So, a new version of Thom Yorke’s Grammy ad, which crafts a mosaic of the Radiohead frontman’s face from the titles of various songs that have influenced him, is out there, and keen-eyed viewers will notice a few key differences between the initial print (at left, as sourced from Pop & Hiss last Tuesday) and this iteration, which is being rolled out with a TV spot in which Yorke talks about his dreams of becoming David Bowie someday. Let’s play a little game of “catch the edits,” shall we?
Posts Tagged ‘Scott Walker’
Prolific and media-friendly British pop sensation Scott Walker has announced plans for an instrumental album due from 4AD on Sept. 24. Given Walker’s track record, it should be the perfect thing to wash the taste out of your mouth after listening to that Radio 1 abortion. More »
Reason No. 2,482 Our Readers Are Great: They Find Rare Jarvis Cocker Tracks
Earlier, a tipster let us know that an unreleased song by Relaxed Muscle–the electro-spook side project undertaken by Jarvis Cocker and Jason Buckle in the earlier part of this decade–had, under the innocuous title “left over relaxed m…..,” surfaced on Buckle’s MySpace page. More »
The Scariest Song You Will Hear This Week, We Guarantee
Reclusive crooner Scott Walker’s contribution to the forthcoming 4AD compilation Plague Songs is “Darkness,” an ode to that particular plague. “Dark” doesn’t even begin to describe just how unsettling it is. More »


















