RADIOHEAD’S THOM YORKE
Then + Now - Ranking Best Work
The Smile, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke side-project (with Jonny Greenwood and drummer Tom Skinner), made their debut performance on the Glastonbury Fest’s Livestream. This presentation opened with a wolf-headed man leisurely riding a bicycle down a moon-lit country road. If there had been a roof (they played under a parachute), it would have been blown off.
When not working with Radiohead, Thom has always been busy. Solo albums, playing and touring with the supergroup Atoms for Peace (which consists of Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker of Beck and R.E.M., and Mauro Refosco).
After watching the spectacularly sprawling set, we thought we would revisit all of Thom’s solo and side-project work.
Top Ten Non-Radiohead Tracks
1. Eraser – the first single of the first solo effort Eraser
2. Traffic – from Anima
3. Hearing Damage – Eraser and Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack
4. Suspirium – from the Suspiria soundtrack
5. Dawn Chorus – from Anima
6. Ingenue – Amok (with Atoms for Peace)
7. A Brain in a Bottle – Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
8. Nattura – Bjork feat. Thom Yorke
9. Default – Amok (with Atoms for Peace)
10. Black Swan – from Eraser
Yorke with Radiohead will go down in history for making music history. From their early three-guitar days to the present, they have always pushed sonically into new frontiers. T.K. does the same on his own.
Bonus Thom and Bjork on Space Ghost Coast to Coast: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10156174343515444
