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Radiohead side-project The Smile have shared a new track today (March 17) called ‘Skrting On The Surface’ – listen to it below.The band, which consists of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood as well as Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, announced the news on social media yesterday (March 16) along with a link to a new video that you can now watch below.The song was first performed by the band during Glastonbury’s Live At Worthy Farm livestream event in 2021, and more recently during a series of back-to-back gigs in London. The track began its life as a Radiohead song, but was never released.The Smile’s latest single follows on from the group’s two previously released songs, ‘The Smoke‘ and ‘You’ll Never Work In Television Again‘.The video for the new track, which you can watch below, was shot in 16mm black and white by BAFTA-winning writer and director Mark Jenkin in the depths of the disused Rosevale Tin Mine in Cornwall UK.

Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke has shared a new song written for the sixth season of Peaky Blinders – check out the haunting ‘5.17’ below.Last month, Peaky Blinders director Anthony Byrne revealed to NME that Yorke and  Radiohead bandmate Jonny Greenwood have contributed some new and original music to the upcoming sixth and final season of the show.“I’m over the moon about all of that,” Byrne said. “The music has always been really important historically, and I was really keen to bring a dramatic score into it.

Radiohead side-project The Smile have unveiled details of a new one-time single pressing for recently released singles ‘You’ll Never Work In Television Again’ and ‘The Smoke’.The trio comprising Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – released their debut single ‘You Will Never Work In Television Again’ and its follow-up, ‘The Smoke’, earlier this year.The single is a limited 7″ pressing and fans can win a copy of the single by entering a lottery.Fans can pick up a free lottery ticket at selected record stores around the world between March 12-24.The single will not be available to purchase. Fans must scan the QR code on their ticket by March 24 to enter for a chance to win one of the pressings.You can find a full list of the participating record stores here.A video on the band’s social media pages showed Thom Yorke and long-time artistic collaborator Stanley Donwood pressing the singles – you can watch below:We have made a limited pressing 7” of “You Will Never Work In Television Again” & “The Smoke”.

Radiohead side-project The Smile have shared a mysterious new clip.The short video shows a slab of the band’s name being pressed on a Heidelberg Platen Press which was first introduced in the early 1900s for the printing press.It is unclear whether the clip, which you can watch below, is referring to the pressing of a forthcoming album by the band.The equipment in the clip could also be a reference to Peaky Blinders, which is also set in the 1900s.

Peaky Blinders director Anthony Byrne has revealed that Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood have contributed some new and original music to the upcoming sixth and final season of the show.The Birmingham period crime-noir drama will premiere its final season this weekend (Sunday February 27), and, as usual, fans are eager to hear what music will feature in the show.Alongside Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds‘ theme tune of ‘Red Right Hand’, the show has famously featured music by the likes of Arctic Monkeys, David Bowie, PJ Harvey, Iggy Pop, Royal Blood, Laura Marling, IDLES, Savages and Foals – as well as an original score by Anna Calvi on the last season.With Radiohead’s music having previously featured in key scenes, it has now been revealed that bandmates Yorke and Greenwood have penned new pieces for the upcoming series.“Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood contributed some original stuff,” director Anthony Bryne told NME. “I’m over the moon about all of that.

Jonathan Cohen On the basis of his solo show at New York’s Beacon Theater on Friday night, Eddie Vedder hasn’t lost his sense of spontaneity. Since last May, the Pearl Jam frontman unexpectedly recorded an album with a new group of musicians and is now on the road with them for his first performances in indoor venues since July 2018.“We had some difficult times getting here, and if you feel the same, now is all that we have worked for,” he told the crowd during the second of two sold-out shows to start the three-week run.For some, it may seem a bit strange seeing an Eddie Vedder-led rock show without his Pearl Jam bandmates.

Radiohead side-project The Smile have announced a UK and European tour for 2022 – see all the details below.The trio – comprising Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – released their debut single ‘You Will Never Work In Television Again’ and its follow-up ‘The Smoke’ earlier this month.The Smile then took to the stage for three gigs at the Magazine venue in London over the weekend (January 29/30), with each performance being live-streamed online.Today (February 1) it’s been confirmed that the band will hit the road this spring for a run of European headline shows. Kicking off in Zagreb on May 16, the tour also includes appearances in Vienna (May 17), Prague (19), Berlin (20), Stockholm (23), Oslo (24) and Amsterdam (27).Yorke and co.

Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Eagles and more have donated items to a new online charity auction.The ‘Igniting The Change’ auction is being operated through eBay and is raising money for the LA-based Watts Community Core non-profit, which supports youth and families living in the Nickerson Gardens Housing Project and its surrounding neighbourhood.Radiohead have donated a vinyl and CD box set of their 2007 album ‘In Rainbows’ which has been signed by the whole band, while Red Hot Chili Peppers have given a signed Fender Stratocaster guitar. Bassist Flea has also contributed a customised Fender Jazz bass with his own hand-drawn illustrations.An acoustic guitar signed by The Eagles and used at the 1999 Millennium Concert at Staples Concert is also up for grabs, alongside items from Tony Hawk, Steve Vai, Quincy Jones, George Clinton, Cypress Hill and more.

Radiohead spin-off The Smile have performed their first trio of gigs and fans have been reacting to the performance.The group, made up of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, performed three gigs at Magazine, London at 8pm last night (January 29) and 1am and 8am this morning (January30).Each of the shows were live streamed to audiences around the world so fans across different time zones could enjoy the performance.Highlights of the gigs according to fans on social media included Greenwood playing both a harp and piano simultaneously, a new version of ‘Skating On The Surface’ and a rendition of new single ‘The Smoke’. Fans also reacted to Peaky Blinders star Cilian Murphy reading a pre-recorded rendition of William Blake’s ‘The Smile’ at the start of the show.The group also played several new songs in addition to ones they premiered at the Glastonbury live-stream last year.

Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner have returned with their second track as The Smile. The Radiohead singer and guitarist joined forces with the drummer of English jazz quartet Sons of Kemet in May 2021 for a surprise performance at Glastonbury, and shared their debut single, "You Will Never Work In Television Again" at the start of the year.

The Smile, the side project of Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner, have released their new single ‘The Smoke’ – you can hear the track below.The song is the follow-up to the trio’s debut single ‘You Will Never Work In Television Again’, which arrived earlier this month.A lyric video for ‘The Smoke’ has been released today (January 27) to accompany the new track, with the clip being created by the BAFTA-winning writer and director Mark Jenkin.You can listen to The Smile’s ‘The Smoke’ below.The Smile’s three sold-out live shows in London this weekend (January 29-30) will be livestreamed online to a global audience.The livestreams, which will be directed by the award-winning Paul Dugdale and produced by Driift, will be available to watch at home and in select independent venues and cinemas across the UK, US and Europe.The Smoke (more on that later) at production rehearsals for this weekend… pic.twitter.com/WXJNhkLbsq— The Smile (@thesmiletheband) January 27, 2022You can find further information about the livestreams and screenings by heading here, and see this weekend’s broadcast schedule below.BROADCAST #1: London – 8pm Sat. / New York – 3pm Sat. / Los Angeles – 12pm Sat. / Sydney – 7am Sun. / Tokyo – 5am Sun.BROADCAST #2: London – 1am Sun. / New York – 8pm Sat. / Los Angeles – 5pm Sat. / Sydney – 12pm Sun. / Tokyo – 10am Sun.BROADCAST #3: London – 11am Sun. / New York – 6am Sun. / Los Angeles – 3am Sun. / Sydney – 10pm Sun. / Tokyo – 8pm Sun. Yorke performed The Smile’s ‘Free In The Knowledge’ at the Royal Albert Hall back in October as part of the Letters Live event, footage of which was released last month.

Radiohead side project The Smile have confirmed details of a ticket ballot for fans from around the world for their upcoming London shows at Magazine.The group – comprising Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, plus Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner – announced the three live shows earlier this month (January 5), due to take place across January 29 and January 30.The trio said in a press release: “We have been overwhelmed with how quickly the three shows on 29th & 30th sold out. Thank you so much for the response.“We wanted to try to make this a global audience in the venue as well as online, so we’ve held back some venue tickets for sale – a pair for every country in the world across the three shows.

Thom Yorke playing The Smile’s song ‘Free In The Knowledge’ at the Royal Albert Hall – see it below.Back in October, the Radiohead frontman played his only post-COVID gig to date in London, as part of the Letters Live event.During the solo show, he performed ‘Free In The Knowledge’, a song previously only heard as part of a rehearsal from The Smile shared on Instagram earlier this month.Ahead of the performance, as captured in the video below, Yorke dedicated the song to his fellow UK musicians,

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, together with Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner have been seen rehearsing for their new musical project, The Smile.The group, who were first unveiled at this year’s Glastonbury live-stream event in May, surprised fans with a practice session on social media on their Instagram Live yesterday (December 2).The footage showed all three members of the group rehearsing.

Radiohead biopic, after forming a friendship with guitarist Jonny Greenwood.The actor’s next film is The Power Of The Dog, scored by Greenwood, where he plays cowboy Phil Burbank who runs a ranch in Montana with his brother George (Jesse Plemons).Speaking to NME, Cumberbatch recounts his “weird” first meeting with Greenwood and Thom Yorke after they watched his performance of Hamlet at The Barbican in 2015.“[Radiohead producer] Nigel Godrich and Edgar Wright came to see me in Hamlet,”

The Chemical Brothers and Brian Eno have shared new instalments of their Sonos Radio HD series, which are available to listen to now.Both artists launched their own curated stations earlier this year, joining the likes of Björk, Dolly Parton, Thom Yorke, Brittany Howard and more on the platform.Iconic dance duo The Chemical Brothers – comprised of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons – shared their third mix for Radio Chemical last week (November 3).

Radiohead have announced that they’ve teamed up with Epic Games to deliver a new “virtual exhibition” called ‘KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION’.Described as “an upside-down digital/analogue universe”, it’s been created from original artwork by Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood and sound design by Nigel Godrich to commemorate 21 years of Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’ albums.It follows a teaser trailer for the exhibition that was shared by Playstation back in September, which featured ‘Kid A’ track

Radiohead have finally shared ‘Follow Me Around’, a track written during the ‘OK Computer’ era but never officially released – listen below.The track comes ahead of the release of Radiohead’s ‘Kid A Mnesia’ record, a triple album reissue of ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’ alongside a bonus disc titled ‘Kid Amnesiae’, which will comprise of unearthed material culled from those album sessions.The official video for ‘Follow Me Around’ starring Guy Pearce and can be seen below:‘Follow Me Around’ has only

Thom Yorke has discussed the debilitating writer’s block he experienced while working on Radiohead‘s classic 2000 album ‘Kid A’.The discussion came as part of a new interview ahead of the release of ‘KID A MNESIA’, a new triple album reissue celebrating 20 years of ‘Kid A’ and its 2001 follow-up ‘Amnesiac’, set to land next month.For the auction house Christie’s, Yorke spoke to writer and film producer Gareth Evans and Radiohead’s longtime collaborator and visual artist Stanley

The 1975 have teamed up with climate change organisation Music Declares Emergency for a new charity t-shirt – see the design below.The organisation’s No Music On A Dead Planet campaign has previously been backed by the likes of Billie Eilish and Foals, while shirts have been designed by Thom Yorke, Joy Division artist Peter Saville and others.The 1975’s design, which comes in black and white t-shirt variations as well as on a white hoodie, is based around their rectangle logo, bearing the ‘No

Thom Yorke has opened up about working with artist Stanley Donwood on creating Radiohead’s album covers.In a new short film for Christies (which was made to coincide with the display of six of Donwood’s ‘Kid A’ era paintings at the auction house), Donwood and Yorke recall their first meeting together at art college and how Donwood later went on to create the cover artwork for ‘The Bends’.Yorke recalled: “He was the guy at art college who could actually paint.

Radiohead‘s ‘Kid A’ cover art has discussed his creative process and what influenced his work on the album.Stanley Donwood – along with Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke – is co-curating a new artwork exhibition in London based around the band’s forthcoming reissues of ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’.Taking place October 5 to 19, the exhibition – dubbed ‘How To Completely Disappear’ – will be held at Christie’s headquarters.Speaking to Christie’s about his work with Radiohead, Donwood revealed some of the

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, has released a new song called ‘Trying Too Hard (Lullaby)’ – you can listen to it below.It’s the first single Noah’s released using his own name after previously releasing music under the moniker Alec Owen, including last year’s ‘L.E.T.H.A.L.’ album.With similar textures to Radiohead’s 2007 album ‘In Rainbows’, ‘Trying Too Hard (Lullaby)’ features a ghostly arrangement that has caught the attention of Radiohead guitarist Johnny Greenwood.“Cor, what a glorious piece

Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke is co-curating a new artwork exhibition in London based around the band’s forthcoming reissues of ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’.The frontman along with Stanley Donwood, the artist behind the artwork of the band’s album covers, will host the exhibition from October 9-15 dubbed ‘How To Completely Disappear’ at Christie’s headquarters in the capital.Donwood is selling six large-scale paintings he created for ‘Kid A’ alongside drawings, lyrics, and digital art made around this era in

Thom Yorke has praised Massive Attack for calling on the government to cut carbon emissions at concerts.It comes after the Bristol band commissioned a report on carbon emissions in the music industry and criticised the government for not doing enough to support the industry to reduce emissions.“Where’s the industrial plan for the scale of the transformation that’s required for the UK economy and society? It doesn’t seem to exist,” Rob Del Naja told the Guardian.“The live music industry,

Jonny Greenwood has given a fresh update on the progress of The Smile‘s forthcoming debut album.The Radiohead guitarist’s side project with Thom Yorke, Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner and producer Nigel Godrich first debuted during Glastonbury’s livestream event in the summer.The Smile’s debut album is now nearing completion, with both Yorke and Godrich dropping cryptic hints about its progress last month.Speaking to NME in a new interview, Greenwood acknowledged that The Smile had been a

Radiohead have shared a new TikTok video, which sees frontman Thom Yorke bemoaning their “embarrassing” analytics on the app.The band joined TikTok back in April and shared a short clip of mysterious Radiohead associate, Chieftain Mews, who was seen delivering a dystopian news broadcast at a desk which has the words ‘Mews’ displayed and Radiohead’s logo in the background.Chieftain Mews appears again in the new clip, and is the subject of Yorke’s ire regarding the band’s statistics on TikTok.“We

Nigel Godrich and Thom Yorke have given a cryptic update about new project The Smile.Last month, the Radiohead side project – comprising Yorke and Jonny Greenwood alongside Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – had reportedly completed an album.In a recent interview with The Coda Collection, longtime Radiohead producer Godrich revealed he has been working with the supergroup on a body of work.

12 years ago, Thom Yorke delivered two remixes of MF DOOM's track "Gazillion Ear" to the late rapper's label, Lex Records. Only one version made it onto DOOM's 2009 record BORN LIKE THIS, and today Lex is sharing the previously unreleased retooling, subtitled "Thom Yorke Man On Fire Remix." We already knew from the older remix that Yorke has a talent for alt-rap beats.

Thom Yorke has shared a new remix of the late MF DOOM‘s ‘Gazzillion Ear’ – you can hear the track below.Yorke previously remixed the 2009 song, which was originally produced by J Dilla, as a bonus track for DOOM’s album ‘Born Like This’.The Radiohead frontman has now taken on ‘Gazzillion Ear’ once again for ‘Lex.XX’, Lex Records’ new remix series which is celebrating the London label’s 20th anniversary.Yorke’s ‘Man On Fire Remix’ was previously teased back in 2016 when he co-hosted a three-hour

Nigel Godrich‘s From The Basement series is set to be made available to watch on a TV streaming service for the first time.The live music-focused web TV series originally aired between 2006 and 2009, and saw The White Stripes and Thom Yorke perform during its pilot episode.Live footage of Radiohead and The White Stripes performing on From The Basement has already been made available to watch online this year, and Godrich has now partnered with the Coda Collection to make the full series

Radiohead side project The Smile – comprising Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood alongside Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – have completed an album.In a recent interview with The Coda Collection, longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich revealed he has been working with the supergroup on a body of work.

Thom Yorke has shared a new 100-minute mix for Sonos Radio, featuring Madlib, Black Midi and more.The Radiohead frontman has been sharing mixes for the online radio station for the last year, and the fifth edition has now arrived.After sharing a new mix back in January featuring Ennio Morricone, Yaeji, Mark Pritchard and more, the fifth Radio Hour mix also features tracks from Aldous Harding, MODESELEKTOR, Tom Waits and more.Listen to Thom Yorke’s latest Radio Hour mix below:Elsewhere, earlier

Thom Yorke shared a new remix of the Radiohead's "Creep" on Monday—a haunting, slowed-down take on their 1992 hit. After being used in Japanese fashion designer Jun Takahashi's Undercover Fall 2021 show back in March, the song is finally seeing an official release.

Radiohead and frontman Thom Yorke are giving “Creep” a fresh coat of paint.

Thom Yorke has officially released a remix of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ that he produced for a Japanese fashion show earlier this year.‘Creep (Very 2021 Rmx)’ sees Yorke slow down the acoustic version of the track significantly, stretching it out from just under four minutes to nine minutes, and add some eerie synths.The track arrives with a music video animated by Jun Takahashi.