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Once dubbed a one-hit wonder by critics who had no business being in the business, British-born Radiohead made fools of them all with heavily textured, three-guitar rock from the heart that blasted and lasted all the way from 'Pablo Honey' to 'Amnesiac' and 'Hail to the Thief.' British-born, Thom Yorke, Collin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway and Jonny Greenwood were first popular in the States, achieving substantial home-praise in '93 with the re-release of single, 'Creep.' Touring dervishes, the band opened for R.E.M.'s Monster tour. Radiohead reflects influences from Nirvana, R.E.M. and even U2 but has melded those styles into its own classic-rock-of-the-future sound. Using music, rhythm and lyrics to paint spiritual and political pictures, the band panders to no one nor is anyone or institution hands-off. Of 2003's 'Hail...'s obvious allusion to Geo. Bush, Yorke says, "The record's bigger than that."...more

  • Beck

    by David MacFadden-ElliottJuly 16, 2008Comments (1)

    "a bummed-out alt-rock cousin of Gnarls Barkley with a coat of Beck atmospherics" (read more)

  • Albert Hammond, Jr.

    by Lavinia Jones WrightJuly 9, 2008Comments (0)

    "a brave endeavor and an exploration of Hammond’s disparate influences" (read more)

  • Your Handy Guide to the Month in Music

    by Mike ConklinJuly 9, 2008Comments (1)

    I know, I apologize. This seems silly. But aren’t there lots of old people around here? Who maybe like the Grateful Dead? And therefore maybe like Phish, too? Okay! Great, then! (read more)

  • The Arm of Fun

    by Max MobleyJune 18, 2008Comments (4)

    With vinyl, music becomes tangible, certainly less ephemeral. When it slides out of the sleeve, it’s like you’re holding the song in your hands, don’t drop the song, man, they shatter. (read more)

  • Your Handy Guide to the Month in Music

    by Mike ConklinApril, 30, 2008Comments (0)

    Would you guys respect me less if I told you that, for my money, the most exciting thing going on in the music industry is featured twice a week on national television? It would, wouldn’t it? Well, It’s a good thing I’m so much more concerned with summer festivals and R.E.M. than any of that crap, isn’t it? (read more)

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