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Westboro Baptist Church Versus Radiohead

March 12th, 2012 By Mof Gimmers

Ladies and Gentlemen, you may well embark on feelings you didn’t know you could have in this article. Strange, uncomfortable feelings that will confuse and nauseate. Effectively, you might end up agreeing with the Westboro Baptist Church.

It seems that members of the WBC have taken it upon themselves to become music critics (as well as infamous critics of homosexuality).

The notorious bible bashers decided to?protest outside a Radiohead gig in Kansas yesterday and they let their mouths run for fun.

Mystical Thom Yorke Foretold The Demise Of R.E.M.

October 26th, 2011 By Matthew Laidlow

2011 is the Chinese Year of the Rabbit but don’t let this complete non-sequitur?put you off. Musically, this year has seen an alarming trend of bands reforming for reunion gigs. Or putting things into perspective; one final payday so they don't have to remortgage the houses and get day jobs in motorway service stations. Where they may, or may not, sell cuddly rabbits.

There has been no shortage of bands announcing their triumphant return to the musical arena. Only yesterday, brotherly duo Orbital released a list of UK dates, though to their credit they are releasing a new album, but hopes aren't high after hearing new single ?Never.? It's free for reason.

One band however decided to buck the trend of 2011 and called it a day. Poor REM, after appearing on Sesame Street nobody took them seriously. It was almost like people bought their records because Kermit the Frog threatened to butcher Miss Piggy?s insides following their appearance [That’s not the right show – Ed.]. Nobody was bothered by the news, but it's emerged that the split has been on the cards. Just ask Thom Yorke.

Thom Yorke Continues His Quest To Destroy Electronic Music

August 7th, 2012 By Matthew Laidlow

Radiohead are without doubt, the kings of bringing out albums without giving anyone any prior notice, making fools giddy to lap up cod-experimental rubbish. If Thom Yorke farted in a cup, it’s guaranteed that fans would snap-up overpriced limited edition copies on ten inch hemp vinyl.

People dreaming of Yorke releasing solo material that sounds like The Bends and OK Computer might as well leave now.

Thom Yorke is acting like a baby again, digging his heels into the ground and trying to convince people that he can produce electronica that he's heard on labels like Warp, Planet Mu and JBO. During a guest slot on the Mary Anne Hobbs show on XFM, he dropped a new track called?The Twist? as part of his ?Money Back Mix.? And regrettably, you can hear it over the jump.

Radiohead Sexually Arouse Their Fans With An Unreleased Live Track

June 22nd, 2011 By Matthew Laidlow

Unlike Muse fans who all collectively whine and moan, you can place Radiohead fans in to a few different categories. The majority fall under this tag that know nothing but Creep from debut album Pablo Honey and also wonder why it rarely gets played. Your traditionalist Radiohead fan will refuse to listen to anything after OK Computer, due to the band seemingly shunning guitars for electronics.

This literally divides the third set of Radiohead fans who love concept of fusing two sounds together to make something new.

Of course, there will always be the hardcore fan who owns every album and EP, including the pricey Japanese editions with no extra content. Recently, the band released The King Of Limbs, their eighth album. Noticeably shorter than previous efforts, fans have been speculating over future content that may arrive.

Radiohead To Release Invariably Turgid ‘The King Of Limbs’ Later This Week (Muse Already Copying Ideas From It)

February 14th, 2011 By Mof Gimmers

Radiohead are delightfully obtuse aren’t they? Those crazy guys gave an album away for very little money (good thing as it was of very little quality) and Thom Yorke has an eye so low down his skull that he can tickle his Adam’s Apple with his eyelashes.

And now, totally toying with our preconceived notions of what a band should do, maaaaan, they’re releasing a new album called ‘The King Of Limbs’ on February 19th.

That’s this Saturday! They didn’t let us know months in advance! Because they’re like that! That’s just sooooooo Radiohead isn’t it? ISN’T IT? You guys! If they were any more edgy, our heads might actually explode with kaleidoscopic tedium.

HecklerPlay: Radiohead’s Kid A’s Tenth Birthday Party

August 7th, 2012 By Matthew Laidlow

What do we have here? Starting this week, hecklerspray has decided to branch out for the usual trawl of new artists to cover music in a broader sense – past, present and future. This week, we’re looking back at an album that made a unique mark in the musical landscape. And out of the dusty racks this week is Radiohead?s Kid A.

Kid A has become a decade old and therefore, it seemed the most tedious of ways of being the first album to go under the microscope.

Released in October 2000, the fourth album by the Oxford five piece was expected to be another ‘OK Computer’ which broke the band in to the mainstream and in to superstardom. After all, once you're tagged with having the best album of the nineties, surely there's no pressure with the follow up?

New Moon: The Movie That Will Stop You Liking Radiohead

July 21st, 2009 By Stuart Heritage

The worst thing about Twilight was probably the music. No – Kristen Stewart. No – Robert Pattinson. No – everything.

But the music was pretty awful. Fake-angsty nonsense, all of it – from that Linkin Park song that sounds like the Self Harm preset on Fred Durst‘s old Casio to two songs by Paramore, presumably included so that people would remember Twilight as the movie with the really crappy soundtrack in case the rest of it turned out forgettable.

But the New Moon soundtrack is going to be different – Thom Yorke from Radiohead wants to appear it. We really wish we were joking.

WEBTHUMP! Thursday 23 April 2009

August 6th, 2012 By Stuart Heritage

10 – It’s St George’s Day! Let’s remind ourselves why that’s so important – YouTube

9 – Like soap operas? Like rocks? Then you’re going to love this – Rocksoapopera

8 – Ladies and gentlemen – Bohemian Rhapsody played on an old-fashioned printer! – Electricroulette

7 – Want to see something that’s like the new GI Joe film only obviously better? Then here you are – Electricspectre

Mercury Music Prize 2008: The Nominees, Part Two

March 25th, 2009 By Matthew Laidlow

Ooh, can you feel the nerves building yet? The Mercury Music Prize takes place tonight – the nation’s foremost music prize where the judges will pick a winner based on how cool it’ll make them look rather than actual quality of music.

Yesterday, we looked at the first half of nominees, including the wonky-dancing Estelle and the brilliantly bonkers British Sea Power. With another six albums to pick from, we’re glad that the job hasn’t been given to us to pick a winner. We’d just get in a flap and end up throwing a dart at the various records. That is how the Pope is picked isn’t it? Anyways, here are the rest of the nominations for this year’s prize…

Song Review: Keane – Spiralling

August 5th, 2012 By Matthew Laidlow

“Song review? Don’t you mean CD review, morons?”

For once we decided not to leave ourselves open for getting something wrong and remembered that you can’t physically get hold of this new tune from the UK’s worst drug-taking band, Keane.

Unless you’re one of those posh industry types, this song is unavailable to buy on CD, vinyl or even from one of those fancy digital downloading services. Though we assume it’s on file sharing sites alongside the mis-titled new Elvis and Frank Sinatra album.

Usually we don’t bother telling you how awesome or shoddy a single is, but seeing as it’s free release that didn’t get that much publicity compared to other free downloads, offered by the likes of Radiohead and Sigur Ros, we thought we’d make you aware. Spiralling is taken from Keane‘s yet to be released (but probably available illegally on the internet) third album Perfect Symmetry.