Radiohead Best Of Reviews

The first Best Of album in Radiohead‘s history is a fact! The feedback to this release seems to be controversial. What is my opinion? I believe the only reason for such a release is to introduce the band to new fans! And of course to bring profits to Capitol EMI. But lets have a look to the first reviews for the Radiohead Best Of.
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Will Radiohead record a new Album soon?

Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood had an interview for Pitchfork on Friday 28 March 2008! Colin spoke about almost everything.. about Nigel, about the recent webcasts, about the announcement of the release of In Rainbows etc.

The most important from this interview is that Colin admitted that the band has booked a studio in order to start sessions for a new album with Nigel Godrich as a producer. What exactly did Colin Greenwood told? “We’re actually gonna be working with Nigel again soon – we’ve reserved time and we’ve got stuff we want to do” and he added “it’s like having an old-school executive producer that’s talking about the big picture and booking time to be creative.”

Amnesiac Reviews

Amnesiac, the 5th album of the band, was undoubtedly one of the most experimental moments of Radiohead but yet an album that was a success! The album was recorded while Kid A was about to be released and hit the stores in 2001. What did the great music magazines wrote about that great album?

Pitchfork wrote: “we’ve been hearing that this album, recorded during the same sessions as last year’s wildly experimental Kid A, would serve as a return to the band’s mid-90′s roots. Now we come to find it was all a lie“. It adds “Despite the heights attained by much of Amnesiac, I prefer Kid A for a number of reasons. Quality aside, the questionable sequencing of Amnesiac does little to hush the argument that the record is merely a thinly veiled b-sides compilation; Kid A played out as a cohesive whole that evoked panic and paranoia as well as surrealism and disorientation. Still, Amnesiac’s highlights were undeniably worth the wait, and easily overcome its occasional patchiness“.

NME‘s Victoria Segal wrote: “Amnesiac hints at a darker, better truth: this is a record that choses its rarefied isolation, feels its elevation, a damaged record, yes, but not a fragile one. Radiohead are in their heaven and nothing’s right with the world“.

Jon Pareles writes in Rolling Stone: “Amnesiac is the work of a band determined to pursue its most wayward and musicianly impulses wherever they might lead. As such, it’s clear proof that the progressive-rock impulse survived the twentieth century. On Amnesiac, which was made during the same recording sessions that yielded Kid A last year, Radiohead have set out to erase all that their listeners once expected. Acting like a bunch of artists – not, as in most current rock, a business consortium touting a consistent product – Radiohead continue to slough off the style that made them standard-bearers for anthemic Brit pop in the 1990s”.

Finally Sputnikmusic.com wrote: “Should you buy this? The answer is one that is cause for pause. If you haven’t gotten a Radiohead album in your life, don’t get this one. The ambience filled diddies and airy tracks can be intimidating to the first time listener. But if you are into Radiohead, and particularly enjoyed Kid A, then the recommendation is given. Thom Yorke’s signature warble and some brilliant Radiohead-ish songs are present throughout the album, even though there’s some dirt to dig through to get the good ones. But the way Radiohead works in different styles, even if for one or two tracks, makes for an entertaining listen, to say the least. They always fit an unexpected style into every one of their albums, and on Amnesiac, it’s no different“.

More info about the All Points West Festival!

The appearance of Radiohead in the All Points West Festival will be their only appearance in New York, this summer! It is already known that Radiohead will headline the first and second day (August 8 and 9). Many important bands will play in All Points West like Cat Power, Metric, Animal Collective, the New Pornographers, Amadou & Mariam, the Roots, Underworld, Girl Talk, the Go! Team, CSS, Black Kids, Chromeo, Rogue Wave and Mates of State. The festival will take place in Liberty State Park in the New Jersey side of Hudson river!

The Festival organizer Paul Tollet told Pitchfork comparing All Points West to Coachella that it will be a lot smaller. About 40000 people are to come in this fest while only 40 bands will appear, comparing to the 100 bands of Coachella! So the bands will be able to play longer playlists than the usual! The Fest will have 3 stages!

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