Stereogum — Proving the latest batch of NARAS nominees is less a momentary fluke of good taste and more a concerted effort to Matter In 2009, the Grammys are blowing out this year's show with the most self-consciously hip advertising campaign to date. What that... more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook Theme albums are a dicey proposition at best. "Rock" and "opera" are words most folks besides Pete Townsend should leave well apart. However, there's something to be said for a loose, overarching net to hold one's ideas, and Skel... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, The InterfaceSpinner.com: Learning from Radiohead and R.E.M. is like apprenticing with Picasso. Just ask indie beloved Deerhoof, who recently toured with Thom Yorke and Co., who passed down some lessons from R.E.M. "I, at one poin... more info

Pitchfork — After a long, dark slumber, the Grammys may be waking up. The tiny gramophone awards have suffered a steady decline in interest (last year's broadcast was second to only 2006's all-time ratings low), but this year's surprisingly aware nominees-- Lil ... more info

NME — Radiohead's Thom Yorke is fronting a new advertisement campaign to promote this year's Grammy Awards. more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Exclusive, Grammy AwardsSpinner.com: With the 51st Grammy Awards just around the corner, Spinner obtained some exclusive artwork, featuring Stevie Wonder, Rihanna and Lil Wayne, surrounding and promoting the soireee. Each of the three a... more info

Pitchfork — There's a strong whiff of desperation associated with EMI/Capitol's instant Radiohead cash-in scheme. Of course, Thom & Co. left the major behind for the release of In Rainbows, but they can't stop Capitol from pimping out their back catalogue in eve... more info

Stereogum — Pretty much everybody went batty for Natasha Khan's breathtaking, updated Kate Bush thing on Fur & Gold, and now the woman who wooed Thom Yorke, Mercury Prize voters, and a league of Donnie Darko fans has set aside the covers in favor of a full LP ... more info

Pitchfork — Rewind to March of this year and you may recall us running a story with a pretty ridiculously long headline about a Radiohead remix of a really ridiculously long duration. At the time we noted that UK producer James Rutledge's four-hour "Videotape" r... more info

Pitchfork — Rewind to March of this year and you may recall us running a story with a pretty ridiculously long headline about a Radiohead remix of a really ridiculously long duration. At the time we noted that UK producer James Rutledge's four-hour "Videota... more info