Thom Knows Best

Thom Yorke has been a busy guy lately. In addition to his charitable interests (currently environmentalism and saving Haiti - no objections here) he apparently still is pursuing a career writing, recording and performing music. If you blinked, you may have missed a short period last fall when a flurry of new material emerged, notably four solo Thom singles and two Radiohead songs (mp3s below). In that same time frame, Thom also put together a new band for the purpose of performing his solo material (no indication yet that he plans to record with them) that included a few ho-hum names like Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nigel Godrich (Radiohead's go-to producer) and Joey Waronker (drummer for R.E.M. and Beck) and threw a pair of impromptu L.A. live shows. No big deal.

Thom is also in the process of throwing down a new album with those Radiohead chaps (recording started in December), but of course any interesting information regarding release date, content or anything beyond mere likelihood of existence is impossible to corroborate. I can give you a few other morsels to anticipate: Thom will be recording a cover of Peter Gabriel song "Wallflower" for an upcoming PG covers album, contributing guest vocals to Flying Lotus song "...And the World Laughs With You" on upcoming (5/4) mindfuck Cosmogramma, remixing a track for Liars on the bonus disc of their upcoming (3/9) release Sisterworld, and contributing three original songs to the soundtrack of the Tibet documentary When The Dragon Swallowed The Sun (also featuring compositions by Philip Glass and Bjork) which debuted February 5th at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Below are the releases from last fall, plus Thom's remix of masked madman MF Doom and a track from his 2006 solo LP The Eraser.

Thom Yorke - Hearing Damage (from The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack)
Thom Yorke - All For The Best (from Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy)
Thom Yorke - Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses (A-side from Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses Single)
Thom Yorke - The Hollow Earth (B-side from Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses Single)
Radiohead - Harry Patch (In Memory Of) (Charity Single for the British Legion)
Radiohead - These Are My Twisted Words (from Radiohead distribution site W.A.S.T.E.)
MF Doom - Gazzillion Ear (Thom Yorke Remix) (from Gazzillion Ear EP)
Thom Yorke - And It Rained All Night (from The Eraser)