Editing Radiohead (section)

=== 2002–2006: ''Hail to the Thief'' and solo work ===
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In July and August 2002, Radiohead toured Portugal and Spain, playing a number of new songs. For their next album, they sought to explore the tension between human and machine-generated music<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bitter-prophet-thom-yorke-on-hail-to-the-thief-20030626 |title=Bitter Prophet: Thom Yorke on 'Hail to the Thief' |last=Fricke |first=David |date=27 June 2003 |magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=15 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318111404/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bitter-prophet-thom-yorke-on-hail-to-the-thief-20030626|archive-date=18 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and capture a more immediate, live sound.<ref>{{cite interview |title=Radiohead Hail to the Thief – Interview CD |year=2003}} Promotional interview CD sent to British music press.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |date=5 October 2002 |title=Exclusive: Thom on new Radiohead album |journal=NME}}</ref> They and Godrich recorded most of the material in two weeks at [[Ocean Way Recording]] in Los Angeles. The band described the recording process as relaxed, in contrast to the tense sessions for ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac''.<ref name="MCLEAN" /> Radiohead also composed music for "Split Sides", a dance piece by the [[Merce Cunningham Dance Company]], which debuted in October 2003 at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date= |title=Radiohead Dances With Sigur Ros |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/71349/radiohead-dances-with-sigur-ros |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015020048/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/71349/radiohead-dances-with-sigur-ros |archive-date=15 October 2018 |access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref>

Radiohead's sixth album, ''[[Hail to the Thief]]'', was released in June 2003.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/radiohead/hailtothethief?q=hail%20to%20the%20thief |title=Radiohead: Hail to the Thief (2003): Reviews|access-date=17 March 2007 |journal=[[Metacritic]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234534/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/radiohead/hailtothethief?q=hail%20to%20the%20thief|archive-date=26 September 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Its lyrics were influenced by what Yorke called "the general sense of ignorance and intolerance and panic and stupidity" following the 2000 election of US President [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.xfm.co.uk/article.asp?id=3561 |title=Recording 'Hail to the Thief' in Los Angeles |newspaper=Radio X |publisher=[[Xfm London]]|access-date=22 February 2012}}</ref> The album was promoted with a website, radiohead.tv, where short films, music videos, and studio webcasts were streamed.<ref name="radioheadtv">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2977526.stm |title=Radiohead TV goes on air |date=10 June 2003 |work=[[BBC]]|access-date=6 November 2012}}</ref> ''Hail to the Thief'' debuted at number one in the UK and number three on the ''Billboard'' chart, and was eventually certified [[British Phonographic Industry#Certifications|platinum]] in the UK and [[RIAA certification|gold]] in the US. The singles "[[There There (song)|There There]]", "[[Go to Sleep]]" and "[[2 + 2 = 5 (song)|2 + 2 = 5]]" achieved heavy circulation on [[modern rock]] radio. At the [[2004 Grammy Awards]], Radiohead were again nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Album]], and Godrich and the engineer Darrell Thorp received the [[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical|Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2004/grammys.htm |title=46th Annual Grammy Awards |access-date=14 September 2019 |date=8 February 2004 |journal=Rock on the Net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218081526/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2004/grammys.htm |archive-date=18 February 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2003, Radiohead launched radiohead.tv, where they streamed short films, music videos and live webcasts from their studio.<ref name="radioheadtv" /> The material was released on the 2004 DVD ''[[The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Modell |first=Josh |date=27 December 2004 |title=Radiohead: ''The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth Of All Time'' |url=https://www.avclub.com/radiohead-the-most-gigantic-lying-mouth-of-all-time-1798200283 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420080129/https://music.avclub.com/radiohead-the-most-gigantic-lying-mouth-of-all-time-1798200283 |archive-date=20 April 2019 |access-date=20 April 2019 |website=[[AV Club]] |language=en-US}}</ref> A compilation of ''Hail to the Thief'' B-sides, remixes and live performances, ''[[Com Lag (2plus2isfive)]]'', was released in April 2004.<ref>{{Citation |title=Radiohead – Com Lag (2Plus2IsFive) |work=[[Allmusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/com-lag-2plus2isfive-mw0000582738 |access-date=3 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref>  In May 2003, Radiohead embarked on a world tour and headlined Glastonbury Festival for the second time. The tour finished in May 2004 with a performance at the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival#2004|Coachella Festival]] in California.<ref name="Sweet Malaise">{{Cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon |date=2 July 2006 |title=With Radiohead, and Alone, the Sweet Malaise of Thom Yorke |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/arts/music/02pare.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017210558/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/arts/music/02pare.html |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=16 October 2015 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

[[File:Radiohead Coachella 2004 cropped.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Radiohead at the 2004 [[Coachella Music Festival]]]]
''Hail to the Thief'' was Radiohead's final album with EMI; in 2006, ''The New York Times'' described Radiohead as "by far the world's most popular unsigned band".<ref name="Sweet Malaise" /> Following the ''Hail to the Thief'' tour, Radiohead went on hiatus to spend time with their families and work on solo projects. Yorke and Jonny Greenwood contributed to the [[Band Aid 20]] charity single "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]", produced by Godrich.<ref>{{cite web |last=Godrich |first=Nigel |date=29 November 2009 |title=Flashback: making Band Aid 20 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/01/last-waltz-dylan-the-band |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035729/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/01/last-waltz-dylan-the-band |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=2 May 2015 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Greenwood composed soundtracks for the films ''[[Bodysong (album)|Bodysong]]'' (2004) and ''[[There Will Be Blood (album)|There Will Be Blood]]'' (2007); the latter was the first of several collaborations with the director [[Paul Thomas Anderson]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Everett-Green |first=Robert |date=14 June 2006 |title=Radiohead retooled |website=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/radiohead-retooled/article711010/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103235729/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/radiohead-retooled/article711010/ |archive-date=3 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="HERE">{{cite web |url=https://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=65 |title=Here we go |last=O'Brien |first=Ed |date=21 August 2005 |work=Dead Air Space |publisher=Radiohead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051031112530/http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=65|archive-date=31 October 2005|url-status=dead|access-date=23 December 2007}}</ref> In July 2006, Yorke released his debut solo album, ''[[The Eraser]]'', comprising mainly electronic music.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jun-28-et-yorke28-story.html |title=Thom Yorke, free agent |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=28 June 2006 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=3 May 2015 |language=en |issn=0458-3035|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091319/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jun/28/entertainment/et-yorke28|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> He stressed it was made with the band's blessing, and that Radiohead were not breaking up. Jonny Greenwood said: "He had to get this stuff out, and everyone was happy [for Yorke to make it] ... He'd go mad if every time he wrote a song it had to go through the Radiohead consensus."<ref>{{cite news |last=Paytress |first=Mark |date=February 2008 |title=CHASING RAIN_BOWS |pages=75–85 |work=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]}}</ref> Selway and Jonny Greenwood appeared in the 2005 film ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' as members of the fictional band [[List of supporting Harry Potter characters|the Weird Sisters]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Alex |date=18 November 2010 |title=Break Yo' TV: Harry Potter's The Weird Sisters – 'Do The Hippogriff' |url=https://consequence.net/2010/11/break-yo-tv-harry-potters-the-weird-sisters-do-the-hippogriff/ |access-date=29 May 2023 |website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |language=en-US}}</ref>