The Orpheum Theatre.

Last night in Los Angeles, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke debuted his new band with at L.A.’s Orpheum Theatre. Backed by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea (who did, in fact, keep his shirt on), Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Beck/R.E.M. drummer Joey Waronker, and percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco of Forro in the Dark, Yorke performed his 2006 solo album The Eraser in its entirety. For the encore, Yorke premiered three new songs completely solo: “Open the Floodgates”, “Lotus Flower” and “Super Collider”. The band then returned for takes on the Radiohead Com Lag EP track “Paperbag Writer”, which Thom dedicated to Colin Greenwood (who was in the crowd and happen to run into my dad and myself before the show in the bat), another new track “Judge, Jury, Executioner” and finished with the new 12″ tracks “The Hollow Earth” and “Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses”.

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