From America's Finest News Source:
Hitler Hairdo, whose MySpace page cites Radiohead as a "major influence," has been playing house parties and open-mic nights around the Dayton area for more than a year, but has yet to gain a substantial following. In "Bassist Needed" fliers distributed last month, the band describes itself as "a mix between Radiohead and Smashing Pumpkins, but primarily interested in the earlier guitar-driven sounds of Pablo Honey and The Bends."
"That's absolute shite," Yorke said when asked for a response. "The epochal, full-bodied shoegaziness of early Radiohead is completely absent from the sample tracks they put online, and where are the bracing yet approachable guitar patterns?"
"And just look at their stupid band photo," added Yorke. "Radiohead would never dress like that."
Brilliant.
Have you heard of an artist called Mark Mulcahy? I hadn’t, until I read this post:
http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=492
Thom (and his brother) have covered a track called ‘All for the Best’ and it’s worth a listen – make sure you play the whole thing. The distorted guitars come out of nowhere and the harmonies at the end are pretty damn good. You can listen to it online here:
http://stereogum.com/archives/new-thom-yorke—all-for-the-best-stereogum-premie_079431.html
It’s a grower. Very cool IMHO.
I’m off to see Radiohead (and others) in a few weeks at Reading Festival.
Hee hee.