Radiohead

Duffy among winners at British songwriting awards

source: week.com

 IL The band won best contemporary song for "Grounds For Divorce" and best song musically and lyrically for "One Day Like This". Indie duo the Ting Tings were handed the best album award for "We Started Nothing". And Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood won ...

Published Wed, May 27

Book excerpt: How Radiohead upturned the music industry

source: Colorado Daily

 CO It decided to release the album anyway, through its Web site. On Oct. 1, Jonny Greenwood posted a terse announcement on radiohead.com: "Well, the new album is finished, and it's coming out in 10 days. We've called it In Rainbows. ...

Published Sun, May 24

Summertime concerts are where it's at

source: San Francisco Examiner

 California Earning kudos from the likes of Radiohead isn't easy to come by — isn't that right, Miley Cyrus? — but the Brooklyn-based indie rock act managed to earn the respect of guitarist Jonny Greenwood, who cited it as his favorite band. ...

Published Thu, May 21

Japanese rock band invited to perform at namesake school

source: Oxford Mail

 UK Michael Stinton, head of music at Abingdon School, who taught Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead, said: “This Japanese band has taken the name of the school because of the young men in Radiohead, who were all pupils here in the mid- to late-'80s. ...

Published Thu, May 21

Clapton and the fate of virtuoso guitar solos

source: Financial Times

 UK Jonny Greenwood is a prime example. The Radiohead guitarist is capable of cathartic bursts of action, as on “Paranoid Android” – but he more often seems content to hide himself in a wide range of tones, as if wielding multiple shimmering guitars rather ...

Published Fri, May 15

The most important band of the last 20 years: Radiohead - In ...

source: Examiner.com

The song is almost an introduction to the band members themselves, starting off with the percussive work of Phil Selway; then the vocal riffing of Thom Yorke; and lastly the guitar/bass melodies of Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, and Colin Greenwood. ...

Published Wed, May 6

Review: Coldplay

source: calgaryherald.com

  Canada U2 and Radiohead -- best encapsulated by "42," which starts off with a John Lennon-ish piano melody reminiscent of "Imagine" and a Bono-esque spiritual message, then segues into the unsettling, jittery guitar riffs of Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood. ...

Published Tue, May 5

Rock & Roll Saviors: The Black Keys - The Big Come Up, 2002

source: Examiner.com

Is it any wonder why noted fans of the Keys are Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin? The Black Keys' 2002 debut The Big Come Up is the introduction to one of the most highly acclaimed and essential bands of the ...

Published Fri, Apr 24