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Radiohead Photos More from RadioheadOK ComputerThe BendsKid APablo HoneyHail To The ThiefMy Iron Lung By now, everyone knows how adventurous Radiohead are, which makes this live record--a hairy rock-band cliche--seem like a strange capper to their decidedly cliche-rejecting records. But throughout the hubbub surrounding Kid A, and its Amnesiac companion piece, Radiohead never embraced the notion that they're reinventing anything. Even while a tempest of critics hailed the band as saviors, pulling rock from the jaws of consumerist self-destruction, the band ignored it all, going into stadiums and working out their twisted angst through angry, direct means. "National Anthem"'s fuzzed-out riff rages aggressively behind Thom Yorke's crazed, breath-scat vocal, giving the song a rollicking edge that was nowhere on Kid A. The same effect is heard on "Idioteque," as Yorke, getting backup vocal help from the crowd, sings over an acoustic beat, removing the distant, electronic touch of the studio version. "True Love Waits" aptly ends the record with Yorke and a ...
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I spent most of my time as a music journo at the NME ignoring/mocking this band but, you know what, I was wrong. Only Revolutions has more planet-sized tunes than any other nominee – it's basically the pop fan's choice here, ..... I would personally like to see the XX or Wild Beasts win on the basis that they are the two most original and complete recordings. Nothing else sounds like them yet they are exceptional. I realise some people have taken badly to the fact that ...
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I Might Be Wrong is an EP covering eight songs from Radiohead's Kid A/Amnesiac touring. This is why all of the songs on here are from those two records. Quite frankly, it's about time they put out a live album. Sometimes songs change when they're ...