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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. Read More >>>
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?
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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.
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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
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