Thom Yorke Names Solo Band, Lines Up American Spring Tour

Thom Yorke's other band-- you know, the one with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Beck/R.E.M. drummer Joey Waronker, percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco, and Flea-- now has a name: Atoms for Peace. The news comes straight from Thom himself via Radiohead's Dead Air Space blog.

(The more you know: Atoms for Peace was the name of a speech and program spearheaded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 50s that set to promote peaceful nuclear energy and aided countries including Iran in their development of atomic power. It's also the name of a track on Yorke's solo bow, The Eraser.)

And, along with a previously announced set at this year's Coachella, the band is plotting a two-week, eight-date tour of some major U.S. cities this April. Flying Lotus will open up the gigs, which are listed below:

Atoms for Peace shows:
04-05 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom *

04-06 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom *

04-08 Boston, MA - Citi Wang Theatre *

04-10 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom *

04-11 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom *

04-14 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre *

04-15 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre *

04-17 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl *

04-18 Indio, CA - Coachella



* with Flying Lotus

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Animal Collective to Take Over Guggenheim Museum

On March 4, mind-squeezing art-rock group Animal Collective and their visual guru Danny Perez will premiere a new piece called Transverse Temporal Gyrus at Manhattan's Guggenheim Museum. According to a press release, the three-hour exhibition will "transform the museum into a kinetic, psychedelic environment" that will include new Animal Collective music, projections, costumes, and props. Sounds like the closest you'll ever get to being inside Animal Collective's brain.

In an explanatory statement, AC wrote, "We wanted to create an environment where people could take some time to listen to other kinds of sounds and get away from those familiar sounds of the city. Keeping in mind the birds of the jungle, we've created an array of sounds with Animal Collective's music that is seemingly random...or is it?" OR IS IT?!

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Aphex Twin - classic track - FLIM

MGMT - Time to Pretend - Live from Abbey Road

NEW GROUP ALERT - NEON INDIAN

Amazing music! I love the sounds and the trance elements in the music. The vocals didn't do much for me, but everything else was very good. They also have a very high entertainment factor so look for them in the near future blowin dis' shit up!

69 Love Songs: (Just Over) 10 Years Later

What comes to mind when you think of the Magnetic Fields? This is a great article about one of my wife's favorite bands. They are an acquired taste, but very clever musically and melodically.

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Have Radiohead recorded a new album in Hollywood?

Thom Yorke has been living in Los Angeles on and off for the last few years. Radiohead have been recording in Hollywood "to get away from the dismal English winter", according to reports. Expect some good stuff coming out from Radiohead very soon!

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