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Sean Ono Lennon may have initially rejected the astrology his family embraced growing up, but when it came to his new album, it felt like the very stars were against him. “I just felt like there was too much cosmic interference,” he tells Rolling Stone of Asterisms, a genreless wash of instrumental music that flirts with jazz, rock, and electronic. In the end, though, the planets aligned, and the record dropped Friday on John Zorn’s Tzadik label.

But back in the days when Covid was rampant, the fate of...

Jessica Pratt returns this spring from a five-year hiatus with Here in the Pitch, the singer-songwriter’s first album since her acclaimed 2019 LP Quiet Signs.

Ahead of the album’s May 3 release via Mexican Summer, Pratt has shared the first single and opening track, “Life Is,” inspired by the orchestral Sixties songs by bands like the Walker Brothers, although not indicative of the rest of the music found on Here in the Pitch.

“In a way, itʼs kind of a false flag, but I also feel like itʼs a statement of intention,...

David Byrne’s American Utopia has extended its Broadway run for the final time and now will conclude performances on Sunday, April 3 at the St. James Theatre.

The production had previously been set to close on March 6.

The much-lauded production returned to Broadway at the St. James on Friday, September 17, 2021, following its original 2019 engagement at the Hudson Theatre and the 18-month pandemic shutdown. The show received a Special Tony Award in September 2021 and worked through the December 2021 Covid surge with a series of “unchained”, or unplugged-style, performances.

The production features David Byrne with original band members Jacquelene Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva, Daniel Freedman, Chris Giarmo, Tim Keiper, Tendayi Kuumba, Karl Mansfield, Mauro Refosco, Stéphane San Juan, Angie Swan and Bobby Wooten III. The company standbys are Renée Albulario, Alena Ciera, Chris Eddleton, Evan Frierson, Abe Nouri, and Natalie Tenenbaum.

David Byrne’s American Utopia will be coming to movie theaters for one night only on September 15th. The Spike Lee-directed film captured Byrne’s Broadway show during its original 2019-2020 sold-out run.

The Emmy-nominated HBO film, which screens two days before the show returns to Broadway at St. James Theatre beginning September 17th, will also feature an introduction from Byrne along with a never-before-seen conversation between Byrne and Lee. The film is presented by Iconic Events Releasing, Participant, River Road Entertainment, Warner Music Entertainment, and HBO Entertainment.

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David Byrne’s American Utopia, the Emmy-nominated special from director Spike Lee, is coming to movie theaters nationwide for a one-night-only event on September 15, Iconic Events Releasing, Participant, River Road Entertainment, Warner Music Entertainment, and HBO Entertainment announced today.

The theatrical event will feature an introduction by Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, as well as a never-before-seen conversation between Byrne and Lee.

American Utopia is a concert film that gives audiences access to Byrne’s Broadway show of the same, which played to sold-out, record-breaking audiences during its original 2019-2020 run. In it, Academy, Grammy and Golden Globe Award-winning musician David Byrne performs songs from his 2018 album of the same name, as well as songs by Talking Heads, and from his solo career. He’s joined onstage by band members from around the world, including Jacquelene Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva, Daniel Freedman, Chris Giarmo, Tim Keiper, Tendayi Kuumba, Karl Mansfield,...

Jomoro, the duo of Atoms for Peace drummer Joey Waronker and percussionist Mauro Refosco, teamed up with Sharon Van Etten for their song “Nest,” the latest single off the group’s album Blue Marble Sky.

“‘Nest’ started for us as an instrumental, reflecting a style Mauro and I developed playing together over the years, especially with Atoms for Peace,” Waronker said in a statement. “It was, for us, an exercise in working with a more ambient overall sound. I kept thinking of Sharon when I listened to it and finally...

David Byrne’s American Utopia, the theatrical concert performance that played a limited engagement on Broadway to great acclaim and full houses for five months in 2019 and 2020, and months ago announced a 2021 return, has found its venue: Utopia will begin performances at Jujamcyn’s St. James Theatre on the previously announced Friday, Sept. 17.

Byrne will return to Broadway with his original American Utopia band fully intact: Jacquelene Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva, Daniel Freedman, Chris Giarmo, Tim Keiper, Tendayi Kuumba, Karl Mansfield, Mauro Refosco, Stéphane San Juan, Angie Swan and Bobby Wooten III.

“It is with great pleasure that finally, after a year+ like no other, I can announce that our show is coming back to Broadway,” Byrne said. “You who kept the faith, who held on to your tickets, well, you knew this would happen eventually! September 17 – remount previews begin.

“We’re moving to the St. James Theatre – just down 44th Street from the Hudson,...

Drummer Joey Waronker and percussionist Mauro Refosco have formed the group Jomoro, dropping the lead single “Delicate Butterfly.”

Lucius provides shimmering vocals to the track, backed by subtle instrumentation that stretches to nearly four minutes. The track follows “Mirror,” released last month.

The group also announced the album Blue Marble Sky, out June 4th. The duo wrote and produced the record, trading files during the pandemic. Sharon Van Etten, Brandon Markell Holmes, and Brazilian singer Karina Buhr appear on the album, which contains vocal and instrumental tracks. Bassist Gabe Noel,...

The Toronto International Film Festival announced Tuesday that “American Utopia” — the filmed version of David Byrne’s 2019 Broadway show directed by Spike Lee — will be its opening night film. “American Utopia” will debut on HBO Max later this year.

TIFF 2020 will kick off as a hybrid virtual and in-person event beginning on September 10 through the 19th.

“American Utopia” features new takes and choreography to some of Byrne’s classic songs with Talking Heads and his solo career and had a sold-out run from October 2019 to February 2020 at Broadway’s Hudson Theater.

Also Read: Toronto Film Festival Lineup Unveils 'Tighter' Selection of 50 Movies for 2020 Fest

“With ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia,’ he brings Byrne’s classic songs and joyous stagecraft to the screen,” TIFF artistic director and co-head Cameron Bailey said in a statement. “Spike’s latest joint is a call to connect with one another, to protest injustice, and, above all,...

The filmed version of David Byrne’s Broadway show “American Utopia” — directed by Spike Lee — has been nabbed by HBO and will debut on the platform later this year, it was announced Tuesday by Nina Rosenstein, EVP, HBO Programming. No specific date was announced.

“American Utopia” features new takes and choreography to some of Byrne’s classic songs with Talking Heads and his solo career and had a sold-out run from October 2019 to February 2020 at Broadway’s Hudson Theater.

People who didn’t get to see the show got a taste of Byrne’s distinct showmanship when he performed with some of the Broadway cast on “SNL” earlier this year.

Also Read: 'David Byrne's American Utopia' Broadway Review: Stop Making Sense, Start Making Music

“David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ is a uniquely transformative experience and a perfect example of how entertainment can bring us together during these challenging times,...

HBO has landed the Spike Lee-directed version of Broadway show David Byrne’s American Utopia.

The film will launch on the premium cable network later this year and comes after Deadline revealed the filmed version of the show in January.

The Broadway production, which opened October 2019 and ran through February 16 at the Hudson Theatre, features the Talking Heads cofounder accompanied by 11 musicians from around the world performing songs from Byrne’s 2018 album American Utopia as well as hits from his Talking Heads and solo periods.

The stage musical is set to return to Broadway’s Hudson Theatre for a limited engagement beginning in September, though all Broadway immediate plans are more or less on hold as theaters remain closed due to the coronavirus.

The Broadway production featured the work of choreographer Annie-b Parson and Alex Timbers serving as production consultant, both of whom previously collaborated with Byrne on the...

Norah Jones has shared “How I Weep,” the second single and opening track from her upcoming LP Pick Me Up Off the Floor. The simmering track sees Jones feeling a full-body mourning for something she’s lost: “Inside I will weep/For a loss that’s so deep/That it hardens and turns into stone.”

“My friend got me into poetry this year,” Jones said of the song’s inspiration in a statement. “Her poetry, then she gave me poetry books. That plus reading Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein to...

Norah Jones will release her seventh studio album, Pick Me Up Off the Floor, on May 8th via Blue Note Records. She previewed the record with lead single “I’m Alive,” a collaboration with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy.

The laid-back track, which Tweedy co-wrote and produced, features the Wilco leader on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and bass. His son and frequent collaborator Spencer Tweedy plays brushed drums. “Just sit and wait, don’t move — just hesitate/You can hope and pray; you can moan; maybe things will change,” Jones croons over her warm,...

Spike Lee has announced his next project will be a film version of the Broadway stage show “David Byrne’s American Utopia.” The news was originally reported by Deadline. The cross-genre stage show helmed by the Talking Heads frontman opened October 2019 and runs through February 16 at the Hudson Theatre in New York. This film version is slated for a 2020 release. The film will be executive-produced and financed by Participant, with RadicalMedia and Byrne’s Todomundo and Lee’s Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks also producing. Famed cinematographer Ellen Kuras (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”) will shoot it.

“Pinch me,” David Byrne said in a statement shared with Deadline. “This couldn’t have worked out better for this project. Spike Lee directing and Participant producing — two socially engaged teams, well, three if you count us in the band, coming together in what I feel will be something moving, important,...

Exclusive: Oscar winner Spike Lee has signed on to direct a filmed version of the acclaimed Broadway show David Byrne’s American Utopia. Participant adds another title to its portfolio of films meant to engage positive social change, as it will be lead financier and executive producer for the project. It is financing the film with River Road Entertainment and Warner Music Group.

The film will be produced by RadicalMedia, as well as Byrne’s Todomundo and Lee’s Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks production companies. Byrne, Lee and Participant’s Jeff Skoll, David Linde and Diane Weyermann will share executive producer credit; along with Warner Music Group’s David Bither, Charlie Cohen, and Kurt Deutsch; Bill Pohlad of River Road; and RadicalMedia’s Jon Kamen, Dave Sirulnick and Meredith Bennett. Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson and Patrick Catullo, who lead produced the Broadway production, will also serve as executive producers.

David Byrne doesn’t do anything by half, and it’s a testament to his restless creativity that his performance of his song “One Fine Day” on the special New York week of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Tuesday featured a performance dramatically different from the one on his stunning ten-week Broadway residency that officially opened on Sunday.

While the “American Utopia” Broadway show features Byrne accompanied by an 11-piece band, this special Kimmel arrangement found him joined by Brazilian percussionist Mauro Refosco and the 70-odd member Brooklyn Youth Chorus for a drum-and-vocal-only version of “One Fine Day,” which is not from the recent album that shares a name with the Broadway show, from his generally overlooked 2008 album with Brian Eno, “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today.” While the version in “American Utopia” is the uplifting cap on the performance, if anything this version was even more inspired, with the choir...

Thom Yorke was nearly done playing a solo show at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles last night when a surprise Atoms For Peace reunion materialized. Nigel Godrich is already a part of Yorke’s solo band, so it only took Flea and drummer Joey Waronker to flesh out the rest of the band (though percussionist Mauro Refosco was absent.) They played Yorke’s 2006 song “Atoms For Peace,” the track that gave the band their name when they went on tour with him in 2010. This was their first performance since...

Earlier this year, the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s drummer and Will-Ferrell doppelganger, Chad Smith, announced that the band was set to record their new album this September… Thom Yorke came along.

Yorke along with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, Mauro Refosco and Chili Pepper’s own Flea joined forces to form the super group Atoms for Peace in 2009. Their debut album ‘Amok’ was released this past February and the band wasted no time going on tour – with dates scheduled through November.

With Flea tearing it up on stage, Chili Peppers member Josh Klinghoffer predicted recording could possibly be delayed until early 2014. But while we may be stuck listening to same 11 albums for a little longer, Flea is continuing to have a kickass year – doing back-to-back tours with two different bands and even returning to the big screen in the movie Low Down.

Set to release in 2014 Low Down...

Los Angeles — Southern California has been good for Thom Yorke.

It's the home base for his 4-year-old band Atoms For Peace, meaning he's making occasional tough cross-continent commuter flights from the United Kingdom but also hiking up to Griffith Observatory and surfing with Atoms bassist Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The very English Radiohead frontman said Los Angeles is steadily working its magic on him.

"I find it hard to work in Britain all the time," Yorke said. "Because I've grown up with it and it's what I know. And I've also grown up with the cynicism that's in the genes. Sometimes it's good to try and wash that out. Generally in my work, it's really helped me a lot. And it's fed back into the Radiohead thing too. Maybe it's just getting old but I'm loosening up with all my ... stupid rules about what works, what doesn't work.

Thom Yorke has provided the score for a documentary about tax avoidance.

The Radiohead frontman was joined by Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja to work on actor Dominic West's The UK Gold, reports The Daily Telegraph.

Directed by Mark Donne, the film will premiere at the Troxy Theatre London on June 25 as part of the East End Film Festival.

The film sets out to reveal Britain's status as a tax haven.

"This is a political documentary, but more than anything else it is an extraordinary story," said Donne.

"To have a quintessentially English figure embarking on an odyssey to understand how London remains the financial capital of the world is in itself a fascinating narrative. To have this journey unfurling at the exact time that the eyes of the world were on this country, during the Jubilee and the Olympics, gives the story a powerful twist.

"A pretty...

Thom Yorke’s Atoms for Peace, the supergroup he has formed with multi-instrumentalist Nigel Godrich, Beck/R.E.M drummer Joey Waronker, Brazilian percussive master Mauro Refosco and the bare-chested slap-bass master of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Flea, released their debut album Amok last week. It caused befuddlement, mediocre reviews and a general shrug of apathy, despite a very eye-catching and original video for single Ingenue.

The problem is, apart from the super-loyalists of the Yorke opus, people just don’t seem to get it. On top of this, and perhaps more crucially, people seem unmoved by it.

Why is this we wonder? Well, the pitch is a tricky one.

First up, there is an anti-nuclear agenda to the identity and positioning of the group. Ok, fine, Thom Yorke’s well known for and and very vocal about his environmental leanings. And that’s a good thing, right? So,...

"Ingenue" Atoms for Peace Amok (Xl Recordings)

Thom Yorke, Flea, long time Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, session drummer Joey Waronker, and percussionist Mauro Refosco have conjured up some heady experimental rock and electronica juju on this album of Radiohead-like alt-dance and fragmented rock tunes. Much of what I hear on this album had its roots in Radiohead's Amnesiac -- vague lyrics, off-kilter rhythms, Yorke's falsetto vocal phrases. Get your groove on, like Thom does in the video on the next page...

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Raul Malo has a voice as angelic as Roy Orbison's. He and his country-leaning Mavs -- original bassist Robert Reynolds and drummer Paul Deakin, along with the more recent guitarist Eddie Perez -- have regrouped and released their first new music in ten years, entitled In Time, including tunes co-written by former Nrbq badass Al Anderson. Last month I was lucky enough to...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers turn 30 this year, and they've found quite a few ways to celebrate. The band is headlining one of Coachella's nights and working on their eleventh studio album. Flea, the group's bassist, teamed up with Radiohead's Thom Yorke to form Atoms for Peace, which recently dropped its debut record. Drummer Chad Smith, meanwhile, lined up a trip to the nation's seat of power, lobbying lawmakers in Washington D.C. for music education funding.

Smith's trip was planned by Namm, the National Association of Music Merchants, a non-profit advocacy group the drummer has partnered with for years now. In addition to speaking with a number of congress members -- Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) and Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-w.V.) and Joe Manchin (D-w.V.) among them -- Smith performed with a middle school jazz band and, of course, made some time for interviews.

HuffPost Entertainment spoke with...

Atoms for Peace will start a U.S. fall tour in September at Philadelphia’s Liacouras Center. Individually known as Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, producer Nigel Godrich, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, drummer Joey Waronker and percussionist Mauro Refosco, Atoms For Peace released its debut set, “Amok,” in February. The album entered the Billboard charts at No. 2. It was uncertain that the collective would actually tour; instead, in February and March, Yorke and Godrich hosted Atoms for Peace DJ sets in London, Berlin and New York. The good news is that it looks like the six dates are just the start, not the...

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Release date: Monday 25th February 2013

Impromptu ‘supergroup’ Atoms For Peace was formed in Los Angeles towards the close of 2009, initially conceived as a vehicle to allow Radiohead’s Thom Yorke to play his debut solo album The Eraser in a live capacity. The group boasts a notable and eclectic collective of musical heavyweights; with Yorke (vocals, guitar and piano), Chilli Peppers bassist Flea, longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich (keyboards and synths), Brazilian instrumentalist Mauro Refosco (percussion), and Joey Waronker of Beck & R.E.M (drums). The musicians convened for a 3 day studio session in L.A. during which the band sought to recreate the electronic sounds that Yorke had previously conceived, after which Yorke sliced, diced and rearranged the pieces before layering his vocals over the results.

Amok represents the evolution of Yorke’s ever-expanding fascination with electronica and all-pervasive desire to break the mould by...

Atoms for Peace, "Amok" (Xl Recordings)

Since it was first used to describe the rock band Cream in the 1960s, the term supergroup hasn't always lived up to its moniker. The idea of assembling players from different bands isn't always grand, and rarely does it produce an exponential group effort.

Cream, Audioslave and the Travelling Wilburys are a few that triumphed through the sum of its parts. But for every success story, there have been numerous all-star lineups that were too predictable and somewhat boring. One of them is even named after a continent.

But Asia aside, merging players in a band is truly a tricky business.

So it makes you wonder why Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke teamed up with Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist Flea and others in Atoms for Peace.

The nine-song "Amok" has an experimental groove, not much different from what you would expect from a Radiohead album,...

Atoms For Peace is the project name for Thom Yorke’s full band when he’s gone solo, and structurally the album “Amok” shows he’s still its leader. For it, the Radiohead frontman assembled a mighty drum circle. Nigel Godrich, Flea, Joey Waronker, Mauro Refosco and Yorke beat, tap, hum and stir their way through a mere nine songs for the album, which feels further abbreviated by it’s ultra-tidy sound. Every tapestry of rhythm churns at a similar clip, with small and short programmed drum sounds rarely stepping in the way of Yorke's falsetto and protracted vowels. “Judge, Jury, Executioner,” one of...

Atoms for Peace, the supergroup comprised of Radiohead's Thom Yorke, producer Nigel Godrich, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and Mauro Refosco, have posted a full stream of their debut album "Amok."

The disc wasn't supposed to be released until Feb. 25, but has since leaked online. In a Reddit IAmA, Godrich and the famously enigmatic Yorke said they were "unsurprised" by the leak.

They also revealed that the band would tour the U.S. and that choosing songs for Atoms for Peace (as opposed to Radiohead) is a "gray area" that's "getting grayer." Yorke says Radiohead will be getting together soon, writing, "We haven't seen each other in a Long time, we will be in the same room again in (sic) April or May, I guess. I hope."

"Amok" comes on the heels of "Default" and "Judge, Jury and Executioner," two standout singles. The band recently announced the tracklist for the project,...

Amok, the long-anticipated first album from Thom Yorke's side project Atoms for Peace, is scheduled to come out next week, but as is common these days, the band has made it available to stream ahead of time. Yorke is backed by a supergroup made up of Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Beck and R.E.M. drummer Joey Waronker, and percussionist Mauro Refosco (who's worked with David Byrne and Brian Eno). Stream the album below or head to their site if you want to see it visualized with spinning screenshots of the sites that post the stream (including this one!). Don't worry, it doesn't sound like Rhcp and Radiohead played at the same time. ...

Thom Yorke's Atoms For Peace have unveiled their new single on UK radio. The electronic supergroup officially premiered the studio version of 'Judge Jury and Executioner' on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show last night (February 7). They originally premiered a live version of the track at a gig in Los Angeles back in 2009. Atoms For Peace consists of Radiohead frontman Yorke, Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, producer Nigel Godrich and percussionist Mauro Refosco. The four-piece (more)...

Finally, a word directly from Thom Yorke on the future of his Atoms For Peace supercrew: the band has confirmed a new released date, some artwork and a tracklist for album "Amok." The full-length debut will be out via Xl on Feb. 26, a month after initially reported, with the personnel as expected, featuring Radiohead frontman Yorke, longtime collaborator Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, Mauro Refosco and Flea. The set is only nine tracks long, which is actually unsurprising, considering Radiohead's last effort "The King of Limbs" was only eight. Stanley Donwood, who has also worked with Yorke & Co. for stretches,...

Atoms for Peace, the superband made up of musicians from Radiohead and Red Hot Chili Peppers, has released details on the band's upcoming album, "Amok."

Led by Radiohead's Thom Yorke on vocals, Atoms for Peace features Rhcp's Flea on bass, Joey Waronker on drums, Mauro Refosco (who has performed with Rhcp) on percussion, and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich handling production and programming.

Set to debut Feb. 25, 2013, "Amok" is a nine-track album:

"Before Your Very Eyes" "Default" "Ingenue" "Dropped" "Unless" "Stuck Together Pieces" "Judge Jury and Executioner" "Reverse Running" "Amok"

"I'm still reeling from being on tour for much of the year but we are planning to get together and play, etc. next year! We're figuring all that out right now," Yorke wrote in a release. "Atoms is a ongoing and open ended project, where it leads I know not for certain... which is what is nice about it."

Can't wait...

Get ready for two of music's greatest to come together on one album. Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea will join Radiohead singer Thom Yorke along with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, drummer Joey Waronker and percussionist Mauro Refosco once again to collaborate on an album, Amok, which is set to release early next year, according to Rolling Stone.  This group, better known as Atoms for Peace, performed at Coachella in 2010, released their first single "Default" in September.  "You may have heard that I have a new project called Atoms for Peace," Yorke wrote the band's website. "The name comes from some shows of The Eraser that...

Members of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Radiohead are collaborating again as the band Atoms for Peace. The group, which performed at Coachella in 2010, is comprised of Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, drummer Joey Waronker, and percussionist Mauro Refosco, who has also recorded with Rhcp.

Atoms for Peace is now set to release a debut album, "Amok," early next year. The record features nine tracks:

"Before Your Very Eyes..." "Default" "Ingenue" "Dropped" "Unless" "Stuck Together Pieces" "Judge, Jury and Executioner" "Reverse Running" "Amok"

The single "Default" was released in September.

"It was a form of madness," Yorke said of making the album in an interview with Rolling Stone. "We'd go in at midday and pretty much work through to 10. We were playing all the time. It was bonkers. We'd stop to change beat. Joey and Mauro would scribe the beat out,...

Thom Yorke's side project Atoms for Peace have confirmed a tracklisting for their upcoming album. The supergroup - who have previously toured - is comprised of Yorke, drummer Joey Waronker, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich and Mauro Refosco. Following the release of their first single 'Default' in September, Rolling Stone reports that Amok, the band's first album, will be released in early 2013. In an interview with the magazine, Yorke said of the album: "One of the things we were most excited about was ending up with a record where you weren't quite sure where the human starts and the machine ends." Godrich added: "They are songs, but you also have to give people something that moves. This is the (more)...

Growing out of live band performances of Thom Yorke's solo album, the members of electro experiment group Atoms For Peace have finished a nine-song album "Amok" (Xl) and will release it at long-last on Jan. 28. Songs have been trickled out all this fall, of remixes and teaser bits, with excellent "Default" leading the way. You can hear it below. Yorke is joined by longtime Radiohead cohort Nigel Godrich, drummer Joey Waronker and Red Hot Chili Peppers players Flea and Mauro Refosco on the solo-project-ish thing, which was recorded out of New York's Electric Lady Studios. According to a tidy interview...

Atoms For Peace, Thom Yorke’s band that isn’t Radiohead and Flea’s band that isn’t Red Hot Chili Peppers, has confirmed a release date for its debut full length. Amok, whose title is presumably not a Hocus Pocus reference, is due out Jan. 28 on Xl Records. A full tracklist is below. Atoms For Peace also features mega-producer Nigel Godrich, Ima Robot’s Joey Waronker, and Brazilian percussionist Mauro Refosco. 01 “Before Your Very Eyes…” 02 “Default” 03 “Ingenue” 04 “Dropped” 05 “Unless” 06 “Stuck Together Pieces” 07 “Judge, Jury and Executioner” 08 “Reverse Running” 09 “Amok”...

Band's Saturday-night set was lively and loose, capping a day that also saw spirited sets from Mac Miller and Skrillex.

By James Montgomery

Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers performs at the 2012 Hangout Music Festival

Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images

Gulf Shores, Alabama — Having been at this for more than two decades now, the Red Hot Chili Peppers clearly know how to headline a fest: play the hits, thank the crowd, occasionally swat at a beach ball, exit stage right. Maybe work a few well-placed curse words in there too. These things tend to be the same.

So it's a testament to both their versatility and their dedication that the Chili Peppers' Saturday-night set at the Hangout Festival was anything but by the numbers, as the band jammed long and hard, stretching songs to the breaking point (and beyond), much to the delight of the raucous, sun-baked crowd.

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has revealed that Radiohead's Thom Yorke has been an inspiration for him since their recent collaboration. The pair worked together in their Atoms for Peace supergroup, along with drummer Joey Waronker, Mauro Refosco and producer Nigel Godrich last year. "It influenced me being around Thom," Flea explained. "He's an unbelievably great musician and a beautiful man. He's so pure as an artist. It's less that I would try to copy him and more that just being around someone who channels really powerful energy is beneficial. "It's a relationship I will always hope to nurture." Flea added that he has also enjoyed collaborating with the likes of Damon Albarn and Patti Smith during Red Hot Chili Peppers' two-year hiatus, but that he is now glad to return to the band. (more)...

Atoms for Peace feature members of Red Hot Chili Peppers and R.E.M.

By Josh Wigler

Thom Yorke

Photo: Nick Pickles/ WireImage

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has finally unveiled the name of his new side project: Atoms for Peace. The band's all-star lineup consists of bassist Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, drummer Joey Waronker of R.E.M., Brazilian percussionist Mauro Refosco of Forro in the Dark and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich.

"It has been decided that we call ourselves Atoms for Peace," Yorke wrote on the official Radiohead Web site. "Hope you like the name. It seemed bleedin' obvious."

Atoms for Peace will embark on a brief tour in April, beginning with two nights at New York's Roseland Ballroom on April 5 and 6 and concluding with a performance at the Coachella Festival in Indio, California, on April 18. Tickets for Coachella are currently available for purchase, while tickets...

Thom Yorke's supergroup has got an official name. "It has been decided that we call ourselves Atoms for Peace. hope you like the name.. it seemed bleedin' obvious," so the Radiohead's frontman announced.

Along with that, Thom revealed the new band's tour dates with Flying Lotus serving as an opening act. They will start the gig at Roseland Ballroom in New York on April 5 for a two-day concert. One day after rocking Santa Barbara Bowl in California on date 17, they will close the tour with a performance at the 11th Annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.

Previously, Thom Yorke was lined up at the music festival under the name Thom Yorke????. Later on, he confirmed that he has a side project with Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Beck's Joey Waronker, Forro in the Dark's Mauro Refosco and producer Nigel Godrich.

They actually had debuted their first live...

Thom Yorke finally has an answer to all the questions. Radiohead fans eager to see more of the frontman's side project, which debuted to much acclaim under the moniker ?????? last fall in Los Angeles, will get a chance to hear more when Yorke and crew head out on a brief tour this spring. And this time, they even have a proper name... Yorke announced on Radiohead's website that his new band, comprised of Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, Mauro Refosco (of Forro in the Dark), Joey Waronker (who's played with R.E.M. and Beck) and longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, will officially be called—drumroll, please—Atoms for Peace. The quintet will take to the road...

Thom Yorke has revealed the name of his supergroup side-project and unveiled several Us tour dates. Writing on Radiohead's official blog, the frontman announced that his previously-untitled collaboration with Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, drummer Joey Waronker, Mauro Refosco and producer Nigel Godrich is called Atoms For Peace - also the title of a track on his 2006 debut solo LP The Eraser. Yorke posted: "Ok so in April the other band.. that i got together to do the eraser and other stuff u know .. Mauro, Flea, Me, Joey and Nigel is going back out to do some shows (more)...

Thom Yorke is heading out on tour prior to his appearance at Coachella, and he's bringing famous backing band with him (no, not that band). Previously billed as the quixotic Thom Yorke????, the new group is now called Atoms for Peace and features Flea, Mauro Refosco, Joey Waronker and Nigel Godrich. Before the April 18 fest appearance, Yorke and Atoms for Peace are heading to New York, Boston, Chicago, Oakland and Santa Barbara, with Flying Lotus supporting up through Oakland. Tickets go on sale over March 2-4, with more details to be had here. Yorke will perform songs from his solo...

Thom Yorke, the lead singer of band Radiohead, has a side project with Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist/keyboardist Michael "Flea" Balzary. Also recruited as the new band's personnel are producer Nigel Godrich, Beck's drummer Joey Waronker and percussionist Mauro Refosco.

"In the past couple of weeks I've been getting a band together for fun to play the eraser stuff live and the new songs etc.. to see if it could work," Thom wrote on Radiohead's official website. Along with the announcement, he posted a picture of the new band. "Here's a photo.. its me, joey waronker, mauro refosco, flea and nigel godrich," so he stated.

The band are yet to have any name. But, they will debut their first live performance on October 4 and 5 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. "The set will not be very long cuz ..well ...we haven't got that much material yet! but...

By Cara Alwill

It seems like you can't throw a stone without hitting some kind of supergroup lately. The likes of Chickenfoot (Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith, guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani and former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony) and the planned Trent Reznor/Gary Numan collaboration have brought together like-minded artists from disparate backgrounds and so far produced some interesting results. The latest marriage of rock royalty sees Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke joining forces with Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Ok Computer producer Nigel Godrich, Beck drummer Joey Waronker and percussionist Mauro Refosco (who has worked with They Might Be Giants and David Byrne). Yorke made the announcement on Radiohead's website earlier today that the group will make its live debut this Sunday and Monday, October 4 and 5, at Los Angeles' venerable Orpheum Theatre.

"In the past couple of weeks I've been getting a band...

Thom Yorke has formed a new band to tour his solo music. The Radiohead frontman has joined up with Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, drummer Joey Waronker, Mauro Refosco and producer Nigel Godrich for the project. Writing on the official Radiohead website, Yorke said: "In the past couple of weeks I've been getting a band together for fun to play The Eraser stuff live and the new songs etc. to see if (more)...