Age of Consent is one of my favourite New Order songs. How the hell was it never a single? Anyway, Pitchfork have provided an mp3 of Kevin Drew performing the song during a recent session for Fair Game.

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Kevin Drew – Age of Consent

Kevin Drew’s bandmate in Broken Social Scene Andrew Whiteman has also been busy this year, including covering other people’s work with his band Apostle Of Hustle. You Ain’t No Picasso has this cover of the Huey Lewis “classic” (and I use that term loosely) I Want A New Drug.

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Apostle of Hustle – I Want A New Drug

Some Canadians that actually are not in a band with Kevin Drew are Black Mountain. Hailing from my hometown of Vancouver, Black Mountain are the centre of mini-universe of bands much like BSS. They will be releasing a new record next year and Jagjaguwar has the first official mp3 from the record up for download. Do you like your rock music dark and heavy?

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Black Mountain – Tyrants

And back here in Australia, the V Festival officially announced it’s preliminary lineup for the 2008 fest. The rumours (at least the second batch of rumours I saw) were spot on:

The Smashing Pumpkins, Duran Duran, Queens of the Stone Age, Mika, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Presets, Air, CSS, The Tough Alliance, and Plug In City.

Is it just me, or is that a REALLY weird mix of bands? Mika and Air will only be performing on the east coast dates so check the site for all the details. Tickets on sale next week. I will not be getting one.

A couple weeks back I posted Australia and New Zealand’s Top 25 Bands & Artists of 2007 as voted on by bloggers/writers/other music types. I promised a follow-up post but I am just now getting to it. I’m sure no one cares at this point, but here are the rest of the bands that made the various lists, beginning with those that just missed making the Top 25.

26-50 (beginning at #26):
Sparkadia, Cuthbert and the Night Walkers, Nick Cave, Lost Valentinos, Van She, Cloud Control(download: Vintage Books), Devastations (download: Mistakes), Expatriate, The Panics, Dirty Three, Operator Please, Angus & Julia Stone, The Straight Arrows, Bridezilla, Tim Rogers, Hand Me My Jetpack, Ghostwood, Rand and Holland, Talons, Bluebottle Kiss, The Crayon Fields, Bit By Bats, Tucker B’s, The Brunettes, and Van She Tech.

The rest in no particular order…without links because that is just way too much work. And you know how to use Google.

Red Riders, Aleks and the Ramps, Richard In Your Mind, The Temper Trap, Seaworthy, The Grates, The Shocking Pinks, Fire! Santa Rose, Fire!, Pivot, Walrus, Yves Klein Blue, Dead Letter Chorus, The Soft Tigers, Sarah Blasko, Lucy and the Pheromones, My Disco, Bumblebeez, The E.L.F., Flight of the Conchords, Bachelorette, The Scare, Whitley, Darling Downs, Silverchair, Telecom, Nick Huggins, Dead Letter Circus, Ohana, The Mess Hall, Kes, Institut Polaire, Macromantics, Barrage, Fabulous Diamonds, Beasts of Bourbon, The Gin Club, Gerling, Bluejuice, Charge Group, Emergency! Emergency!, Scul Hazzards, Witchhats, Ice Cream Hands, Castings, Solo Andata, Cog, Scribe, The Panda Band, Post, Turnpike, The Presets, Shiver Like Timber, Moonmilk, The Devoted Few, Mick Harvey, Cleptoclectics, Regurgitator, Laura Jean, The Vines, Emma Davis, Deloris, Riot In Belgium, Lisa Gerrard, Touch Typist, The Small Hours, Actor/Model, Stature: Statue, Old Man River, Adam Said Galore, Children Collide, Dardanelles, Catcall, Des Miller, Like Woah!, Ground Components, You Am I, Qua, The Stabs, Dead Farmers, Anonymeye, Telemetry Orchestra, John Steel Singers, Minisnap, Teenager, Mountains In the Sky, The Ruby Suns, The Ripping Dylans, Always, Violent Soho, Painted Stones, Faker, The Herd, Machine Translations, Bachelorette, Grafton Primary, Zeal, Whiskey Go Go’s, Tex Perkins, Wolf & Cub, Lions at Your Door, Darren Hanlon, Roam the Hello Clouds, Leader Cheetah, Nucleus, Fait Accompli, Disasteradio, New Estate, Laura, Drama for Yamaha, Dave McCormack, The Waysiders, Pretty Boy Crossover, The Mares, Pomomofo, Theredsunband, Sneaky Sound System, The Triangles, Destroy Disco, Teenagersintokyo, Pete Combe, Snowman, Faux Pas, Sodastream, The Holidays and Poly And the Statics (who have disbanded).

That’s a ton of bands.

Once again a HUGE thanks to everyone for sending in their lists. It was fun as always.

Til next year….

Montreal’s Stars will be making their way to Australia for the first time ever early next year. So far there are only two confirmed dates:

Feb 27 – Spectrum, Sydney
Feb 28 – East Brunswick Club, Melbourne

However it seems like a Laneway appearance is also in the works. This is extra good news for Broken Social Scene fans since that means Kevin Drew, Feist, and Stars will all be at the same festival which should mean some good old fashioned Canadian instrument swapping. I’ve not seen Stars in four or five years now so I’m pretty excited about this tour. This also reminds me I need to give their latest album more spins…

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Stars – The Night Starts Here

Thanks to Geoff and Sean for the heads up.

Somewhat related…be sure to check out this recent Kevin Drew/Broken Social Scene show on NPR.

Kind of somewhat related…Canada is a Download Haven.

Totally unrelated…tomorrow morning (Thursday) the 2008 V Festival lineup will be announced. Radiohead will not be on it. Polaroids has the rumoured lineup…which is pretty blah. Except JAMC.

This year the V Festival has expanded to four cities. The dates are:

March 29 – Sydney
March 30 – Gold Coast
April 5 – Melbourne
April 6 – Perth

Now that the dust has settled on In Rainbows I realize that one of the things that I really love about the record is the fact that Nude FINALLY made it onto a Radiohead album. The song has been kicking around since the OK Computer days and has been, along with Big Boots and Lift, the most beloved “lost” Radiohead song.

The song has been known by a variety of names amongst the Radiohead community; for a long time it was Big Ideas or Big Ideas (Don’t Get Any), sometimes Nude and even occasionally that ridiculous title Thom mentioned in Meeting People is Easy. In fact, the song was featured in its entirety at the end of that film as Radiohead wrapped up the crippling OK Computer tour in New York City.

From 1998 to 2003 the song was performed about 13 times (according to 58 Hours) and I was lucky enough to catch two of those performances (one in Vancouver and one at Red Rocks). Then, to the surprise and delight of many Radiohead fans, during the 2006 tour Nude became one of the most played songs of the year, complete with a new bassline and arrangement. It was apparent that Nude would finally get released.

Most Radiohead fans have probably been living with Nude for nearly a decade but to hear it finally recorded and released is a bit of a treat. Of course the (unnecessary) fear was that the band might cock-up the song in the studio but, thankfully, ten years was worth the wait – even if I do kinda miss that organ.

Nude is often cited as one of the highlights of In Rainbows and rightfully so. Thom’s vocal is so upfront in the mix that it’s almost confronting, despite the rather gentle musical accompaniment. After the previous two tracks on the record (the glitchy 15 Step and aggressive Bodysnatchers), Nude serves as the record’s first moment of beauty and actually sets the listener up for the rest of the record. And those opening 40 seconds are, arguably, the most gorgeous 40 seconds in the entire Radiohead canon. Arguably.

But how did Nude end up on our stereos in 2007 after more than a decade? Here’s the story of the song in performance.

First (known) Recording: Blackpool Soundcheck (September 7, 1997)
Download: Nude (Blackpool Soundcheck)
This recording is far from ideal but it is the earliest known recording of Nude and you can hear some lyrics which were quickly dropped or revised. Remarkably, this full-band arrangement is pretty much how the band would play it live the following year when Thom wasn’t performing it solo.

Debut Live Performance: Akasaka Blitz, Tokyo (January 23, 1998)
Download: Nude (Live in Tokyo)
This solo acoustic performance by Thom was the first live airing of Nude and was the version that most Radiohead fans had kicking around their hard drives and CDRs for years. Again the lyrics were different and features the following lines which might explain the title Nude.

“She stands stark naked and she beckons you to bed
Don’t go, you’ll only want to come back again.”

A gorgeous version of the song and, thankfully, a great recording.

5th Live Performance: Radio City Music Hall, New York (April 17, 1998)
Download: Nude (Live In New York)
The penultimate performance of the early version of Nude featuring the full band. The organ and glockenspiel feature heavily and one wonders how the band thought this version wasn’t good enough. Again, more changes to the lyrics. This time…

“She kisses you with tongues and pulls you to the bed
Don’t go, you’ll only want to come back again.”

Even in the early days this song was intimate, a word often thrown around when describing In Rainbows – but a word seldom associated with the band. (Watch a video of a performance of Nude in San Francisco earlier on the tour.)

This performance, right at the end of the OK Computer tour marked the last “proper” full-band performance of the song until its resurgence in 2006. In the meantime it became more of a song Thom would perform off the cuff, leading to some rather interesting performances. In 2000 it was performed once in Berlin as an intro to (Nice Dream) and in 2001 it was performed twice – once in Vancouver (full-band, VERY unrehearsed) and once in Toronto.

Then in 2002 Radiohead took requests at a show in Spain…

9th Live Performance: Palacio Congresos, Salamanca (August 7, 2002)
Download: Nude (Live in Salamanca)
The most legendary Radiohead show ever. Part way through the show Thom stopped the set and began taking requests from the audience…unbelievable…and I could have been there (LONG story). When someone requested Big Ideas the band bravely attempted to play the song they hadn’t properly rehearsed since, in all likelihood, 1998. The result? A slightly sloppy but still a very good version of Nude. I remember hearing this bootleg for the first time and thinking “Well that’s the last time they will ever play that one.”

11th Live Performance: Red Rocks, Morrison (August 26, 2003)
Download: Nude (Live at Red Rocks)
The second shambolic full-band performance of the song I was lucky enough to see. I remember Thom starting the song on a whim and the rest of the band staring in surprise. Thom then gestured to them and they all scrambled to try and find their place in the song. Not a great performance, but one I am a bit partial to.

13th Live Performance: The Point, Dublin (December 4, 2003)
Download: Nude (Live in Dublin)
A nice solo performance by Thom, complete with the crowd clapping along.

Thom would then perform the song acoustically once more in April 2005 at the Trade Justice demonstration, the first sign that the song might be in the works for what would become In Rainbows. A few months later in September 2005, to the absolute delight of Radiohead fans the world over, the song appeared on the band’s studio blackboard, a sign that they were in fact working on a recording. Then in February 2006 another post on Dead Air Space illuminated a few scraps of information regarding the recording of the song. Finally, after months in the studio, on May 6 the band played their first show of the 2006 tour…

14th Live Performance: KB Hallen, Copenhagen (May 6, 2006)
Download: Nude (Live in Copenhagen)
The first performance of the new version of Nude. This is pretty much the version that appears on In Rainbows complete with Colin’s dub-influenced bassline. Thom credits this bassline as reinvigorating the song and bringing it back from the dead. So perhaps it’s Colin we all need to thank for Nude.

Ten years in the making but we finally have a studio version…and it was worth the wait. Get it here.

Is it just me or is Kylie’s new single VERY Goldfrapp?

One of the more underrated members of the Arts & Crafts/Broken Social Scene collective is Jason Collett. I think he’s one of Canada’s finest songwriters at the moment and I’m eagerly anticipating his new record, Here’s To Being Here, which drops in February 2008. The record will feature the ubiquitous BSS contributions which I always enjoy.

I believe he’s been doing lots of touring with Feist this year (they tour together a lot) but hopefully he makes his way down this way next year sometime. How about Laneway? Get on that someone.

Arts & Crafts has provided two mp3s from the forthcoming record and I realllllly like ‘em. Those background vocals on Out of Time are superb! Check them out below.

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Jason Collett – Out Of Time
Jason Collett – Charlyn, Angel of Kensington

More info on the record and tour dates here.

In other news, the second Big Day Out announcement was revealed today and, with the exception of a few interesting acts (stoked for Spoon!, yay for Die! Die! Die!, intrigued by UNKLE) it was a whole lot of ‘meh.’ Though Silverchair on the Main Stage (before Rage) could make for a Bjork/Arcade Fire back to back on the other Main Stage…at least that’s my wishful thinking. Hopefully the BDO organizers don’t shit the bed on this one.

The complete lineup looks like this:

New additions to BIG DAY OUT 2008: silverchair, Spoon, Augie March, Brand New, Regurgitator, Anti-Flag, Karnivool, Carl Cox, Pnau, Kate Nash, Josh Pyke, beXta, Shy Child, Gyroscope, Enter Shikari, Operator Please, Unkle (live), Goodwill, Krafty Kuts & MC Dynamite, Die! Die! Die!, The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello acoustic), Blue King Brown, Dr Octagon with Kutmaster Kurt, British India, Aceyalone, Krill

These acts join the already announced: Rage Against the Machine, Bjork, Grinspoon, Arcade Fire, Hilltop Hoods, Billy Bragg, Paul Kelly, LCD Soundsystem, Sarah Blasko, Faker, Midnight Juggernauts, Dizzee Rascal, Something With Numbers, Battles, Cut Off Your Hands.

Is it just me that’s really excited and intrigued by the fact that Flood is working on the new Sigur Ros record? I’m not one to get all squealy about producers but this collaboration has the potential to be speaker-meltingly awesome.

Three reasons to go to Bamboo Banger:

1. It’s a charity event aimed at saving the rainforest habitat of orangutans in Borneo. Since every ticket sold saves three square metres of rainforest, when you walk in the door you are personally saving the rainforest of Borneo.

2. It’s a great lineup (see poster above), including Sydney’s Best DJ.

3. Free vodka on arrival.

Tickets on sale now through Moshtix. More info on the event here.

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Lions At Your Door – L.A.Y.D. (via the boys at Sandwich Club)

Cuthbert & The Night Walkers are quickly becoming one of my favouirte Australian bands. Last night at the Hoey the band headlined a stellar local lineup and put on a great show complete with singalongs, dancing, and smiles smiles smiles. The band’s set pulled mostly from their recently released debut, Love Needs Us, but also featured some new songs. If you’ve not got on the Cuthbert Train yet you should, but leave your tight-jeaned hipster pout at the door and, *gasp*, let yourself have some fun. You’ll survive, I promise.

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Cuthbert & The Night Walkers – Red Frogs
Cuthbert & The Night Walkers – Newtown

The Straight Arrows were also on the bill and countered Cuthbert’s whimsical pop with straight up ’77 punk. Tearing a few pages from the Joe & Mick playbook (especially when it came to the dueling vocals), I can see why The Straight Arrows are getting some pretty positive word-of-mouth. Featuring members of Kiosk, Red Riders, and Holy Soul (I think), they are sort of a mini-Sydney superband and they are definitely a band to check out live…messy, sloppy, and sweaty. Rock.

Cutherbert & The Night Walkers – Red Frogs clip:

Thanks to all involved in putting on Frequency Shift over the weekend. You guys kick ass.

It must be that time of year. Once again A Reminder has polled as many Australian music bloggers, writers, and other music nuts as possible to find out what bands and artists from Australia and New Zealand were loved and admired in 2007 (Augie March won in 2005, Dappled Cities in 2006). I’ll go into the details of exactly how the list was created at the end of the post – for now, let’s just get into it, shall we?

25. Augie March
“2007 marks their year of crossing over. Topping the Hottest 100, winning the AMP and finally reaping some mainstream success. It’s about time too.”
Download: One Crowded Hour (via Stereogum)
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 3

24. I Heart Hiroshima
“Tuff Teef is my favourite Australian album of 2007. Fingers crossed the trio get the acclaim they deserve.”
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 25+

23. The Seabellies
“An amazing live act.”
“More please.”
Download: Drain the Lake
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: n/a

22. Mercy Arms
“They’ve just gone from strength to strength.”
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 25+

21. Damn Arms
“One of my local live highlights.”
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 25+

20. Batrider
“A splash of dirty emotion. You feel as though their music is alive and it’s angry, scared and going to kick you because it doesn’t like the way you keep looking at it in a funny way.”
“The new album Tara is haunting and tortured and aggressive…just the way I like my women, of which, coincidentally, there are three in the band.”
Download: Toilet Song
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 25+

19. Die! Die! Die!
“Hands down the best band in the world – right now… real, genuine, void of classification or image.”
Download: 155; Auckland Is Burning
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: n/a

18. Grinderman
“Nick Cave, noisy distorted guitars, I really can’t ask for much more.”
“The Godfather of Goth is a national treasure. We love you Nick.”
Download: Get It On
Video: No Pussy Blues
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: n/a

17. The Mint Chicks
“Now veterans of the local punk scene. They have modified their sound countless times and their fans have moved with them.”
“Consistently good on record, great live.”
Video: Walking Off A Cliff Again
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: n/a

16. Sly Hats
“A beautiful pop daydream.”
“Undeniably gorgeous pop.”
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: n/a

15. Cut Copy
“Australia’s New Order. Sort of.”
Video: Going Nowhere
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 25+

14. Love of Diagrams
“Melbourne post-punkers flying the flag high over at Matador Records. I’m sure we’ll hear much more from them in the future.”
“They excite me.”
Download: The Pyramid; Pace or the Patience
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: n/a

13. Pikelet
“The one woman band, whose looped based music refreshes any notion of looping being strictly attached to electronic/dance music. Evelyn Morris has made a leap from hardcore, punk drumming to soft, luscious pop look rather seamless and that in itself needs credit.”
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: n/a

12. The Drones
“The Drones are hands down the best Aussie band around.”
“Jezebel. ’nuff said.”
“They’re the top band because they’ve released probably the two best Australian albums of the last 3 or more years, and yet I still feel as though their best is yet to come. And they’re amazing live.”
Download: Jezebel (live); I Don’t Ever Want To Change (live)
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 2

11. Belles Will Ring
“Who knew that they invented a musical time machine in the Blue Mountains? Beautiful, shimmery, nostalgic pop.”
Download: Mad Love
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 16

10. Young and Restless
“The best frontwoman in Australia and a confronting live show.”
Download: Kapow!; Satan
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 13

9. New Buffalo
“Somewhere, Anywhere is a fragile, beautiful album. One of 2007′s best.”
“Sally Seltmenn is selfless, skilled and nothing short of beautiful. Missy Higgins, take note.”
Video: Cheer Me Up Thank You
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 25+

8. The Paper Scissors
“They are still the masters of creating songs that will stay in your head for days. They seem as though they exist in my neighbourhood – and not just because I see Jai a lot around town – but because they have innocent songs that are somewhat married to the inner city life of Sydney. I can’t explain why…”
“Hands down the best live band out there, a wonderful debut album just confirms their exciting potential.”
Download: We Don’t Walk
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 17

7. Architecture In Helsinki
“Very unexpected, very cool album from AiH.”
“Heart It Races has to be the song of the year. Just infectious but what else can you expect from AIH?”
“For bringing world-inspired beats back into pop.”
Download: Heart It Races
Video: Heart It Races
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 6

6. Dappled Cities Fly
“Any band that receives the DFA seal of approval is A-OK in my books.”
“They showed the world why we love them so much.”
Download: Within Hours; Fire Fire Fire (Loving Hands remix) Granddance Bonus Disc
Video: Vision Bell
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 1

5. Muscles
“His cheeky pop-electro anthems have been inescapable and rightly so. Men want his babies too.”
“I never thought that Muscles would convert well to a full length album but I was pleasantly surprised by this debut effort. And then today I find out that Pitchfork gave it 8.3!”
“Iiiiiiiiiice creeeeeeeam!”
Video: Sweaty
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 25+

4. The Basics
“I cannot say enough about The Basics. They are my favourite Australian band.”
“The best live band this side of Please Please Me.”
“Australia’s hardest working band!”
Download: Call It Rhythm & Blues; Second Best
Video: Memory Lane
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 25+

3. Midnight Juggernauts
“Dystopia is a marvelous album, and their live show isn’t too shabby either.”
“Dystopia would have to be one of my favourite albums this year.”
“The best album of the year and probably Australia’s best live show to boot.”
Video: Into The Galaxy; Road to Recovery
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 14

2. Cut Off Your Hands
“The write pretty darn good pop songs and are always entertaining live.”
“Super catchy tunes, a frantic live show and matching black skivvies.”
Download: You and I
Video: Still Fond
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: n/a

1. Gotye
“He’s just gone from strength to strength since the Hottest 100 earlier in the year. Then they kowtowed and gave him an ARIA.”
“The little drummer that could. And did. Wally’s a household name these days.”
“How is it that Like Drawing Blood still sounds as amazing now as it did when I first heard it a year and a half ago?”
Download: Learnalilgivinanlovin; Out Here In the Cold
Video: Hearts A Mess
MySpace :: Hype Machine :: Last FM
2006 position: 9

So this year the results were tallied from lists sent in from 26 different blogger/writers/etc. 176 bands/artists received at least one vote (almost the exact same number as last year) which is pretty amazing. A first place vote garnered the artist 25 points, second place 24 points, and so on. This year was much more competitive than last year, with the Top 3 only separated by 14 points and many bands just on the verge of cracking the Top 25.

A whole stack of thanks to the following people for taking time out to send in a list and an extra huge thanks to those of you who supplied some commentary (which is where all the quotations from above came from): Luke & Cam Before Hollywood, James Off The Record, Jonny & Mike Polaroids, Lucky Mulletgod, Richard Rose Quartz, Marc Das Monk, Os Decomposing Trees, Wayne Oceans, Stove, Sean Scenes, Ro Walls, Chris & Pix Whiteboy, Geoff Little Kid, Angus Major Chord, Dan Boud, Emmy Fangirl, Tim Faux Pas, Mr. Syms Covington, Nek & Bec Electrorash, Graham Regulates, Chucky Sandwiches, and last but certainly not least, Amanda Mockingbird.

So that’s it for another year!

UPDATE: See the Appendix (lists of ALL the bands that got votes) here.

Well Radiohead’s webcast just wrapped up. Unfortunately the sound dropped out at the end (so we only had visual of the band performing I Might Be Wrong) but apparently they will get that online soon so we can see the ending of the nearly three-hour webcast.

The band mixed performances in with DJ sets and some pre-prepared videos, including a pretty funny video splicing Thom’s head singing 15 Step into the final moments of the film Se7en. The band performed a number of songs live and couple were pre-recorded.

Thumbs Down Webcast Setlist and mp3s:
Bodysnatchers
Faust Arp
The Headmaster Ritual
Reckoner
Ceremony
Unravel
I Might Be Wrong

Each band member DJd with Thom playing some MIA and !!!, Ed playing Kings of Leon, Asian Dub Foundation and Jorge Ben, Jonny and Colin played Iggy Pop, Squarepusher and Bauhaus, while Phil played some Iron and Wine, Captain Beefheart, Ray Charles, Juana Molina and Fela Kuti. I’ll try and get complete setlists of these up later as well but i can’t be arsed typing it all up at the moment.

I love this band.

UPDATES
The final 15 minutes of the webcast were up at Radiohead.tv. Seem to be gone now.

Pitchfork have a great writeup with mp3s and videos. Here’s a list of most of the songs DJd tonight.

Burial: “Near Dark”
M.I.A.: “Pull Up the People”
Tomas Anderson: “Happy Happy”
!!!: “Heart of Hearts”
Kings of Leon: “My Party”
Asian Dub Foundation: “Model Apprentice”
Jorge Ben: “Take It Easy, My Brother Charles”
Les Baxter: “The Ancient Galleon”
The First Edition: “Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Condition Was in)”
Iggy Pop: “Nightclubbin’”
Squarepusher: “My Red Hot Car”
Bauhaus: “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”
Iron and Wine: “Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car”
Captain Beefheat: “Sun Zoom Spark”
Bonnie Prince Billy: “Lessons From What’s Poor”
Asian Dub Foundation: “Naxalite”
Ray Charles: “It Should’ve Been Me”
Juana Molina: “Micael”
Fela Kuti & the Africa 70: “Alu Jon Jonki Jon”

Faust Arp:

Reckoner: