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Happy New Year from Radiohead via Webcast

 
And a Happy New Year from me too. I hope everyone had lots of safe fun last night.

Wouldn't it be fitting to close this end of year mess with another webcast from the biggest (and most innovative) band in the world? Last night, Radiohead aired about an hour's worth of In Rainbows renditions over a few different Internet channels including Al Gore's Current TV at midnight UK time (conveniently early for us). 

 "This is a wee celebration for the release of the physical manifestation of In Rainbows"  - Thom Yorke

And that it was. Really, it was cool to see how they record the new songs, and to be reminded how endearingly strange (please watch that video) Yorke still is. The record officially came out in stores today, for those longing to press an actual CD case against their chests.

The webcast featured live performed songs (Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, Bodysnatchers, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, 15 Step, Videotape, Reckoner, House Of Cards and All I Need), and a track from the previous webcast (Faust Arp - Jonny & Thom in a field) and a nifty slow-mo video for the song Nude. Ahead of the game they remain.

Below is a random sample I've chosen for you, 15 Step. You can find the rest of the videos (and also the complete movie) here.

 


 

Update, the complete webcast video is now available...below



 

Published Tuesday, January 01, 2008 5:16 PM by Sutton
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"This is a friendly music blog from 'that dude that always gets too excited about music and needs tell you about it.' From festival recaps to album hype, he coats it all with your average pop culture-junkie appeal. He's an enthusiast (not an insider) offering a resource for anything buzzworthy." I grew up in NH, did college in Boston, and am having anxiety attacks/sunshine/and professional life in California. Every moment in the journey can be pinpointed and timelined by the particular music I was into at the time. Everyone has a life soundtrack. I talk about mine endlessly. The Objective: At an important crossroads in my blogging here. Is it dangerous to ask for so much from music? Is it healthy to evoke personal ties with the creations of artists who don't know us and perhaps have no intention of us reading into their art in the fashion we do? I would argue that it's not dangerous or wrong, but this is where I must be clear; these are not my discoveries nor would I ever write in a way to claim ownership for them. For example, if a band is the catalyst for "the finest moment in my own collegiate musical exploration/explosion", than that does not make them my band or make me any more informed anyone else. My hope for this outlet is not to present myself as an overwhelming snapshot of indie crap that you look at and say "hmm, he's really into that", but rather the idea is to spread the word, the love, the information, the music!; the overall feeling you get when you declare "i like this band" in other words, i'd love to be a resource in your own explosion time-line. and if we are surfing the same wave of taste, then I welcome discussion and new leads into what you think we could dig together.

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