Radiohead, The Roundhouse, gig review: Still finding new ways to astonish us
8 years, 10 months ago

Radiohead, The Roundhouse, gig review: Still finding new ways to astonish us

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ninth studio album A Moon Shaped Pool ends the longest period the band have gone without putting out a new record and harks back to some of the band’s best work, and this gig - one of three sold-out London shows - marks their first in the capital in four years. open image in gallery Jonny Greenwood plays piano during Radiohead's Roundhouse show But calling A Moon Shaped Pool a "breakup album" doesn't really do it justice: "There’s a spacecraft blocking out the sky," Yorke sings on 'Decks Dark', world weary. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up "'Fake Plastic Trees' it is not," Yorke announces as the night draws to a close and fans shriek out song names with tentative hope. As they draw towards the close with one of their most renowned works, it seems incredible that after nine albums, Radiohead are still finding new ways to astonish us.

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The Smile review, Cutouts: Expansive, brilliant and surprisingly fun
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The Smile review, Cutouts: Expansive, brilliant and surprisingly fun

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Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood gives fans hope for the band’s future
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Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood gives fans hope for the band’s future

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The Smile, Wall of Eyes review: An enthralling evolution of Radiohead’s original oddities
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The Smile, Wall of Eyes review: An enthralling evolution of Radiohead’s original oddities

The Independent  

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Review: Radiohead reflects on a timeless body of work at the Shrine
8 years, 7 months ago

Review: Radiohead reflects on a timeless body of work at the Shrine

LA Times  

Radiohead, in town for two shows at the Shrine Auditorium, continues to surprise deep into the band’s career. Even Radiohead’s latest work, the excellent and intimately drawn “A Moon Shaped Pool,” continues to add surprising new elements to the band’s distinctive palette. After opening with the first five tracks from “Pool” — a gesture that for just about any other …

Radiohead: Johnny Greenwood messed up at London Roundhouse gig, proving he is a human after all
8 years, 10 months ago

Radiohead: Johnny Greenwood messed up at London Roundhouse gig, proving he is a human after all

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Watch Radiohead perform 'crap' song 'Creep' for the first time in seven years
8 years, 10 months ago

Watch Radiohead perform 'crap' song 'Creep' for the first time in seven years

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Thom Yorke Is No Jeff Spicoli
21 years, 9 months ago

Thom Yorke Is No Jeff Spicoli

Slate  

Dear Gerry, Your question about “cultural scale” is a good one, and maybe I was overstating things a bit to force the issue. You also ask “hen Jay-Z raps ‘We back home, screaming ‘Leave Iraq alone,’ ” what in the world are you hearing?” Well, I’m hearing the biggest black hip-hop star in the world telling the U.S. government to …

Radiohead With a View
21 years, 9 months ago

Radiohead With a View

Slate  

Dear Gerry, You’re right—I neglected description and went for the aerial view. What “beats” there are are pretty static, but I think downbeats and syncopation mean little to Radiohead, so the lack thereof doesn’t interfere with the good bits. You describe Modernism’s rules as: “Valuing intelligence and discretion, challenging their materials and methods, making music that is ‘difficult’—that is, slow …

The Sensation
21 years, 9 months ago

The Sensation

Slate  

Dear Sasha, I was struck by how quickly your promise to stick to a description of Hail to the Thief became a kind of meta-analysis—original and provocative—of the band and its oeuvre. You brought up the Beatles, and how no one would have wanted them to go “back.” Well, until the Beatles, there was no sense among pop-rock fans that …

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