A new season of Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich’s intimate, audience-less performance show From the Basement is set to premiere this summer, and so far the lineup sounds as big as we’ve come to expect: The Shins, Feist, and Red Hot Chili Peppers are just a few of the artists set to be featured.
“I think what happened was MTV came along in the ’80s and destroyed the way that people film music on television,” Godrich told EW in a recent interview. “The performance ended up in the edit, and it wasn’t very direct. It’s a selfish thing, really—as a music fan, I really wanted to see people performing on television, so we went ahead and did it. Musicians hate doing TV because it’s such a different world and a horrible environment for them, so wouldn’t it be cool for me as a music person to do a TV show? Then I could get something out of them that TV shows wouldn’t get.”
The new season will move into 3D territory, though Godrich assures EW it’s not gimmicky, and that it will still be available in standard definition on a number of platforms as well.
Radiohead had one of the best results from the tapings, even releasing their King Of Limbs performances as a DVD. Check out an advance clip of the Shins performing “Bait and Switch” on the show over at EW’s site.
