire decade is so hard to judge and in my opinion this wouldn't even achieve "best song on the album" . But it's particularly good live where every performance, around the same time, one of the variations of "the crazy dance" makes an appearance. Never get tired of it, never get tired of the song.

Here's a really good version. I remember a friend of mine taped it off MTV for me a long time ago:

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See the full top 50 list here.

The Plastic Yorke Band

The band that was previously reported featuring Thom Yorke and Flea has played 3 gigs in LA and have announced that they'll do more in the future.

The standout song (for me) is "Atoms For Peace".


Love the bass on this, reminds me of "Fame". "Paperbag Writer".


The entire first gig is available here.

In other news Radiohead have announced they'll be working on a new album this Winter.

Non-Worrying Headline

There are certain headlines that upon seeing them I would get an instant shot of adrenaline and despair in equal measures. "Nuclear War Declared", "Your House is On Fire", "Ronald Reagan Comes Back to Life... Dies Again", etc. I had the unfortunate experience to see one such headline for real.

Viewing the Information Superhighway one day I saw the following: "Thom Yorke Forms New Band, Announces Live Shows". I had my sword pressed against my stomach in preparation and read on...Turns out it's not that Radiohead are disbanded, but probably just that a temporary band was put together for a few shows and some laughs. I can put away my sword (where did I get a sword from anyway?!).

Interestingly, the band is to include Joey Waronker, Mauro Refosco, Nigel Godrich and Flea (YES, Flea!). They will be doing a few shows in LA and will be performing songs from The Eraser. I'm not a big fan of The Eraser myself so I'm not that interested, though Thom Yorke and Flea in the same band is an interesting concept. It's like watching Hall meet Oates probably.