White Stripes, Beck slated for new TV show

The White Stripes, Beck and Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke are all scheduled to perform on a new television program created by Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, according to RollingStone.com. Called From The Basement, the program will be shown on British television, but will also be available as a podcast so that international viewers can see it as well. Godrich said, "I'm interested in the visual arts side of things, and somehow integrating that into what records have become. People don't buy albums so much because, as a medium, it's changing, so I'm just trying to figure out what it's changing into, and chasing after that."

The show won't feature a live audience, but will feature some sort of visual accompaniment to the artists.

The White Stripes and Yorke perform on the first episode, which has already been shot, while Beck is slated for the second, now in production.

Godrich has worked in the studio with artists including U2, Paul McCartney, REM and many others, along with producing key Radiohead discs like OK Computer and Hail To The Thief and Beck's upcoming The Information.