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St. Vincent performs onstage at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California on December 16, 2022

“This song presents a kind of revisionist history where guitar solos were cool after all in the early noughties”: February 2024 Guitar World editors' picks

By Michael Astley-Brown published

From neoclassical tapping clinics to cosmic, spaghetti western-esque guitar soundscapes, this month has provided an embarrassment of six-string riches

Thom Yorke performing The Same with The Smile on his Starfire II bass

Those needing a Radiohead-grade anxiety fix will love this performance from Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s The Smile

By Matt Parker published

The Smile post Primavera footage with Yorke rocking a Guild Starfire II bass, Greenwood on piano, atmosphere off the charts. Sure it's anxious, but in a good way...

(from left) Tom Skinner, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood

Radiohead side project The Smile detail debut album, A Light for Attracting Attention

By Jackson Maxwell published

Helmed by longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, the album is set for release in May

Thom Yorke performs live in Zermatt, Switzerland on April 9, 2022

Watch Thom Yorke reimagine Radiohead classics and rarities at acoustic solo show

By Jackson Maxwell published

Yorke performed a wide variety of Radiohead and solo cuts, plus a couple of Smile tunes, at the Zermatt, Switzerland gig

(from left) Tom Skinner, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood

The Smile give a Radiohead rarity a jazzy re-working on new single, Skrting On The Surface

By Jackson Maxwell published

The song is, notably, the first formally released version of an idea that's been kicking around the Radiohead extended universe for well over a decade

The Smile perform at Magazine

The Smile just played their first-ever public gigs – here are six things we learned about the Radiohead offshoot

By Michael Astley-Brown published

Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s latest collaboration performed to their first real-life audiences this weekend, and we were there to spot the nerdy guitar details

(from left) Jonny Greenwood, Thom Yorke and Tom Skinner of The Smile

Radiohead side project The Smile premiere ethereal new single, The Smoke

By Jackson Maxwell published

The bass-led tune is the three-piece's second single, and prefaces their upcoming trio of performances in London on January 29 and January 30

Thom Yorke (left) and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead perform during 2016 Lollapalooza Day Two at Grant Park on July 29, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois

From full-throttle carnage to Sweet Potato Pie: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen published

Kick off 2022 with a bang with thrilling new tunes from The Smile, Loathe, Cory Wong, Fit For an Autopsy, Widowspeak and more

(from left) Tom Skinner, Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke

Radiohead side project The Smile premiere punky debut single, You Will Never Work In Television Again

By Jackson Maxwell published

The Thom Yorke-fronted trio will also perform three concerts in London on January 29 and 30, all of which will be streamed online

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Radiohead side-project The Smile debut new material – and pedalboards – in surprise rehearsal livestream

By Michael Astley-Brown published

Hear the latest songs – and behold the latest rigs – from Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke’s guitar-driven side-project

Jonny Greenwood

Jonny Greenwood says Radiohead side-project The Smile's debut album is "just about finished"

By Sam Roche published

The guitar-driven band – which also features Thom Yorke and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – are “sitting in front of a pile of music”, Greenwood reveals

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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood form new band The Smile – watch first-ever live footage from Glastonbury

By Michael Astley-Brown published

The first full track from the guitar-driven three-piece finds Yorke on a Fender Mustang Bass, while Greenwood riffs on a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop