radiohead

Radiohead is a British rock group who first burst on the scene in the early nineties with the album Pablo Honey, whose single "Creep" gained fast airplay on the then-emerging alternative-rock radio format. Although this quickly got Radiohead tagged as "alt-rock," the band would go on to make several genre-defying albums.

After the album OK Computer was widely hailed as a masterpiece (to this day the album routinely shows up on best-of-all-time lists), Radiohead followed that up with Kid A and Amnesiac, two albums of stripped down, mostly electronic music. The live shows which followed only served to further enhance their standing as one of the world's biggest bands.

Most recently, Radiohead turned the record industry on its ear by initially releasing its 2007 album In Rainbows in a download-only format, urging its fans to pay whatever they wished by going to a website. There have never been firm figures to confirm the numbers, but most observers agree that the experiment was a success, and that the group turned a profit. In Rainbows was eventually released on CD in 2008.

Always a technology conscious band, Radiohead's fans in the blogosphere have followed their lead. They remix their singles on a number of websites, and blog at sites like ateaseweb and green plastic.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “radiohead”

• in Music
  New Videos Offer Rock History Bonanza
  Delve into the music and lives of iconic music figures Mick Jagger, Kate Bush, Bruce Springsteen, Ian Dury, Radiohead, Neil Young and scores more.
  by missbobetier / on Jun 25, 2011
• in Videos
  Watch Radiohead's Fan-Made Live in Praha Recordings
  Live in Praha was shot by 50 Czech Radiohead fans with HD cameras.
  by bryanmckay / on Sep 2, 2010
• in Film
  Facebook Film The Social Network Trailer Released; Apparently Zuckerberg is a "Creep"
  Sony Pictures today released the first full-length trailer for the upcoming movie about Facebook, The Social Network.
  by alexpriest / on Jul 15, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “radiohead”

 

• Quakers “Fitta Happier” (Video)

  
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  Though he’s known more as a pioneer of trip-hop, Portishead’s Geoff Barrow has recently been working on his 35-member hip-hop collective known as Quakers, whose members include Prince Po, Dead Prez, Aloe Blacc, Booty Brown (The Pharcyde) and many others. Their latest video is for “Fitta Happier,” which has ...
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• Bob Dylan (not) covering Radiohead’s Creep. Happy Birthday Bob!

  
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  Bob Dylan turns 71 today. Correct, that’s not related to Radiohead at all. But had to think of that cover... more
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• THE BLACK ATLANTIC AT FESTIVAL AAN DE WERF

  
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  Last Monday, it was the third Onder Invloed night at the Festival aan de Werf in Utrecht. After previous editions in 2010 (with Awkward I and The Seventeenth Century) and in 2011 (with Three Blind Wolves and Paulusma), this year The Hospital Bombers and The Black Atlantic took the stage. It was a warm and sunny night, ...
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• Grace Notes: 8-bit Radiohead, Cam Butler, Richard Hawley

  
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  Grace Notes  is a weekly exploration by Jason Morehead of  signs of common grace in the music world . We hope to alert you to wonderful music, some of which will be spiritual in nature but all of which will be unique and worthy of your attention. Each week we will share brief reviews of albums worthy of your ...
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• Famous and Celebrity Birthdays for May 23 2012

  
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  Here are your famous & celebrity birthdays for today: 1982 Tristan Prettyman (singer) 1976 Kelly Monaco (actress) 1974 Jewel (singer) 1973 Maxwell (singer) 1967 Phil Selway (drummer, Radiohead) 1961 Karen Duffy (actress) 1958 Drew Carey (comedian) 1952 Marvelous Marvin Hagler (boxer) 1946 David ...
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• Radiohead “OK Computer” and “Kid A” Get the 8-bit Rework

  
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  Ever wondered what Radiohead’s timeless albums OK Computer and Kid A would sound like if reworked in 8-bit format? If so, today’s your lucky day. Producer Quinton Sung took it upon himself to make your dreams come true. It seems as though Quinton has done several single track 8-bit remixes, but these ...
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• Radiohead’s Entire Kid A and OK Computer Albums as Classic Video Game Music

  
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  Not surprisingly, both ‘OK Computer’ and ‘Kid A’ make excellent albums to turn into video game music. We have YouTube user, QuintonSung, to thank for the vintage video game versions of both albums. Kid A makes for a better listening experience, but I think I would rather play a vintage OK Computer video game ...
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• Music: 8-Bit Radiohead

  
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  I wasn’t sure if I was going to share this with my readers, but I have to. I just absolutely have to. Quinton Song has taken all of OK Computer and Kid A and transformed them into a fully blip-bloopied orchestration. Completely gameboy’d-out. Nintendafied. I could go on for hours, and while I rough ...
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• Hear an 8-Bit Version of Radiohead’s Kid A

  
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  Oh, so thats what "Everything in Its Right Place" would sound like on Nintendo. We were wondering. ... More »
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• Tuesday Music - Lotus Flower

  
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  Lotus Flower by Radiohead
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• Listen to 8-bit recreations of Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer’ and ‘Kid A’

  
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  If you liked the chiptune cover of The Smiths’ “This Charming Man” that the internet obsessed over for an internet minute a couple of months ago, you’ll probably love these new 8-bit recreations of two of Radioheads biggest albums, OK Computer and Kid A . Created by composer Quinton Song, the recreations ...
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• 8bit version of Kid A Besides a few sounds that seem directly...

  
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  8bit version of Kid A   Besides a few sounds that seem directly lifted from Punch-Out  this is very well done. They also did OK Computer .
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• Full Radiohead Albums in 8 Bit

  
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  YouTuber, Radiohead fan and now internet legend  QuintonSung  recorded 8bit versions of both Kid A and OK Computer. Links to full album downloads. OK Computer  -  Kid A via io9 Filed under: Random Cool
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• Listen to Radiohead’s Kid A and OK Computer Albums in 8-Bit

  
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  Composer Quinton Sung did an 8-bit encoding of Radiohead’s Ok Computer and Kid A and it’s by far the best thing we heard all morning. Some Atari, Nintendo and some of the first computers featured 8-bit. Quinton Sung transformed the digital back to analog and we like it. But could he transform the Super Mario ...
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• Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer’ and ‘Kid A’ Converted To 8-Bit

  
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  Remember those Atari videos games you used to play with the whacky 8-bit soundtracks? A dedicated Youtube user has decided to use these unique sounds to replicate the entire albums of Radiohead and the end result is fantastic! Youtuber QuintonSung has used his brainpower and older technology to recreate the beauty of ...
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• Sigur Rós’ “Ég anda” video & Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer’ & ‘Kid A’ 8-bit

  
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  Well, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters plays The Wall in its entirety tonight (5/22) at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon … I shall be there, and it shall be awesome.  Review posted, um… maybe by Thursday?  In the meantime, enjoy this… Sigur Rós “ Ég anda ” video pre-order ...
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• Radioheads Alben “Kid A” und “OK Computer” in voller Länge als 8-Bit Versionen

  
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  Einige von Euch merkten bereits an, dass hier deutlich weniger passiert wenn Rene nicht da ist. Das Stimmt. Ich weiß nicht woran es bei den anderen liegt, aber hinten im Backend ist Nerdcore unfassbar träge. So träge, dass wenn ich hier was bloggen will, manchmal gar nichts geht. Gar nichts außer warten, was meine ...
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• OK 8 bit Computer…

  
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  View Video Before NME et al get their floppy mittens on this here’s a genius and so-obvious-why-did-no-one-do-it 8-bit cover album of Radiohead’s OK Computer. Was scratching my head for a while why it sounds so much better, then realised there wasn’t an Thom Yorke moaning on it, so BONUS! NICE 1P! HIGH ...
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• Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) to Broadcast Jack White’s Concert at Roseland Ballroom in New York City Live, Plus Exclusive Interview

  
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  By Demian Russian Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) will broadcast Jack White’s Tuesday, May 22nd concert at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City live on SiriusXM’s SiriusXMU (Sirius Radio and XM Radio channel 35), Sirius XM Radio’s indie rock channel. This special concert, in support of Jack White’s new ...
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• Kid A & OK Computer in 8-Bit

  
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  YouTube user  QuintonSung  has done the unthinkable (or perhaps it’s what everyone was thinking), and made delightfully precise 8-bit renditions of Radiohead’s most career defining albums, OK Computer  and  Kid A , in their monstrous entirety. It really is fantastic. Download links available in the video ...
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