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Radiohead up for five Grammys, three of them for “Lotus Flower”
The nominations for the 54th Grammy Awards, announced in Los Angeles on 30 November, give Radiohead five. “Lotus Flower” is up for best rock performance, best rock song and best short form music video, and The King of Limbs for best alternative music album and best boxed or special limited edition package. The awards are handed out at the Staples Center on 12 February.
In both rock categories “Lotus Flower” faces the same four songs, from Coldplay's “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall” to Mumford & Sons' “The Cave”. The video, Garth Jennings's black-and-white film of Thom Yorke dancing, is nominated with Jennings as director and producer. Radiohead are not in album, record or song of the year.
Best alternative music album is one Radiohead have won three times before, with OK Computer, Kid A and In Rainbows. Earlier in the month The King of Limbs was shortlisted for the Uncut Music Award, which a panel including Stewart Lee and Linda Thompson gave to PJ Harvey's Let England Shake.
The packaging nomination is for the newspaper edition, which reached buyers from the end of April. Its art directors are listed as Donald Twain and Zachariah Wildwood, a pair of names Stanley Donwood and Yorke used on the album, and its rivals include Bruce Springsteen's box of The Promise and Sting's 25 Years. The In Rainbows discbox won the same category in 2009.
Radiohead's nominations
| # | Category | Nominated | Up against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best rock performance | “Lotus Flower” | Coldplay (“Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall”), The Decemberists (“Down By The Water”), Foo Fighters (“Walk”), Mumford & Sons (“The Cave”) |
| 2 | Best rock song | “Lotus Flower” | Coldplay (“Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall”), The Decemberists (“Down By The Water”), Foo Fighters (“Walk”), Mumford & Sons (“The Cave”) |
| 3 | Best short form music video | “Lotus Flower” (Garth Jennings) | Adele, Memory Tapes, OK Go, Skrillex, “Weird Al” Yankovic |
| 4 | Best alternative music album | The King of Limbs | Bon Iver (Bon Iver), Death Cab For Cutie (Codes And Keys), Foster The People (Torches), My Morning Jacket (Circuital) |
| 5 | Best boxed or special limited edition package | The King of Limbs (Donald Twain, Zachariah Wildwood) | Bruce Springsteen (The Promise), Danny Elfman and Tim Burton, Sting (25 Years), Wingless Angels |
the video
Lotus Flower · The promo, directed by Garth Jennings: Thom Yorke dancing, in one room.· Radioheadwatch on youtube →