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While talismans, divining rods, and voodoo have all failed to provide us with any information on the next Radiohead record, this little internet charm might offer a clue as to what it will sound like-- or it might only confound us further.

Thom Yorke has treated iTunes listeners to his very own "Celebrity Playlist", joining the esteemed ranks of Brian Wilson, Samuel L. Jackson, and Mandy Moore, and offering up "some stuff that really floats my boats at the moment."

See? Thom Yorke really is more of a man than the rest of us. While one usually only has one boat to float, he has several.

We take our hats off to Thom's ten selections from start to finish, even if we also raise our eyebrows at a few of them. Spank Rock one of Thom's "fav records from last year"? Awesome, but who knew?

Along with raunchy Baltimore club-rap, Mr. Yorke also shares his love for Liars ("more terror from the subconscious"), one-time tour-mate Stephen Malkmus ("genius non-generic nutville not rock music"), and avant-hip-hop phenoms Madvillain and Quasimoto, as well as some Wire-friendly fare (Boxcutter, Modeselektor, and Yorke remixer Surgeon). Nice to see the wonderful Bat for Lashes ("i love the harpsichord and the sexual ghost voices and bowed saws") and the oft-maligned Dears ("it sounds all soppy, oh but then all hell breaks loose") getting some Yorke praise, too.

Purchase downloads of any or all of Thom's picks here, or simply scope the man's complete playlist and commentary after the jump.

Thom Yorke's iTunes Celebrity Playlist:

"dear iTunes listener . . .
this is just some stuff that really floats my boats at the moment. the list is meant to be played from start to finish in the order you see it with a slight crossfade set in the preferences of 4 seconds like an old mix tape.
err . . . maybe. XX love thom

[Bat for Lashes] "Horse and I" (Track 1): "natasha khan of bat for lashes ain't scared. i love the harpsichord and the sexual ghost voices and bowed saws. this song seems to come from the world of grimm's fairytales, and i feel like a wolf."

[Modeselektor & Sasha Perera] "Silikon (Featuring Sasha Perera)" (Track 2): "Hello Mom! break this. into your drink. then stir it. drink down in one go. then go out. for conspicuous consumers everywhere. 'should a known he'd leave you for that little hooker heather.' oh yeah. Modeselektor are genius. no-one has ever cut up a voice like this."

[Madvillain & Medaphoar] "Raid" (Track 3): "i'd play this on the radio and get your moving your ass in a traffic jam 1st thing in the morning . . . if i was a dj, which i'm not. some people know how to sample. some people know how to rap. but then there's those who show you how it's really done . . . like these guys. produced by quasimoto."

[Stephen Malkmus] "I've Hardly Been" (Track 4): "genius non-generic nutville not rock music. should have been a hit. i guess this compilation is POP music - at least it is to me . . . with the best guitar solo that never happened . . . "

[Surgeon] "Scorn" (Track 5): "this is like the storms that await us in our future. i found Surgeon after OK Computer, it is the true sound of post-rave darkness. this is an early one from my favorite bits of vinyl, Basictonalvocabulary."

[The Dears] "No Hope Before Destruction" (Track 6): "i heard this a while ago and it has stuck in my head ever since. the way the voice comes in and your speakers freak out. and what he's saying. it sounds all soppy, oh but then all hell breaks loose. i don't know much else by them."

[Boxcutter] "Skuff'd" (Track 7): "i love this record because of the lizard bass sound. i don't know nothing about it. turn the drum machine on."

[Quasimoto & Madvillain] "Closer" (Track 8): "quasimoto and madvillain have done some amazing records. madvillain has the best rhymes . . . nursery rhymes mixed with stream of consciousness and venim and straight observation that read like poems. and quasimoto's way of constructing tracks is like nothing else."

[Liars] "Drum Gets a Glimpse" (Track 9): "more terror from the subconscious. i love LIARS. they make records that are as good as my favorite records. records that make you think what the f- is this? and then you fall head over heels for it. this and Spank Rock's YoYoYoYoYoYo are my fav records last year."

[Spank Rock] "What It Look Like" (Track 10): "when this record came out last year, it cut through all the sh*t for me. it was like a slap 'round the face. the computers speaking over their reference points and pointing to something brand new. turn it up. night night."