Thom Yorke's The Eraser is up for a Grammy

The Eraser is one of five records nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 49th Grammy Awards, whose nominations were announced on Thursday 7 December. It is the category Kid A won in 2001.

Thom Yorke is up against Arctic Monkeys' Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, The Flaming Lips' At War with the Mystics, Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Show Your Bones and Gnarls Barkley's St. Elsewhere. The award is presented at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on 11 February.