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Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich give relationship advice to girls

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:49:00 +0000

Radiohead's frontman Thom Yorke and collaborator Nigel Godrich, who usually stay away from the public eye, recently participated in Rookie Mag's long-running "Ask a Grown Man" series, in which influential men dispense sage wisdom to teenagers and young women.

Yorke and Godrich fielded questions on breakups, overcoming shyness, and insecurity.

On shyness:

Yorke: “If you have a crush on him, if you're really, really, really, really shy, which is what I was at that age -- also, I was at a boys' school so it was impossible to meet girls anyway -- how about just write him a note? Or if you can’t bear it just throw him against a wall sometime.”

On breaking up with someone boring:

Godrich: “Yeah, of course it’s okay to break up with them. But maybe you can not just say ‘Hey you’re boring me so I’m going to break up with you.’ You can be a lot more politic about it.”

Yorke: “I’d go with that, actually.”

Atoms for Peace drops previously unreleased tracks from Thom Yorke and Radiohead

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:15:00 +0000

Atoms for Peace, the colloboration between Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, Beck drummer Joey Wanoker and producer Nigel Godrich, this weekend debuted their BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix, several weeks after releasing debut album, "Amok". Along with tracks by Diplo, Aphex Twin and DOOM, the mix also includes previously unreleased Radiohead and Thom Yorke solo tracks.

Listen to the 2-hour mix at BBC Radio 1.

The full track list, via NME:

Radiohead to begin working on ninth album this summer

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:20:00 +0000

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has splintered off on his own before--first in 2006 with his solo album, "Eraser," and currently with Atoms for Peace, his collaboration with Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea and drummer Mauro Refosco--but so far, he's always come back to the iconic band.

Radiohead bass player Colin Greenwood recently told BBC 6 Music that although "We're taking some time out whilst people are doing some other stuff, doing their own things," "the plan is to get back together again [at the] end of the summer."

The album would be Radiohead's ninth, following their experimental 2011 "King of Limbs" for which they launched an international tour in 2012.

Thom Yorke announces release date for next album

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:30:00 +0000

Rock fans only have to wait a few more months for the new album issued by Atoms for Peace, the collaborative project by Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, to arrive. Yorke announced on his blog today that "AMOK" will be out Feb. 25. He also shared the track list and the album's graphic black-and-white art.

Atoms formed to play tracks from Yorke's 2006 record, The Eraser, but soon formed into something bigger. On his blog, Yorke writes that the group "discovered a really good energy doing that.. and it fell into this record." He describes the project as "ongoing and open ended," which means that fans will continue to speculate/hope for more collaborations in the future.