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Radiohead“In Rainbows”(Radiohead)5 StarsEach new Radiohead CD since 1997’s “OK Computer” has done Something Great—the critics say so, even if Thom Yorke doesn’t.And from the moment that the surprise, online-only release of “In Rainbows” was announced, the question wasn’t whether you’d like the tunes. It was where the work would fall within their oeuvre, and how long it would take to figure it out.So as soon...
...heralds the birth of Modern Time with delicate overhead claps, jamming in the NASA control center while Neil Armstrong bounces like a lunar Tigger in the background. “I’m waking up at the start of the end of the world,” Rob-Thom narrates via song. We learn that contemporary history is more about Rob Thomas’s desperate inner-state than you ever realized (“I started crying and I couldn’t stop myself”), and shift nervously in our seats. Rob fixes you with...
...Zealanders were originally taught this game by Scottish Presbyterians. The dour Scots obviously never fathomed the English humor in the ridiculous 16-man scrum. It was all meant as a joke, to keep robust adolescent schoolboys occupied during winter - when they could not play cricket. Deon Thom George, South Africa
...Radiohead's contract with EMI/Capitol expired after its last record, Hail to the Thief, was released in 2003; shortly before the band started writing new songs, singer Thom Yorke told TIME, "I like the people at our record company, but the time is at hand when you have to ask why anyone needs one. And, yes, it probably would give us some perverse pleasure to say 'F___ you' to this decaying business model." On Sunday night, guitarist Jonny Greenwood took to Radiohead's Dead Air Space blog and nonchalantly announced, "Hello everyone. Well, the new album is finished...
...Bright Moves Forget about basic black this season. This page: Stella McCartney pump, $575 holtrenfrew.com) Chanel Coco's Croco 2.55 satin with gold metal handbag, $2,250 jeffreynewyork.com) Opposite page: Chlo patent-leather Bay bag, $2,365 chloe.com) Styled by Thom Driver for Halley Resources...