TKOL RMX 1234567 is definitely an illustration of what Radiohead is listening to outside of their creations—Thom’s deeply seated obsession with dubstep and their love affair with the interchangeability of  electronica—a remix album of The King of Limbs, seems a welcomed project for any Radiohead-er. The producers selected for TKOL RMX 1234567 bring something fresh to the project. Featuring some of my favourite dubstep/electronic producers, Mark Pritchard and the newcomer SBTRKT (pronounced-Subtract), make for good listening. Check it out below. TKOL RMX 1234567 released in the UK yesterday, and in the US today and is available for purchase wherever music is sold. iTunes | Amazon

It is always a treat to hear how artists are inspired by super band Radiohead. If you can’t imagine Radiohead getting any darker, sprinkle some Mark Pritchard and Nathan Fake on them, and they become so dark, its harrowing. These sounds leave you in a trance-like displacement, as though you were transported from your current surroundings for 5 to 6 minutes at a time. Both producers contributed remixes to the new Radiohead 12-inch — Mark Pritchard offering two versions of “Bloom” (one under his name and the other under his moniker, Harmonic 313) and Nathan Fake, a remix of “Morning Mr. Magpie.” The mixes are serious. They are available for purchase in vinyl and digital formats from Bleep or wherever good music is sold.  Check them out below.

Radiohead – Bloom (Mark Pritchard RMX) by Radiohead

Radiohead – Bloom (Harmonic 313 RMX) by Radiohead

Radiohead – Morning Mr Magpie (Nathan Fake RMX) by Radiohead

You can hear more remixes by other producers on the Radiohead Soundcloud site.

A group that eats together, stays together — and it is clear that Radiohead are eating together, and their food is music. This live performance is perfect; to the point of not even sounding like a live performance but one that is orchestrated on a CD after months and months of practice, tweaking, and labour. Flawless.

The live footage below was recently filmed for a BBC special called From the Basement by producer Nigel Godrich, which originally started out as a podcast and was later to turned into a television series of in-studio performances featuring artists such as The White Stripes, Beck, and Gnarls Barkley, to name a few. Radiohead perform “Staircase,” doubling up on the rhythm with Portishead drummer Clive Deamer.

With Radiohead opening the flood gates a day early to purchase their new album, The King of Limbs, which they’re calling “the world’s first newspaper album” is a major treat! Packed with two clear 10″ vinyl records, a CD of the album, large sheets of artwork, and 625 tiny pieces of artwork, for under $50. A bargain really. For those strapped for cash, there’s a digital only format available for download from their website also. As an even bigger treat, the first single off the album “Lotus Flower” saw the release of its music video. Featuring Thom Yorke dancing before the camera; he is a certified Rock Star! So energetic. I didn’t know he had it in him to be such an expressive dancer! Check out the video below, which was directed by Garth Jennings (The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy), and choreography by Wayne McGregor (I would have LOVED to have been a fly on the wall for rehearsal!) – clearly Wayne McGregor is transformative! He made Thom Yorke, the King of Limbs!

I will be sinking my teeth into the new album… more to come on that! To purchase The King of Limbs, go to http://www.thekingoflimbs.com to purchase whichever format fits your budget.

Well, from the last Thom Yorke interview that circulated online, one would think we weren’t hearing anything new from our boys from Oxfordshire. However, they lied. Or maybe it was simply one of their skillful marketing strategies to surprise us. We welcome surprises, especially when they sound like this! Not sure if there’s a new album in the near future, or if it will be a “name your price” type deal, but the single, “These Are My Twisted Words” is brilliant, and true to the Radiohead stance. Phil Selway certainly knows how to carry a beat! Enjoy the song below, which is also available for free download.

“These Are My Twisted Words” – Radiohead (Download)

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We often forget that Thom Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead, is a musician first, then a singer/songwriter second, primarily because of his outstanding songwriting skills and heartfelt delivery. Each member of Radiohead have their roles carved out, so after hearing about Thom Yorke’s rare solo performance at the Latitude Festival in England on Sunday, July 19th, fans had to take note.  Playing both the guitar and piano in a 12-song set, teasing the audience with new Radiohead music and previously unreleased song, “Present Tense,” Radiohead fans were happy to have made the effort to attend the show. Thom’s performance at the Latitude Festival, was scheduled at noon. He humored the loud cheering audience with, “Shhh, people are still sleeping,” and joked after performing “Present Tense,” that the song would end up on YouTube (he wasn’t wrong!). Check out the footage, in care of Prefix Mag.

Emcee Moe Pope and producer Headnodic set out to do an album completely inspired by Radiohead‘s musical catalog and a drunkard guy in a bar told them they should do the album to Bjork instead. (True story.) Their use of her music and vocals don’t strip her eclecticism or try to modify it to hip hop, but in fact highlight how versatile her music is. The Radiohead project should still be approached as it would be interesting to see how they can be rapped to.

While Bjork’s record label Nonesuch released last week the box set Voltaic, which features the best of the Icelandic Queen’s work, Moe Pope and Headnodic bring to the forefront her need to put out new music. Her last album Volta was quietly received, although the concept was truly amazing — an album which showed how powerful the larynx is, as no instruments were used, only that of the voice.

The Bjork Remixes by Moe Pope and Headnodic is available for free download on Moe Pope and Headnodic’s website. Check out some of the tunes below; you’ll like what you hear.

“AirBjork” – taken from “Unravel”

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“LadyBjork” feat. Zumbi from Zion I – taken from “Venus as a Boy”

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The name Kissey Asplund has been mentioned on Muphoric Sounds a few times, and I hear she’s working on a new album.

A couple of days ago, she posted a cover to her blog, on what she called one of those days of not being in the mood to write a song or deal with the technicalities of producing a track from scratch, and also overdosing on Radiohead (cuz that’s how they do you once you start playing them!). What we got is a beautiful version of Radiohead’s “Creep.” Kissey has a soft and breezy voice and oftentimes, in the works she has appeared on, the production overshadows her singing, and she becomes more style than voice. So hearing her in this raw, uncut, and minimal cover, it’s nothing but pure niceness. I was left wanting more when the song abruptly ended.

Check out Kissey’s cover of “Creep” by Radiohead (one of my favorite rock bands of all time) below. If you dig it as much as I do, you can download it here (courtesy of Kissey Asplund).

Radiohead’s “Creep” sang by Kissey Asplund

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