If you're turned off by the hype machine and haven't listened to any Radiohead since Creep, well, good news. Pitchfork is reporting that a greatest hits compilation will be released this spring. Personally, listening to The Bends and OK Computer back-to-back is all the greatest hits you need, but I know some many are partial to their post-melodic work from Kid A through In Rainbows.
Take a look at this very cool web site advertising the Pink Floyd Boxed Set.
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The term "Jellyfish-esque" is thrown about way too loosely nowadays. As much as I love NotLame, nearly everything they sell is "sounds like Jellyfish". Well, The Hoosiers is a band that my friend Laurie told me about recently that is awesome. And truly Jellyfish-esque. Check them out!
Check out this image from matthewsweet.com. Signs of life, sorta, at the official Matthew Sweet website. It's only been a couple years since they promised updates.
Could Rock Bottom Sunshine Lies be on its way soon? Sweet fanatics can dream, can't we?
He's still offering a preview of the album with the underwhelming track Badass at HisSpace.
In other Beatles news, the Hard Days Night hotel opened in the UK recently. CNN video has the story. Looks interesting and if I was ever in the area I'd certainly stay there. The idea of it sounds really cheesy at first but the video reveals it to be quite a nice place.
At 7pm on 04 February 2008 Nasa will transmit an MP3 The Beatles "Across The Universe" into deep space to Polaris (the north star). It's the song's 40th anniversary and Nasa Deep Space Network's 45th.
Update: Gizmodo has a hilarious take on the whole thing.
