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Monday, November 7 2011

The Battle to Stay Relevant

Watching your favorite band become irrelevant is like watching Michael Jordan unable to elevate high enough to dunk in his final year in the NBA.


Monday, October 31 2011

Radiohead: 28th September 2011 - New York

For Radiohead, these shows served as a warm-up for their 2012 tour beginning in February. For everyone else, it was as if the music gods decided to grant New York City an unexpected gift.


Tuesday, October 18 2011

Apparat: The Devil’s Walk

The German electronic musician and erstwhile member of Moderat returns with a warmer, softer edge than contemporaries like James Blake.


Tuesday, October 11 2011

Radiohead: TKOL RMX 1234567

Two possible outcomes: fresh perspectives that breathe new life into these often difficult tracks... or a straight-up snoozefest.


Friday, September 30 2011

Counterbalance No. 52: Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’

Radiohead’s 2000 LP is the 52nd most acclaimed album of all time. Everything in its right place. Counterbalanced, if you will.


Tuesday, September 6 2011

Philip Selway: Running Blind EP

Radiohead drummer Phil Selway's four new songs don't sound good enough to be on his debut solo album and sound too like-minded to be together on the same release.


Tuesday, July 5 2011

Oi, You Alright?: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Journey from India to America

As an Indian PhD student at an American university, Sriram Dayanand was given a front row seat to the pre-Internet maelstrom that was the glory of rock 'n' roll. Now covering cricket for ESPN and Sports Illustrated, he details what it was like to journey from musical scarcity in India, to the rock pantheon of the United States.


Tuesday, June 21 2011

Yaron Herman Trio Plays Radiohead’s “No Surprises”

Not that I'm complaining, but why do jazz pianists like to cover Radiohead so much?


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‘Kid A’: The Audio File (Features) [2.Nov.10]
Radiohead as Suburban Avant Garde (Sound Affects) [29.Jun.10]
Hail to the Thief, Again? (Columns) [22.Jul.09]
Rainyhead (Features) [24.Jul.08]
Radiohead: The Best Of (Reviews) [6.Jun.08]
Radiohead: The Best Of [DVD] (Reviews) [2.Jun.08]
Amplive: Rainydayz Remixes (Reviews) [21.Mar.08]
Radiohead: In Rainbows (Reviews) [15.Oct.07]
Radiohead (Reviews) [22.May.06]
Radiohead: Kid A (Reviews) [27.Jul.04]
Radiohead: Hail to the Thief (Reviews) [20.Jun.03]
Radiohead (Reviews) [29.Jun.01]
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