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The new issue of Rip It Up is available now, featuring the mighty Beastwars on the cover – designed for Rip It Up by award-winning illustrator Nick Keller. We also talk exclusively to Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O, as well as Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, Justin Timberlake, Vampire Weekend, Maynard and Danny from Tool, Dave Grohl, Shaun of the Dead and Star Trek Into Darkness star Simon Pegg, rock icon Joan Jett, The Knife, Chicks on Speed, Bad Religion, Suede, Stone Sour, Ghost Wave and many more.
Radiohead are a English alternative rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, beats), Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboard, other instruments), Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Greenwood (bass guitar, synthesizers) and Phil Selway (drums, percussion).
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Radiohead are a English alternative rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, beats), Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboard, other instruments), Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Greenwood (bass guitar, synthesizers) and Phil Selway (drums, percussion).
NEWS: New Radiohead Album Almost Finished? Brought to you by RIU
It's been a busy year for Radiohead. Way back in June, guitarist Ed O'Brien teased us by implying that their 8th studio album (recorded in Los Angeles) could be released before the end of the year. Now the band have only 49 days remaining to make this dream a reality. However, given the unpredictable nature of the bands marketing strategies, let's not rule it out.
NEWS: Thom Yorke of Radiohead Warns Against Major Labels Brought to you by RIU
Radiohead singer Thom Yorke has told aspiring musicians to avoid the "sinking ship" of major record labels. Giving advice to young artists in a new school textbook, he said: "When the corporate industry dies it will be no great loss to the world.
NEWS: Phil Selway of Radiohead Releases Solo Album Brought to you by RIU
Radiohead drummer Phil Selway is set to release his debut solo album later this year.'Familial' will be released on August 30. Selway began performing solo in 2001 as part of the '7 Worlds Collide' charity project. The album will feature other artists, including Singer/songwriter Lisa Germano, former Soul Coughing bassist Sebastian Steinberg, Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Sansone who have all contributed.
NEWS: New Radiohead Album This Year? Brought to you by RIU
A new Radiohead album by the end of 2010? Well, that's what guitarist Ed O'Brien is after. Speaking on 6 Music's Adam Buxton's Big Mixtape about the follow up to 2007's 'In Rainbows', O'Brien commented: “Ideally, it’d be great if it came out sometime this year. It’s got to. I hope so.” “We’re at the studio at the moment… we’re in the heart of the record." he said, adding “the finishing line… it’s in touching distance”. “I’m really excited… I feel like this is the best record we ever made. It really is genuinely exciting. It’s very different from what we did last time.”
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NEWS: Phil Selway admits 'Its daunting being in a band with Thom Yorke" Brought to you by RIU
Radioheads's drummer Phil Selway talked about his song writing process and has jokingly admitted that he finds it almost daunting being bandmates with Thom Yorke now he's a solo musician too.
DOWNLOAD: Radiohead DVD Compiled By Fans Brought to you by RIU
Radiohead have compiled a DVD of their performance in Prague during last year's tour to promote their self released album In Rainbows. The DVD is compiled entirely of fan footage and the here's the best bit, it's available for free! You can download the entire DVD from this website and burn it to a disc. How about that for a slice of user generated content. Alternatively, you can watch bits of the DVD on Youtube, if you don't want to max out your internet limit.
NEWS: Radiohead Gear Up To Release 8th Studio Album Brought to you by RIU
Radiohead are gearing up to release their 8th studio album. The 25 year old band have finished another group of songs and are still considering how to publish them. In an essay for Index On Censorship, bassist Colin Greenwood also explained that the band are thinking about how they will release them. "We have just finished another group of songs," he wrote. "And have begun to wonder about how to release them in a digital landscape that has changed again."
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NEWS: Radiohead Might Throw Out New Album Brought to you by RIU
English rockers Radiohead have supposidly finished recording songs for their 8th studio release, although band members have expressed that they might not release it just yet. In an interview with the Candian Press, drummer Phil Selway said the band will return to the studio early next week to "take stock" of their new material - and possibly "throw it all out." "Maybe we need to go back to the drawing board," he confessed. "It's all up in the air at the moment."
NEWS: Radiohead Release 8th Studio Album The King Of Limbs Brought to you by RIU
The band have begun taking pre-orders for ‘The King Of Limbs’ exclusively from their website, www.radiohead.com ; fans will be able to digitally download the album from as early as the end of this week, Saturday Feb 19th. For the next few weeks the ‘The King Of Limbs’ will be exclusively available from the band’s site in two versions - digital download (either MP3 or WAV) and a made to order, ‘deluxe edition’ which comprises 2 clear 10” vinyl records, a CD, a digital download and exclusive artwork all in a special “newspaper” format.
NEWS: Radiohead Allude To Mystery Broadcast From Tokyo Brought to you by RIU
Radiohead are keeping fans guessing as to their next move by tweeted details of a mysterious time and location in Tokyo ahead of the release of their new album on Saturday. The band posted the message in Japanese on their official Twitter page. The message reads "渋谷 ハチ公広場 金曜日 １８時５９分". A rough translation of this is "Hachiko Square Shibuya, 59 minutes at 18 Friday". The square is one of the notoriously busy 'pedestrian roads' in Tokyo.
NEWS: Radiohead Have Released The King Of Limbs For Download Brought to you by RIU
Following news of a mystery broadcast from Hachiko Square in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, Japan; Radiohead have canceled the broadcast due to security fears. Thousands of fans traveled to the square in the hope of an appearance by the band despite an official announcement that Radiohead would not be there in person, made earlier last week. Radiohead made their new album The King Of Limbs available for download on Friday (18 February 2011), a day earlier than they originally stated. The band have also released a music video for album track 'Lotus Flower' that you can watch below. It features some extravagant dance moves from front man Thom Yorke.
NEWS: Liam Gallagher Tells Radiohead To 'Go F*#k Yourselves' Brought to you by RIU
Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has taken a bite at his British counterparts Radiohead on their new release 'The King of Limbs'. In a recent interview Gallagher scolded Radiohead's new release whilst discussing his own personal influences.
NEWS: Radiohead Newspaper 'The Universal Sigh' Launched Today Brought to you by RIU
Radiohead fans have two things to be excited about today. Not only is the band’s latest album, The King of Limbs, released on CD and vinyl in stores and on iTunes but the band will also be releasing a special newspaper entitled The Universal Sigh at 12pm in Auckland.
NEWS: Download Radioheads 'The Universal Sigh' Newspaper Brought to you by RIU
As reported earlier, Radiohead are releasing an exclusive newspaper entitled The Universal Sigh, worldwide today. The newspaper release coincides with the release of The King of Limbs, on CD and vinyl in stores and on iTunes today. Due to time difference New Zealand is the first place in the world to get the chance to see what all the fuss is about.
NEWS: Radiohead Release Two New Songs Over The Weekend For Record Store Day Brought to you by RIU
Over the weekend Radiohead released two new songs for Record Store Day. The two songs entitled 'Supercollider'
NEWS: Radioheads Thom Yorke Hailed As An "Incredible Dancer" Brought to you by RIU
The frontman can been seen performing an eccentric, seemingly freestyle, routine in the video to recent single 'Lotus Flower', and his moves impressed British Royal Ballet's Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor. Watch the video here.
NEWS: Radiohead Announce New Zealand Show!!! Brought to you by RIU
Admirers of seminal alternative rock and genre-bending music take notice; Chugg Entertainment today announces the landmark return of Radiohead to Australia and New Zealand. It has been a staggering 14 years since the Oxford bred five-piece last played in New Zealand in 1998. It is safe to say that their welcome return is certain to be the live music milestone of the year.
NEWS: Thom Yorke Debuts Two New Songs From Atoms Of Peace Brought to you by RIU
Thom Yorke has debuted a couple of new songs from his new super group Atoms For Peace during a DJ set with producer Nigel Godrich at an LA club over the weekend.

The duo, who are joined in Atoms For Peace alongside Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist Flea, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco, played the unreleased tracks during their set at Transmission LA: AV Club, a free 17-day music festival series at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.

It is unknown if the new songs will be featured on the bands upcoming debut LP, which is rumored to be released later in the year. Listen to the two new tracks below.
NEWS: Radiohead Drum Tech Killed In Toronto Stage Collapse Brought to you by RIU
A concert in Toronto, Canada in the weekend by the British rockers Radiohead was called off after the roof of an outdoor stage collapsed during sound checks and rehearsals, killing Radiohead drum technician Scott Johnson and injuring three others.
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NEWS: Radiohead are preparing to record a new album Brought to you by RIU
The 'Lotus Flower' band will regroup at the end of the summer to start work on their first new tracks since 2011. Bass player Colin Greenwood told BBC Radio 6 Music: "We're taking some time out whilst people are doing some other stuff, doing their own things, and the plan is to get back together again [at the] end of the summer."




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