Amanda Palmer’s Radiohead covers EP is out today for a minimum fee of $0.84 via Bandcamp or a host of deluxe fan packages starting from limited to 1000 copies red vinyl at $20 up to The “I Painted this Fucking Ukelele Myself” Bundle for $1000. Full details of all packages after the jump.
The EP has covers of ‘Creep’, ‘Idioteque’, ‘Fake Plastic Trees’, ‘No Surprises’, ‘High and Dry’ and a live string-quartet version of ‘Exit Music (For a Film)’. Listen below. Tonight from 6pm Eastern Standard Time (11pm Irish/UK time), Amanda will host a webcast release party from her home where she threatens amongst other things to cover the Double Rainbow song.
THE “I PAINTED THIS FUCKING UKULELE MYSELF” BUNDLE – $1,000
One of six unique Mahalo ukuleles (buyers choice), hand-painted by Amanda & inspired by Radiohead Lyrics from the record
A personal phone or Skype call with Amanda, during which she will play the UkuleleHead song of your choice, or simply just talk to you about Your Mom.
A recording of Amanda singing a haiku written by you (or whatever 20 words or less you choose!) while accompanying herself on her magical ukulele!
+ the t-shirt, vinyl, an AFP hurricane glass, a vintage-ad-homage poster, a custom ukulele pick, a signed “glamour shot”, a recycled can-lid magnet, and more!
OK iPHONE BUNDLE (limited to 3) – $1,000
A black 32gig 3GS iPHONE previously owned by her associates at #TeamChaos, accompanied by a DVD full of UkuleleHead content, including a music video, tons of outtakes from our cover shoot, alternate album art, a personal message from Amanda, and more…
A personal phone or Skype call with Amanda, during which she will play the UkuleleHead song of your choice for you, as a personal serenade.
A recording of Amanda singing a haiku written by you (or whatever 20 words or less you choose!) while accompanying herself on her magical ukulele!
+ the t-shirt, vinyl, an AFP hurricane glass, a vintage-ad-homage poster, a custom ukulele pick, a glamour shot signed by Amanda, a recycled can-lid magnet and more!
THE “KAYLA PAINTED THIS UKULELE” BUNDLE (limited to 50 blue & 50 red ukuleles) – $250
A beautiful Mahalo ukulele, hand-painted by artist Kayla Oberlin with an exclusive UkuleleHead design.
A recording of Amanda singing a haiku written by you (or whatever 20 words or less you choose!) while accompanying herself on her magical ukulele!
+ the t-shirt, vinyl, an AFP hurricane glass, a vintage-ad-homage poster, a custom ukulele pick, a glamour shot signed by Amanda, a recycled can-lid magnet and more!
VINYL – $20
“Amanda Palmer Performs the Popular Hits of Radiohead on her Magical Ukulele” limited-edition numbered clear-red vinyl LP (limited to 1,000)
T-SHIRT – $20
An official Amanda Palmer t-shirt featuring the UkuleleHead cover photo on either dark aqua or black.
VINYL + T-SHIRT + BUTTON BUNDLE – $35
“Amanda Palmer Performs the Popular Hits of Radiohead on her Magical Ukulele” limited-edition numbered clear-red vinyl LP (limited to 1,000)
Amanda Palmer UkuleleHead t-shirt (dark aqua or black).
Some UkuleleHead-inspired buttons.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
I learned to play her version of Creep about a year ago on the ukulele – delighted shes finally released it!