Piano/Guitar Chords for Radiohead’s “Codex”

Something to play around with on piano or guitar. Chords are approximate. Listen closely to the original to catch the exact timing of Thom’s changes:


Intro:  C  Bb  Dm


C          Bb Dm

Slight of  hand

F                        Bb

Jump off the end

Bb        Am   C

Into a clear lake

C        Bb   Dm

No one around


So hopefully you’ve given The King of Limbs a couple of spins at this point… How do you like it?? Personally, I’ve found it to have a lot in common with the laid back, mature, post-having-anything-to-prove-to-anyone, live-in-studio vibe that made In Rainbows pop, but with a renewed nudge toward the old Kid A/Amnesiac experimental spirit.

Specifically, it seems Radiohead have begun to incorporate the tumbling rhythms of dubstep, a sub-genre of electronic music that’s been building cred in the U.K. underground over the past decade.

Thom Yorke gives Minnesota a miss (again)

You may have read the announcement that Thom Yorke’s new solo band, Atoms for Peace, will be doing a string of US shows this Spring. It’s just a few dates, but enough to point out that once again, as in Radiohead itineraries past, the Twin Cities have been left off the list, the assumption being that two shows in Chicago are enough to cover the Upper Midwest Market.

Radiohead haven’t played the Twin Cities since 1997. Now that show must have been amazing (it was 1997 after all). But how much longer can Minnesota fans (or fans from other under-served North American locales, of which there are many) tolerate this neglect?