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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,” Cumberbatch said.

Kelly Clarkson has covered Radiohead on her own TV show – watch her passionate rendition of ‘Karma Police’ below.The cover came as part of the ‘Kellyoke’ section of Clarkson’s show The Kelly Clarkson Show, which has recently seen her take on versions of tracks by The Weeknd, Depeche Mode and more.Backed by a live band, Clarkson belted out an impassioned and emotional cover of the ‘OK Computer’ track that also stays largely true to its original recording.Watch the cover below:Last month, Clarkson delivered a live cover of Depeche Mode’s ‘Enjoy The Silence’ on the show’s ‘Kellyoke’ segment with her band Y’all, while last week she took on a rendition of The Weeknd’s 2018 track ‘Call Out By Name’.This year alone, she’s also performed Olivia

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 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 of music – today was the first time I heard it, and I’m so impressed,” Greenwood tweeted, sharing a link to the song. “Nice work, Noah.” You can see the tweet below.https://t.co/cyy8PueyM7 Cor, what a glorious piece of music – today was the first

Radiohead are releasing a music video for their recently shared song ‘If You Say The Word’ this week – it lands on Thursday (September 23).‘If You Say The Word’, a previously unreleased track from the early 2000s, was shared earlier this month to announce ‘KID A MNESIA’, a new triple album reissue celebrating 20 years of ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’.Along with reissues of the two albums, Radiohead will also release ‘Kid Amnesiae’, an album of unreleased rarities from the era including ‘If You Say The Word’.The new video is directed by Kasper Häggström and will be released at 3pm BST on Thursday.Watch a preview of the visual below:A video for ‘If You Say The Word’ is coming later in the week, directed by Kasper Häggström https://t.co/71Dy1uXhNE

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 love what you’re doing, you obviously have been trying very hard, and we appreciate the effort, but we have been looking over the numbers,” Yorke tells Cheftain Mews in the video.“Every time a new post goes up you get 30% less people viewing it.

Carolesdaughter has put her own unique spin on Radiohead‘s classic ‘Creep’ – you can listen to the eerie cover belowThe alt-pop singer-songwriter (real name Thea Taylor) is gearing up to head out on the road with Coheed & Cambria and The Used for their upcoming joint co-headlining tour, and then again with Machine Gun Kelly.Carolesdaughter’s cover of Radiohead’s 1992 single, which features on the group’s debut album ‘Pablo Honey’, comes after she saw a fan remix online, inspiring her to turn it into a real version.“I have always been a Radiohead fan,” carolesdaughter said in a statement. ​”I would play the track online with my guitar often.

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 available to watch on a paid streaming platform for the first time.From The Basement will be available to watch on the Coda Collection in the US through Amazon Prime, though a UK release date has yet to be announced.Archival sets from the likes of Fleet

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. He didn’t give away any details about a release date or album title, but dropped hints as to how it will sound, saying “it’s not a rock record”.“It’s an interesting juxtaposition of things, but it does make sense.

Radiohead are raffling off a vinyl test pressing of their 2000 classic ‘Kid A’ as part of a fundraiser for the charity Gig Buddies.The band announced the prize on social media, along with a photo of the extremely rare collector’s item.Gig Buddies is a charity and initiative that sees people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people paired with a music fan of similar interests with whom they can attend shows.

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood and Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner, gave their debut live performance tonight (May 22).The new group played as part of Glastonbury’s Live At Worthy Farm livestream event, which was filmed at various spots across the iconic festival site.The Smile’s involvement was only announced hours before the livestream began, while the set offered fans the first chance to hear music by the new project, which Yorke dubbed “a collaboration with Nigel Godrich”.Yorke said little during the performance but did offer an explanation of the band’s name, which was inspired by a Ted Hughes poem.

Jade Bird has released a live recording of her cover of Radiohead‘s ‘Black Star’ – watch it below.The singer-songwriter has played ‘The Bends‘ track at her gigs before but this is the first time an official version has been recorded and released.A performance of the track was filmed at RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee where Bird recorded her latest EP, ‘RCA Studio A Sessions‘ (out now).The EP tracklist features a cover of The Bee Gees‘ ‘To Love Somebody’ and a piano version of her song ‘Something American’.“The sheer love and pride I have for Luke,” Bird wrote about the sessions on Twitter, and referencing her partner and touring guitarist.

Radiohead have announced a live-streamed series of rarely-seen shows from the archive.The seven-week run of broadcasts will begin this coming Friday (April 9) with a stream of Thom Yorke and co’s impromptu performance at London’s 93 Feet East, which took place back in 2008.Fans will be able to catch a recording of the intimate show via Radiohead’s official YouTube channel at 8pm BST – you can see the premiere video below.Details on the remaining editions of the live-streamed series have not yet been revealed.Announcing the project, Colin Greenwood wrote: “We rummaged in the Radiohead Public Library and found a few more concerts from a life we all yearn to return to.

Radiohead have joined TikTok today (April 1) and have shared a cryptic new video.A verified account for the group appeared on the video app for the social media site earlier today.The group shared a short clip of mysterious Radiohead associate, Chieftain Mews, who can be seen delivering a dystopian news broadcast at a desk which has the words ‘Mews’ displayed and Radiohead’s logo in the background.The black-and-white, low-fi video has a grainy filter and a ‘Mews’ sign can be seen on the desk.

Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien has praised Liam Gallagher for announcing a free concert for NHS workers, but said his own band had no such plans.

Madonna famously sang that “Music makes the people come together,” but not in this social-distancing era. With concerts canceled and clubs closed due to the coronavirus crisis, you’ll need to have your tune time in the privacy of your place.