Wednesday 2 January 2008

Radiohead's "15 Steps" live in the studio

Or, if you're not up for 52 minutes of Radiohead - and I feel ya - here's a version of the first track on the album, "15 Steps," which to me really captures a lot of what they're about these days. Very entrancing combination of electronica, songwriting and a jazzy feel.

This was recorded and posted on the web at midnight on New Year's Eve. Very low tech, actually, filmed from a handful of positioned webcams, and then edited together. And even if his voice irritates you at first, Thom Yorke is absolutely mesmerizing - he does not hold back, he puts body and soul into it - and he is a singer of great range. And check out the bassline when it staggers in. THE most absolutely modern top-level rock act.

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