B-Side

New Silver Jews Album!!! Radiohead Plan Green Tour…

In a new Pitchfork interview, David Berman talks about the The Silver Jews’ New Album - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea. We can’t wait to hear it later in the year. Until then, a quote from Berman about the new, hopeful sort of characters he now writes about:

It’s definitely more about human possibility. Even if the characters themselves are just kind of like rogues or whatever living by their wits, they’re much more of an indomitable character, like a Saul Bellow character or Henry Miller’s voice in his books. They’re definitely more persistent.

And don’t forget to feast on our previous post on the Tribe - The Silver Jew’s American Vagabond Hymn - Smith and Jones Forver

In other news from NME.com Radiohead Discuss A Green Tour. The other day Thom Yorke discussed the ecological footprint of Radiohead’s upcoming tour for In Rainbows. The conclusion? It’s your fault.Says Yorke:

“I guess it’s obvious – it’s the mass of people traveling to one place, that’s the really big impact overall.”

We’ll have more news as dates are announced, which will hopefully give you plenty of time to walk to the show. While you’re walking, download the rare Radiohead mp3 from our previous post on The Trickster, a rare Radiohead B-Side.

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Rare Radiohead B-Side - The Trickster

Hearkening back to a time when Radiohead played guitars and alternative rock was king, The Trickster stands as the era’s high-water mark. Off of the My Iron Lung EP, The Trickster explodes with huge carnivorous drums and a Godzilla-like bass. The chorus is epidemic, monstrous, huge; the way only Radiohead can play it.

Thom Yorke’s Voice

Yorke’s gossamer falsetto, charging, vulnerable, rings passive-aggressively horrific meaning from the words. Then a rambling bridge, instrumental, drives past. When The Trickster hits, it hits below the belt. Phil’s drums wrench the song along like a rip current tearing you out sea.

Radiohead Infuses The Trickster with Electric Intensity

How amazing, how much intensity Radiohead brings to a song. The Trickster ends with a grand finale worthy of the Fourth of July, damaged guitar work, and a puff of fuzz.

Sounds like the love child of: The Pixies and Bloc Party.