From the Basement

From the Basement is a podcast and a TV programme that features live performances from various musicians. The show is filmed in high-definition at Maida Vale studios in London with the live sound by producer Nigel Godrich. From the Basement has no studio audience [1]. The podcast launched on December 18, 2006. The first UK broadcast was on Sky Arts on December 1, 2007 and premiered in the US on Rave HD on the February 22, 2008, followed by a run on the Independent Film Channel in the fall of 2008 (The IFC chose to split the episodes listed below into shorter, half-hour segments[2]). They were also amongst the final programmes broadcast by the now defunct YLE Extra in Finland [3][4].

MHD (Music High Definition) network on Comcast cable in the US is now broadcasting a Radiohead only version of the program. It is unclear whether the show was produced all at once, or was recorded over multiple sessions.

The first episode featured Thom Yorke on the piano performing songs from the then upcoming Radiohead album, alongside performances from The White Stripes and a collaboration between Four Tet's Kieran Hebden and drummer Steve Reid. The episode was filmed by director Sophie Muller.

A second series of shows ran on Sky Arts from December 3, 2008 to January 7, 2009.

Podcast show 1

1. The White Stripes - "Blue Orchid / Party of Special Things To Do"
2. Thom Yorke - "Videotape"
3. Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid - "Mom's Marmalade"
4. The White Stripes - "As Ugly As I Seem"
5. Thom Yorke - "Down Is The New Up"
6. The White Stripes - "Red Rain"
7. The Big Brother Show Episode

Television Series 1

Episode 1

1 [00:00:00.000]: Introduction

2 [00:00:34.781]: The White Stripes - "Blue Orchid"/"Party of Special Things to Do"

3 [00:05:38.540]: The Shins - "Turn on Me"

4 [00:09:37.260]: Neil Hannon - "Lady of a Certain Age"

5 [00:16:10.000]: The White Stripes - "Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)"

6 [00:19:43.000]: The Shins - "Phantom Limb"

7 [00:24:10.000]: The White Stripes - "Ugly As I Seem"

8 [00:28:45.000]: The White Stripes - "Little Ghost"

9 [00:31:40.000]: The Shins - "A Comet Appears"

10[00:35:46.041]: The Shins - "Australia"

11[00:39:40.671]: Neil Hannon - "Our Mutual Friend"

12[00:45:11.000]: The White Stripes - "Red Rain"

13[00:49:19.513]: Credits

Episode 2

1 [00:00:00.000]: Introduction

2 [00:00:39.460]: Thom Yorke - "Videotape"

3 [00:05:16.900]: Albert Hammond, Jr. - "Everyone Gets a Star"/"Postal Blowfish"

4 [00:10.16.000]: Envelopes - "Free Jazz"

5 [00:13:25.380]: Thom Yorke - "Analyse"

6 [00:18:28.099]: Albert Hammond, Jr. - "Holiday"/"Hard To Live In The City"

7 [00:26:46.000]: Envelopes - "Party"

8 [00:30:44.304]: Thom Yorke - "Last Flowers"

9 [00:35:03.260]: Envelopes - "Sister in Love"

10[00:38:06.540]: Thom Yorke - "Down is The New Up"

11[00:43:39.049]: Albert Hammond, Jr. - "In Transit"

12[00:47:12.980]: Credits

Episode 3

1 [00:00:00.000] Intro

2 [00:01:03.481] Beck - "Motorcade"

3 [00:04:19.961] Jarvis Cocker - "Fat Children"

4 [00:07:45.321] Jarvis Cocker - "Running The World"

5 [00:12:59.001] Jamie Lidell - "The City"

6 [00:19:42.641] Beck - "Think I'm In Love"

7 [00:23:02.001] Jarvis Cocker - "Disney Time"

8 [00:26:58.721] Jamie Lidell - "A Little Bit More"

9 [00:32:28.761] Jarvis Cocker - "I Will Kill Again"

10[00:36:13.881] Beck - "Landslide"

11[00:39:27.241] Jarvis Cocker - "Black Magic"

12[00:44:53.121] Beck - "Cellphone's Dead"

13[00:49:50.081] Credits

Episode 4

1 [00:00:00.000] Introduction

2 [00:00:38.807] Sonic Youth - "The Sprawl"

3 [00:09:12.934] José González - "Abram"

4 [00:11:14.594] José González - "How Low"

5 [00:14:22.983] Sonic Youth - "Hey Joni"

6 [00:18:13.882] José González - "Down The Line"

7 [00:21:19.125] José González - "Fold"

8 [00:24:11.755] Sonic Youth - "Incinerate"

9 [00:29:19.805] Laura Marling - "Ghost"

10[00:32:00.011] Sonic Youth - "Jams Runs Free"

11[00:35:45.694] José González - "Killing For Love"

12[00:38:51.073] Sonic Youth - "Pink Steam"

13[00:47:08.885] Credits

Episode 5

1 [00:00:00.000] Introduction

2 [00:00:39.763] PJ Harvey - "White Chalk"

3 [00:03:58.904] Super Furry Animals - "Let the Wolves Howl at the Moon"

4 [00:09:35.427] Free Blood - "Ready"

5 [00:14:33.871] PJ Harvey - "The Piano"

6 [00:17:14.803] Super Furry Animals - "Neo Consumer"

7 [00:19:19.092] Super Furry Animals - "The Gateway Song"/"Run-Away"

8 [00:23:20.175] Operator Please - "Just a Song About Ping Pong"

9 [00:25:35.925] Operator Please - "Leave It Alone"

10[00:29:23.502] Free Blood - "Quick and Painful"

11[00:33:05.742] PJ Harvey - "The Devil"

12[00:36:20.872] Super Furry Animals - "The Gift That Keeps Giving"

13[00:40:06.582] Free Blood - "The Royal Family"

14[00:44:50.908] PJ Harvey - "Grow"

15[00:48:46.860] Credits

Episode 6

Filmed in Bob Clearmountain's Berkeley Street Studio in Los Angeles.

1 [00:00:00.000] Introduction

2 [00:00:47.903] Damien Rice - "Delicate"

3 [00:06:11.831] Autolux - "Plantlife"

4 [00:11:03.127] Eels - unknown song

5 [00:14:10.413] Damien Rice - "Rootless Tree"

6 [00:18:59.684] Autolux - "Turnstile Blues"

7 [00:24:18.648] Eels - "It's a Mutherfucker"

8 [00:26:27.790] Architecture in Helsinki - "Maybe You Can Owe Me"

9 [00:29:24.630] Damien Rice - "9 Crimes"

10[00:34:14.854] Autolux - "Supertoys"

11[00:38:56.720] Eels - "Cheater's Guide"

12[00:41:31.602] Architecture in Helsinki - "Heart It Races"

13[00:45:24.587] Damien Rice - "The Blower's Daughter"

14[00:50:15.715] Credits

Television Series 2

Episode 1

Gnarls Barkley

Sparks

The Kills

Episode 2

My Morning Jacket

The Fall - "Is This New"/"Wolf Kidult Man"/"50 Year Old Man"/"Latch Key Kid"

White Denim

Episode 3

Iggy Pop and The Stooges

CSS

The Shortwave Set

Episode 4

Radiohead

Andrew Bird

Fleet Foxes

Episode 5

The Raconteurs

Seasick Steve

Band of Horses

Episode 6

Queens of the Stone Age

Cold War Kids

Zee Avi

External links

• www.fromthebasement.tv Official website
• Official live videos - Account currently suspended