Whatever you do, don't call Atoms for Peace a supergroup in front of Thom Yorke. "If anyone ever says it to my face," says the Radiohead singer, with a sharp grin, "I'm going to fucking knock their teeth out." Yorke is sitting in a Manhattan hotel cafe with producer Nigel Godrich, his chief collaborator in the new band, whose groove-heavy debut album, Amok, arrived in February after three years of studio alchemy. He's in a light, jesting mood this morning; Yorke and Godrich, close colleagues since the mid-Nineties, are very good at making each other laugh.

In July, the not-supergroup – whose other members are Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, Brazilian percussionist Mauro Refosco and drummer Joey Waronker – will launch its first tour since 2010, set to hit U.S. arenas in September. Conflicting schedules often make it difficult for all five musicians to gather in one place, and as of mid-March, they had yet to figure out when they would start rehearsing. "We're not quite sure what's going to happen," admits Yorke.

Then again, a little uncertainty just might be Atoms for Peace's secret weapon. "That's what happened last time," recalls Godrich, thinking back to the exhilarating Los Angeles jam sessions that kicked off the recording process. "We really didn't know what was going to happen until we actually stood in the room. It's exciting." Yorke nods and smiles. "Amok came out of the joy of discovering a new set of people," he says. "I'm curious to know what happens now."

Even with a major tour looming, Yorke is always working on new music in some form or another. "At the moment, I'm writing things which are more electronic again, really simple, really stripped down," he says. "And I'm wondering how that's going to work."

Read on for an in-depth conversation with Yorke and Godrich about why performing with Atoms for Peace is so much fun, what they love (and hate) about dance music right now, what's next for Radiohead and much more.

Read rest here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-thom-yorke-and-nigel-godrich-on-atoms-for-peace-the-state-of-dance-music-and-whats-next-for-radiohead-20130423

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