Radio Exile — Just wanted to throw up a link from friend-of-the-site Alex Schaaf (The Chairs, Yellow Ostrich). He just covered Radiohead’s Kid A in its entirety for school using only non-electronic instruments. He claims its not that special but I disagree; it... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — From Radiohead, Damon Albarn to Portishead, the chief exports from the era of Labor ascendancy continue to enjoy a commercial and critical acclaim that their domestic contemporaries lack. ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — While Billy Corgan, Scott Weiland, Chris Cornell, and the rest of the American “Alternative Nation,” alumni form super-groups and chase reunion money, their British peers have sustained a chemical longevity. From Radiohead, Damon Albarn to Portis... more info

Guardian Music — Steven Ellison has been called the Jimi Hendrix of his generation. Here, the nephew of Alice Coltrane talks about drugs, his new album – and recording his mother's life-support machineLast year, after his mother suffered a heart attack, Steven Elli... more info

Muzjiks — The group of musicians that once was an outlet for Thom Yorke to perform his 2006 electronic solo effort is seeming more and more like a bona fide band. Atoms for Peace now has an official website complete with a store that sells posters, water bottl... more info

KEXP Seattle — Seattle’s School of Rock kicks off its seventh season this weekend with five upcoming shows on the next four Saturdays: The female rebel anthems of Women Who Rule, the stylistic and eccentric songwriting of Syd Barrett’s Pink Floyd, the intricat... more info

Guardian Music — (DFA/EMI)The sleeve notes to Big Black's astonishing 1987 album Songs About Fucking may be among the most entertaining in rock history. Amid frontman Steve Albini's descriptions of his songs' charming subject matter – including the Columbian neckti... more info

Guardian Music — Radiohead frontman will join Massive Attack and MIA at the Herefordshire festival this summerThom Yorke has been announced as one of the main acts for this year's Big Chill festival. The Radiohead frontman will be performing as a solo artist for his ... more info

Gigwise — Radiohead frontman joins line-up... more info

Guardian Music — What may terrify radio souls is coming up against a national treasure in an awards categoryHe has been up close and personal with some of the planet's scariest and ugliest creatures. But, Sir David Attenborough confessed at Monday night's Sony Radio ... more info