Wired - Listening Post — Radiohead's Thom Yorke makes no secret about his politics. The guy once refused to meet with Tony Blair to discuss the environment, claiming that the British prime minister lacked the proper credentials. Though he lobbied for Ralph Nader eight years.... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy!Spinner.com: Radiohead's Thom Yorke is offering a free track -- a remix of 'Harrowdown Hill' from his solo album 'The Eraser' -- in honor of Barack Obama's presidential election win.Merle Haggard had a malignant tumor... more info

Wired - Listening Post — We've seen some fairly high-profile remix contests from artists such as Radiohead and Franz Ferdinand lately, but BluntGuitar's is the first we've seen that gives remixers all of the parts of a song as an Ableton Live project. Originally designed... ... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Video of the DaySpinner.com: Artist: RadioheadVideo: 'Reckoner'Highlight: The mindblowing animation in this clip helped make it the winning entry in Radiohead's fan-made video competition. Buy 'Reckoner' on iTunes. Next Video...... more info

Pasta Primavera — mp3: Radiohead - Electioneering mp3: Sunset Rubdown - They Took A Vote And Said No mp3: Talking Heads - Don’t Worry About The Government mp3: Panther - Decision, Decision Oh and it’s too bad the mighty Mos Def isn’t running this time ’round.... more info

Culture Bully — Whenever I get a press release in the mail that describes a band as sounding like The Beatles or Radiohead I sigh to myself and consider not listening to the album. It seems like whenever rock musicians are asked to describe what they sound like, som... more info

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Pop Matters — Barack Obama may be Radiohead and Sarah Palin a riot grrl punk, but they aren't rockstars. The reason why is that the rockstar is dead. more info

Bridging The Atlantic — How was everyone's Halloween? I hope it was filled with drunken debauchery and lots of stumbling. I gots a few remixes for you here; not really gonna write anything today, my mind is basically a bowl of brain soup. You may or may not enjoy these but ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — AD caught up with Blair last week from her home in New Orleans where the singer-songwriter is finishing up her debut LP, Die Young. Think: Feist meets Neil Young at a bar owned by Dolly Parton where the house band is Radiohead. Among other things, we... more info