Radiohead’s Free New Year’s Eve Webcast

We’re not sure what we’re doing New Year’s Eve (OK, we do know: We’re gonna be drinking lots and lots of booze, which will eventually lead to a pretty-close-to-naked rendition of “Umbrella” near midnight). But if we didn’t have plans, we’d definitely be tuning in to Radiohead’s New Year’s Eve free webcast. The gig celebrates the January 1 release of the CD edition of In Rainbows, the download-only phenom that topped many critics’ best-of 2007 lists (including ours). As usual, the band’s keeping mum about what fans will hear when they click on over to Radiohead’s website Monday night, but they are promising more cover songs – like the fab version of New Order’s “Ceremony” they performed the last time they offered one of these free webcasts. --Michael Gallucci