Thom plays DJ again, this time on NPR Radio  (US)

Thom discusses this musical tastes, where and how he buys music, and plays some of hid favourite tracks. No Burial this time, but Modeselektor gets yet another spin. You can check it out here. 

Radio_Update - Webcast Highlights

A Country Mile - That’s how far ahead these guys are.

Not content to write and record one of the best albums of the year, Radiohead had to take it one step further. That’s what we all thought when news broke that they were releasing it themselves via the interweb. Little did we know.

Not only did they change the face of the music industry with their little experiment, but they hinted that they weren’t finished there. And then last weekend they did a webcast which showed just how far ahead these guys are from the pack. There were live performances, cover versions, video montages, they played DJ for a bit, and called the whole thing “Thumbs Down“.

You can get the whole thing here. Do it!

Joanna Newsom Plays Sydney Festival

“Joanna Newsom performs her astonishing symphonic album Ys, accompanied by the Sydney Symphony in the grandeur of the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall”
- Sydney  Festival

“Music form another, better planet”
- Evening Standard

How’s that for timing? I reckon you should check out the review, listen to a few more of her tarcks, rush out and buy the album, then high five me on Sat 26th January ‘08 when we have a beer after an amazing performance. Who’s in?

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OUTRAGE – REUNION OUTRAGE
(AND THAT’S THE WORST KIND!)

Anyone know of a good T Shirt printer? I want one that reads “TOO MANY REUNIONS”. It seems that every second day there is another exciting announcement that some long since past-it band is getting together again for some of that over priced and over croweded ATM reunioun tour dollar.

When The Police announced their reunion, most folks were mildly excited at the prospect of seeing them live. Granted the $200 price tag meant that I don’t know anyone who’s actually going, but there was no sour taste in your mouth about that.

Everyone is genuinely excited about not being able to afford to see Led Zepplin play again  - but HEY, that’s for charity so good on ya lads. Dave Grohl has held his hand up and said that he is at their beck and call. Good man Dave. Glad to see you’re doing something good, because ‘Echoes , Silence, Patience and Grace’ is AWFUL! Smashing Pumpkins got back together  - nothing too offensive there.

In a recent post I shared the news that Van Halen will reunite minus Michael Anthony. Not surprising really, it looks like Wolfgang ate him. Where we really get a high reading on the sphincter scale is not the Spice Girls (Who cares?) or EMF (WTF?) reuniting but news that The Sex Pistols will not only reunite, but they’re rerecording ‘Anarchy in the UK’ for Guitar Hero III (That’s a video game.) They’re still calling it ‘Anarchy’ though, right?

Refer to my previous post!