NME adds, “the name of the new album relates to an oak tree in Wiltshire‘s Savernake Forest, thought to be around 1,000 years old. The forest lies around three miles away from Tottenham House, a listed country house where Radiohead recorded part of ‘In Rainbows’.

The tree is a pollarded oak, referring to an ancient technique for harvesting timber for fencing and firewood. The phrase also appears in the 23rd chapter of the Qu’ran.”

The digital download is available in MP3 and WAV forms and will cost $9 and $14 respectively.

In traditional Radiohead fashion, they will also be releasing what they call a Newspaper Album consisting of two 10 inch clear vinyl records in a purpose built record sleeve, CD (8Tracks), many large sheets of artwork, 625 small pieces of artwork, full color plastic cover to hold everything together and of course a digital album download (WAV or MP3). The collector’s edition will run $44 for the MP3 version and $49 for the WAV version.

Keep your ears open — an album release usually means tour dates are soon to follow.

Because we’re unable to provide sneak peak tracks, enjoy this classic 1993 performance of Creep on Conan.

To show our support for our favorite late night TV host, we’ve decided to make more of an effort to Conanize Banned In Hollywood.

Today’s Conan O’Brien clip featured Andy Richter, Max Weinberg, and Bobby Bowman teaming up with Conan to perform an epic rendition of Led Zeppelin’s Dazed And Confused.

Not only does Conan O’Brien do a nearly flawless Robert Plant impersonation, the video comes complete with, you guessed it, fantasy sequences.

Battle on CoCo. We’ve got your back.

The Stripes have made appearances on Conan several times in the past, including a week-long stint in 2003, and even included the show in Michel Gondry’s music video for hit single–The Denial Twist–from their album–Get Behind Me Satan–as seen below.

Though no one was injured, the masked bandits got away with XXXL t-shirts and shants worth an estimated $47 and an unknown amount in KFC gift cards and New Era caps.

Mr. Boy was shaken up when we spoke with him about the attack but managed a bit of humor, commenting:

“Lucky fa dem I keep the labelz on ma lidz so dey can jus go return um to Foot Locker and do pretty good fu dem sels.”

In an online video released the next day, two masked men dressed in clothing similar to what was stolen claimed responsibility for the attack.

Yang was at the town square in the Henan Province of China watching the musical fountain show with some friends, dancing around the light bursts of water and enjoying herself when from below her a jet erupted, projecting her above the heads of her friends.

When she landed, Yang was bleeding profusely and her energy succumbed to extreme stomach pains–her friends called for help and she was immediately taken to the hospital for treatment. The doctor explained that her vagina had been torn and her intestines had been damaged by the pressure of the water fountain–damage that would take three surgeries over a seven month span to correct.

Though her scars will be with her for life, she believes suing for $24,500 will help reconcile her poor decision making.

(News Source)

This story makes less sense than Tom Cruise marrying a woman. According to abc news:

“A Senegalese man in his 70s opened fire on a rap group, injuring four of them, during a live show because he thought they were making fun of him in their song titled “Angry Old Man,” reports said.

The band members and a fifth injured person, a female fan attending the concert, were taken to hospital to be treated, according to widespread reports in the Senegalese media.

The shooting spree occurred near Matam in northern Senegal during a song entitled Vieux Colereux (Angry Old Man), the reports said.

Rap is very popular in Senegal, especially among young people.”

A shooting at a rap concert–no big deal. An old man at a rap concert that shoots the band not because he’s got a personal vendetta against rap music, but because he takes personal offense to one of the songs he paid money to hear performed–raises eyebrows.

The paradox is that the old man took offense to something he could have detached himself from by not shooting everyone. If Tom Cruise were at a rap show and the group began a song called ‘pedophile white boy’ no one would have connected Tom with the song. But if when the track began Tom reached down and pet’ five little boys as if he were a member of the Catholic Church and not the Church of Scientology, eyebrows would raise.

The old man controlled his own fate. Just don’t shoot anyone next time and you’ll prove, if only to yourself, that you’re not the ‘angry old man’ the song references. Simple as that.

Amidst all the bopper-beatsy garbage, these guys aren’t trying to write gimmicky songs with catchy techno-pop phrases, but instead they are influenced by the classics: The Beatles, The Stone Roses, Primal Scream, Oasis, and The Libertines to name a few.

If you love music and hate MTV garbage pop, check out this piece done by filmmaker Steve Lee (bionicpix.com) in support of The Pacific‘s recent release Smoke and Mirrors available on Itunes.

Video courtesy of Vimby