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Thom Yorke On Scoring The New 'Suspiria'

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Thom Yorke On Scoring The New 'Suspiria'

November 3, 2018 • "Horror music can fall into a trap of trying to be dark for the sake of it," the Radiohead frontman says. "There's lots of different ways to make something terrifying."

Thom Yorke On Scoring The New 'Suspiria'

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Thom Yorke Offers 'Volk,' Another Piece From His Synth-Laden 'Suspiria' Score

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Thom Yorke Offers 'Volk,' Another Piece From His Synth-Laden 'Suspiria' Score

October 11, 2018 • "Volk" sounds like it should accompany a cinematic sequence of unspeakable body horror... or, who knows, maybe a really freaky, slow-motion food fight.

Hear 'Has Ended,' Thom Yorke's Unsettling Song From The 'Suspiria' Soundtrack

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Hear 'Has Ended,' Thom Yorke's Unsettling Song From The 'Suspiria' Soundtrack

October 3, 2018 • Yorke's first film score includes this psychedelic track.

New Mix: Thom Yorke, Sylvan Esso, Buke & Gase, More

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New Mix: Thom Yorke, Sylvan Esso, Buke & Gase, More

September 11, 2018 • This week's essential mix has music from Thom Yorke's first-ever film score, a pulsing cover of Califone's "Funeral Singers" from Sylvan Esso, obliterated guitar rock from Squirrel Flower and more.

New Mix: Thom Yorke, Sylvan Esso, Buke & Gase, More

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Throwback Thursday: When Thom Yorke Played Guest DJ

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Throwback Thursday: When Thom Yorke Played Guest DJ

May 5, 2016 • For Throwback Thursday, we revisit a 2008 conversation between Bob Boilen and Radiohead's Thom Yorke. Thom talks about In Rainbows, how he discovers new music and some of his favorite artists.

Throwback Thursday: When Thom Yorke Played Guest DJ

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New Mix: Thom Yorke, Robert Plant, Aphex Twin, Trent Reznor, More

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New Mix: Thom Yorke, Robert Plant, Aphex Twin, Trent Reznor, More

September 30, 2014 • On this week's All Songs: We share great new electronic music from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' unsettling Gone Girl soundtrack, Thom Yorke and Aphex Twin, plus new music from Robert Plant and more.

New Mix: Thom Yorke, Robert Plant, Aphex Twin, Trent Reznor, More

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Atoms For Peace: Thom Yorke's Electronic Shadow-World

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Atoms For Peace: Thom Yorke's Electronic Shadow-World

February 28, 2013 • Inside the famously fevered head of the Radiohead lead singer, the ghosts and phantoms are still working overtime. Hear a review of his new project.

Atoms For Peace: Thom Yorke's Electronic Shadow-World

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It's Never Early To Think About 2013's Best Music

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It's Never Early To Think About 2013's Best Music

December 30, 2012 • Are people still talking about 2012? Bring on 2013! Here, NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson discusses forthcoming albums by Atoms for Peace, Aaron Neville, Kacey Musgraves and Rhye.

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Thom Yorke And Friends On Making Music As Atoms For Peace

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Thom Yorke And Friends On Making Music As Atoms For Peace

January 29, 2013 • The Radiohead singer put together his latest band while on tour for his 2006 solo album. He and bandmates Nigel Godrich and Joey Waronker talk with Bob Boilen about their new album, Amok.

Listen: Thom Yorke on 'Amok'

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The 'Overlooked 11' of 2006

December 20, 2006 • Given the proliferation of year-end Top 10 lists, it seems natural that Shadow Classics — which gives shelter to under-appreciated music — would feature its own list of 2006 recordings likely to become Shadow Classics down the line. Don't let these gems go unnoticed.

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World Cafe's Top 10 CDs of 2006

December 4, 2006 • World Cafe features daily interviews and live in-studio performances from seasoned music veterans and new sensations, in genres ranging from rock to blues to folk to alternative country and beyond. From NPR station WXPN, host David Dye chooses his favorite albums of 2006.

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Thom Yorke's 'Eraser' Prompts a Letter

July 13, 2006 • Thom Yorke, lead singer of the band Radiohead, has just released his first solo record, The Eraser. Music critic Will Hermes says while the music may seem depressing, Yorke has actually written a soul-record for the 21st century.

Thom Yorke's 'Eraser' Prompts a Letter

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Shedding the Weight of the World, and a Band

July 11, 2006 • Those familiar with Radiohead's Thom Yorke — the great rock poet of anxious despair, whose internal dialogue revs like a thousand engines stuck in neutral — might be skeptical of any attempt to give his inner doomsayer the day off. But he's determined to try.

First Watch: Modeselektor feat. Thom Yorke, 'Shipwreck'

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Syd Barrett, Thom Yorke, Anouar Brahem

July 13, 2006 • Remembering Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett; Quirky, D.I.Y. indie pop from Boat; The stark duality of Canada's Arctic; New music from Radiohead's Thom Yorke; Singer-songwriter Mason Jennings and more.

Syd Barrett, Thom Yorke, Anouar Brahem

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Summer Look Ahead 2006

June 8, 2006 • Bob Boilen speaks with All Things Considered music reviewers Meredith Ochs and Tom Moon about their most anticipated CDs for Summer 2006.

Summer Look Ahead 2006

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