Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Thom Yorke

The Smile cancel European tour due to serious Jonny Greenwood illness

The Radiohead side-project have scrapped all dates to give the guitarist time to recover

Louder

“He put on a tape, and it was OK Computer. We were there going, Oh, that’s quite good.” Travis frontman Fran Healy recalls nights out with his friends in Radiohead

The friendship between Radiohead and Travis dates back to the mid '90s, and has involved some memorable nights out

Louder

“No one knows how to put out music any more – including us”: In 2009 another new technology was threatening music, but Radiohead had a solution

When social media rumours ran wild that the band were splitting up, bassist Colin Greenwood revealed the complexities and confidence of what was really going on

Louder

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The Kids Are Alright! 10 rock star offspring following in their parent’s footsteps…

From Noah Yorke to Tye Trujillo to Olivia Vedder, here's the kids joining the family business...

Louder

Thom Yorke brings his first-ever solo tour to Australia

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has announced his first-ever solo tour, including concerts in Sydney and Melbourne.

AAP

Jonny Greenwood: ‘I’m still arsing around on instruments like when I was a kid’

The Radiohead guitarist changed rock music, then conquered the world of soundtracks. But can he revolutionise the church organ with an eight-hour composition?

The Guardian - UK

“They’re not interested in pleasing their label or fans – just themselves. That’s what I try to do too”: Ihsahn and his wife want you to listen to Radiohead

When people were just beginning to see that the Emperor man was a progressive musician, he’d long been all over Thom Yorke’s artistic bravery

Metal Hammer

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

“Sometimes I make the bassline too complex and too noodly, but Thom is good at putting the brakes on that”: How Colin Greenwood came up with his deceptive stop-start bassline on Radiohead’s Airbag

Colin Greenwood’s bassline drives the opener of Radiohead’s OK Computer, even though it contains more rests than licks

Guitar World

"Get the **** off my stage before I punch you in the ****ing face": Ten times a band stopped a gig to lambast a member of their own crowd

Shoe-throwing, stopping fights, people chatting, stage invaders... it's tough up there for your heroes

Louder

“Their sense of adventure has never been up for debate; their progressive ambitions are a perpetual undercurrent”: These songs prove Radiohead are prog

From spanning musical styles to blending odd time signatures, the band have always been restlessly creative

Louder

The Smile review – Thom Yorke on jolly and utterly joyful form

Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner’s pandemic-born band fly free from expectations, taking in everything from krautrock to Afrobeat

The Guardian - UK

12 of the best British indie and alternative tracks to test your hi-fi system

We've rounded up our favourite British indie and alternative tracks that we use to test hi-fi kit and headphones

What Hi-Fi?

“There were so many demos that sounded like major songs, but that one was near the top of the list": The making of the 1995 Radiohead classic that became one of their all-time greatest anthems

Producer John Leckie: "It sounded instantly like a big track"

MusicRadar

"It was a dark place, and we realised we didn't want to go back there": is Radiohead's King Of Limbs not just their most underrated record, but the one that helped save them?

Thom Yorke: "It was an experiment. I didn't think we really genuinely thought anything would come out of it, certainly not an entire record"

MusicRadar

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Guitar World

“Thom Yorke called Colin Greenwood the secret weapon to Radiohead, and I think he was right”: John Garrison on the 5 bass albums that shaped his sound

John Garrison, currently holding down the low-end with pop swooner James Blunt, talks us through his top 5 bass albums

MusicRadar

20 Radiohead guitar chords you need to know

Voicings that will open your mind and change the way you play guitar

The Guardian - UK

Kali Malone: All Life Long review – music to blot out the world’s clamour

Returning to the organ-playing that made her name and adding brass and vocals, the Thom Yorke-approved composer revels in the possibilities of her instruments

Louder

"We had goosebumps... it was a very cool thing to be a part of": DJ Shadow on how watching Thom Yorke in the studio blew him away

The producer collaborated with Yorke on the 1998 UNKLE album Psyence Fiction

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Louder

"The standouts here rank alongside Radiohead's best": The Smile's Wall Of Eyes hops from wonky avant-samba groove to super-nimble math-rock gyration

Radiohead's breakaway trio The Smile return with psychedelic sambas and rule-bending jazz rock

Evening Standard

The Smile - Wall of Eyes album review: an experimental triumph

Still no sign of that elusive new Radiohead album, but it's hard to feel short-changed with a side project this brilliant

The Guardian - UK

The Smile: Wall of Eyes review – agile, tuneful second album

With strings and psychedelia added to the mix, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s ever-evolving side project feels as dynamic now as their day job

The Guardian - UK

The Smile: Wall of Eyes review – inventive Radiohead side project risks eclipsing the real thing

Despite all the lyrical disquiet, there is a lovely sense of ease to the Smile’s second album – and some of the best music Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood have put their names to in at least a decade

MusicRadar

10 of the best releases in electronic music this year

Our selection of the most imaginative and innovative albums and tracks from electronic artists in 2023

Guitar World

Black metal has gone orchestral and nu-disco shred is back, baby: This week’s essential guitar tracks

Unmissable tunes from John Mayer, Dre DiMura, Heriot, Ihsahn, Julian Lage, Porno for Pyros and so many more…

MusicRadar

5 more artists that loved their gear so much they named themselves after it

It's all here: teenagers rioting, pitches being shifted, modes being selected, and Dom's Roland sampler

1 … 6 7 8 9

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.