Photo by Sung Kim
At a Radiohead gig at Prauge's Vystaviste Holesovice Exhibition Hall on August 23, 2009, more than 50 fans collaborated to shoot in-the-crowd footage on Flip phones. The video was assembled and edited to make a concert film called Live in Praha, and then Radiohead themselves gave the Czech fans behind the concert film their own audio masters from the show, according to the Live in Praha site and confirmed by a representative from the band. (Via The Guardian.) It sounds amazing.
Download or stream the entire 25-track set, in formats ranging from DVD quality on down, for free here (the site seems to be overwhelmed with traffic, but you can also watch on YouTube) and check the trailer for the film below:
Once again, a new week means a big crop of new albums streaming for free on the internet. We've got them listed out below, with links.
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Radiohead drummer Philip Selway sings and does other non-drumming things on Familial, his solo debut, which arrives August 30 in the UK via Bella Union and the very next day in North America via Nonesuch.
He's already shared opening track "By Some Miracle" with the world, and now he's posted streams of three more album tracks on his website. Click above to hear "Beyond Reason", "Broken Promises", and "Don't Look Down".
-- Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood holds his first ever U.S. gallery show at San Francisco's FIFTY24SF September 2 through October 27. It's called "Over Normal" and features seven new works.
-- Eluvium, Nite Jewel, and Keith Fullerton Whitman contribute new music to a benefit compilation by beaterblocker that's out now. Click here for more. Proceeds go to Homerton Hospital in London.
-- OFF! is a new punk band featuring Keith Morris (Black Flag/Circle Jerks), Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides), Mario Rubalcaba (Earthless/Hot Snakes/Rocket From the Crypt) and Steven McDonald (Redd Kross). They'll release an introductory 7" EP on October 12 and then follow it up with a vinyl box set, called First Four EPs, due November 23 on Vice.
-- The Chemical Brothers, Major Lazer, Flying Lotus, A-Trak, Rusko, Richie Hawtin, Erol Alkan, Martyn, Moby, Boys Noize, XXXChange, and more play this year's Electric Zoo Festival at New York City's Randall's Island September 4-5. More info here.
Following in the footsteps of Ringo Starr, Dave Grohl and Phil Collins, Radiohead's Philip Selway is the latest big-name drummer to step out from behind his kit and make a solo record.
If you've spent some time with the Chemical Brothers' latest album, the go-ahead-and-call-it-a-comeback Further, you know that it's filled with endlessly heady jawns perfect for iTunes visualizers everywhere. Well, this totally techy video for Further cut "Another World" renders that program pretty much obsolete.
Put together by directors Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall and the design team Flat Nose George, the clip features digitized green blobs that form sound waves, a person's face singing along with the song's vocals, and, uh, bigger green blobs. Kind of like that video for Radiohead's "House of Cards", only with a lot less Thom Yorke and a lot more green blobs. Just watch, below: