Radiohead 'record new LP in Hollywood'

Radiohead have reportedly finished recording tracks for their latest album in Los Angeles.

The band, accompanied by longtime producer Nigel Godrich, built a studio in a rented Hollywood Hills property for their three-week stay. They later held a party to celebrate the end of the sessions on January 30.

Journalist Jia-Rui Cook described the party in a blog post for Postmark Here that read: "Bryan [Cook, engineer] helped transform a house in the Hollywood Hills into a recording studio and spent the last three weeks there recording Radiohead with Nigel Godrich. On Saturday, we waded through a driveway full of Priuses and Minis to get to the wrap party.

"I was giddy seeing Beck, Salma Hayek and Danger Mouse chatting around the same pool where Dean Martin and the Rat Pack used to hang out. Thom Yorke periodically toyed with the iPhone that controlled the speakers. Usually he skipped forward to a Rolling Stones song."

However, Cook went on to say that while the band had initially been enjoying the sunshine, Godrich was relieved when the weather eventually turned and the group were able to focus on recording.

She explained: "The band wanted to record in LA to get away from the dismal English winter. Nigel said they were probably lolling about too much in the sunshine when they first arrived. When it started pouring down, they realised someone up there was telling them to get on with it. If their last album was In Rainbows, I guess they could call this one In Rainstorms."