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.

Twi-hards, rejoice: the soundtrack for the latest film in the Twilight series, New Moon, will be released this Friday, as “overwhelming and unprecedented demand” prompted the release date to be pushed up by four days. The album will be hitting stores more than a month before the film is released on November 20, so the Twilight faithful can comfort themselves with the musical musings of Death Cab for Cutie, Thom Yorke, Muse, the Killers, OK Go, Grizzly Bear, Lykke Li, Bon Iver, St. Vincent, Sea Wolf, and the Editors, among others, until their cinematic dreams become reality.

MTV has the full scoop on the most recent Twilight developments, of course, and is featuring an interview with OK Go and Lykke Li about their involvement with the soundtrack; check them out here and here. Stream the video for Death Cab for Cutie’s contribution to the soundtrack, titled “Meet Me on the Equinox,” here.

Thom Yorke Thom Yorke Thom Yorke! He really wants to know what you’re doing tonight, LA:

so yes that band thats doesnt really have a name that im working with at the moment??????
have decided to do a warm-up show on Friday Oct 2nd around 9pm at the Echoplex in Los Angeles
Its not that big, it’ll be total chaos and its kind of a rehearsal but .. if you are near by..
link to get tickets.
hope you get lucky with it.
so ain’t no point hanging around if u dont im afraid

What a sweet, sweet man. Thanks for the invite, TY!

Watch out, Los Angeles, two shows of epic importance are touching down in your city next week: on October 4 and 5 at the Orpheum Theatre, Thom Yorke will be performing with his new solo band, featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, Yorke’s production collaborators Nigel Godrich and Joey Waronker, and multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco. According to Yorke, the group came together “for fun” to work on new songs as well as on tracks from his 2006 solo album, The Eraser. “We don’t really have a name and the set will not be very long cuz .. well .. we haven’t got that much material yet,” he wrote on Radiohead’s website.

Local band Lucky Dragons will open the show, which promises to feature current Yorke solo work, including “Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses” and “The Hollow Earth,” tracks recently released on 12-inch vinyl. Another new song, “Hearing Damage,” is slated to appear on the New Moon soundtrack.

Rotten Tomatoes featured an interview with New Moon director Chris Weitz last week in which the Twilight sequel’s director went deep on the film’s still germinating soundtrack. Why was this of note? Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke was said to be interested in contributing an original song. But according to Pitchfork, Weitz is now confirming that Yorke has in fact written a song to be included on the soundtrack and the American Pie director will get a chance to hear it for the first time today. “Unless it’s sounds of him belching,” Weitz said, “I think I’ll put it in.”

But wait! There’s more! Yorke has esteemed company: Wisconsin bard and nascent philanthropist Bon Iver has also been confirmed as a contributor to the soundtrack. This is all pretty weird.