Basement Filez
May 25, 2020

Nigel Godrich releases 'From the Basement' series on YouTube

'From the Basement' was a live performance web series created by producer Nigel Godrich that ran from 2006 to 2009, and it is coming to YouTube "in its full glory". It was shot at the BBC's Maida Vale studios and had no host or audience or interviews, just artists performing live. The first episode featured Thom Yorke previewing then-new Radiohead songs and The White Stripes. Other guests included Sonic Youth, Iggy Pop, PJ Harvey, Sparks, Beck, Jarvis Cocker, The Fall, Fleet Foxes, The Shins, Thundercat, Andrew Bird, Super Furry Animals, Willis Earl Beal, Damien Rice, José González, Eels, Albert Hammond Jr, Jamie Lidell, CSS, Seasick Steve, Queens of the Stone Age, and more.