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Over the weekend, Radiohead's latest From The Basement performance for the BBC premiered. It will air in the US on the Palladia network July 23rd, but you can watch it here right now — at least until the BBC has it taken down.

The set includes the entire The King Of Limbs album, plus new tracks "Staircase" and "The Daily Mail," the latter of which you can download from the player below the track list:




From The Basement track list:

1. 0:58 Bloom
2. 07:27 Daily Mail
3. 11:38 Feral
4. 15:05 Little by Little
5. 20:17 Codex
6. 26:01 Separator
7. 32:13 Lotus Flower
8. 37:41 Staircase
9. 42:55 Morning, Mr. Magpie
10. 48:30 Give up the Ghost

"The Daily Mail" is a slow burner that starts off as a Thom piano ballad and turns into a horn accented stomp:




If you'll recall, Radiohead did the same bit for In Rainbows. Here's that broadcast in the event you have more time to kill:

new radiohead song 'staircase' from the basement

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So what have Radiohead been up to since the release of The King Of Limbs? There was that record store day 12", but other than that they've been relatively quiet.

Today, we get a peek at a live performance from the band for an upcoming BBC broadcast. In the latest edition of producer Nigel Godrich's From The Basement series due to air July 1st, Radiohead will perform The King Of Limbs in its entirety — plus the following previously unreleased song.

This clip of "Staircase" shows the band has been busy growing their hair out, with the exception of drummer Phil Selway who is joined by Portishead drummer Clive Deamer. The keyboard laced track is a little one-note, but it does have a nice groove that's accentuated by the dual percussion:




Will the blogosphere be satisfied by this offering?