Radiohead Release Leaked ‘Ok Computer’ Sessions

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Radiohead have decided to post up a bunch of OK Computer sessions on Bandcamp after they were hacked and leaked on the internet.

We got hacked last week – someone stole Thom’s minidisk archive from around the time of OK Computer, and reportedly demanded $150,000 on threat of releasing it. So instead of complaining – much – or ignoring it, we’re releasing all 18 hours on Bandcamp in aid of Extinction Rebellion. Just for the next 18 days. So for £18 you can find out if we should have paid that ransom.

Never intended for public consumption (though some clips did reach the cassette in the OK Computer reissue) it’s only tangentially interesting. And very, very long. Not a phone download. Rainy out, isn’t it though?

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Thom Yorke Says He Won’t Attend Rock Hall Induction

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Thom Yorke talked with Variety and won’t be attending Radiohead’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony:

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame… we’ve always been very blasé about that stuff. So we don’t want to offend anyone. We just think that we just don’t quite understand it. We’ve had it explained to us, so it’s cool. But we don’t really understand it as English people. I think our problem is essentially that every awards ceremony in the UK stinks. We grew up with the Brits, which is like this sort of drunken car crash that you don’t want to get involved with.

Radiohead Bootleg of “Come to Your Senses” Released

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A bootleg recording from a Radiohead soundcheck in 2006, featuring the never before released song known to fans as “Come to Your Senses,” has found its way online. From Consequence of Sound:

Back in 2006, Radiohead embarked on a tour to test out material for what would become their landmark 2007 LP, In Rainbows. On June 24th, the band was preparing for its second night at Berkley, California’s Greek Theatre when during soundcheck, they played a song that has come to be known as “Come to Your Senses”. That composition has never been heard or released since, falling into legend.

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Radiohead’s Publisher Says No Lawsuit Filed

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Radiohead’s publishers have sent a statement to Pitchfork regarding Lana Del Rey’s comments over the weekend:

As Radiohead’s music publisher, it’s true that we’ve been in discussions since August of last year with Lana Del Rey’s representatives. It’s clear that the verses of “Get Free” use musical elements found in the verses of “Creep” and we’ve requested that this be acknowledged in favour of all writers of “Creep.” To set the record straight, no lawsuit has been issued and Radiohead have not said they “will only accept 100%” of the publishing of “Get Free.”