In a blog post entitled “nuclear power no thanks,” Thom Yorke dropped a few s-bombs on the British government last night. And by s-bomb we mean sarcasm, not shit! Har.

nuclear power no thanks
under pressure from the CBI
and under the confused assumption that we can carry on consuming power as we do now into the future
and too afraid to think out of their own isolated political fuzzy cloud
the british government is commiting to build a new round of nuclear power stations
for which we dont have the money.
great.
just perfect.
well done fellas.
you’ve really thought about this haven’t you?

Then, just as he might at the end of a Radiohead show or perhaps an awkward conversation with a stranger on the street, Mr. Yorke made his exit quietly and too soon. He did however leave the following image in his wake. We love him all the more for it.

After a slew of interview vagaries, phantom EPs, Thom Yorke solo meanderings and URL conspiracy theories, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien helped clear the air a bit on the status of the band most simply refer to as world’s very best: they’re going to keep making albums. In fact, the guitarist told NME that the band will be heading into an Oxfordshire studio this winter with long-time producer (and Thom Yorke’s recent bandmate) Nigel Godrich. O’Brien even went on to joke that the album will retain a “Typical Radiohead” sound, offering English cold and cloud cover as means for sonic deviation. Or not. “We’re going into the studio in winter,” O’Brien says. “It’s always miserable! When you’re in a studio in the countryside the music you make is definitely affected by what season it is.” How about that! A depressing Radiohead album!

A week or so ago, British media whore Lily Allen got in a tiff with Radiohead, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason and Annie Lennox, claiming such “rich” artists don’t care about stopping digital piracy because, well, they’re rich! So what’d she do? She started a blog! She even named it It’s Not Alright, a clever play on her first album. (Note the URL: IDontWanttoChangetheWorld.Blogspot.com!) This all seemed a bit, um, trite, especially considering how Allen rose to stardom via buzz on file sharing networks, a string of digitally released mixtapes (which used choice samples from artists, presumably without clearing them) and the cult of MySpace. It’s even funnier because Allen claims only the “rich” artists don’t care about file sharing because they are already rich. Sorry Lily, but we’re pretty sure Billy Bragg is always looking out for the little guy, and you, well, you were born to a famous British comedian and a movie producer, so we’re guessing times weren’t too tough at the Allen household. Nevertheless, Allen seems to have recanted her mission, as It’s Not Alright has been deleted from the pages of Blogger. (See here). Guess you really didn’t want to change the world, did ya Lily.

Radiohead has released a new song on its website, titled “These Are My Twisted Words.” As Jonny Greenwood notes in his blog post on the track: “We’ve been recording for a while, and this was one of the first we finished. We’re pretty proud of it. There’s other stuff in various states of completion, but this is one we’ve been practicing, and which we’ll probably play at this summer’s concerts. Hope you like it.”

Download the audio here or the torrent here.

Whether or not this track will appear on Radiohead’s rumored upcoming EP remains to be seen.

The internet is a confusing place. This song clip, seeming to be a new Radiohead track, appeared unexplicably this morning on the band’s fan site At Ease. Although “These Are My Twisted Words” sounds very Yorke-ian (Ed: yikes) , the band has yet to officially confirm that the song is one of theirs. Since they’re done with recording and releasing albums, perhaps this is their new, sneaky preferred method of delivering music to the masses. (via p4k)