Radiohead

Genre: Alternative Rock

I'll probably be a little biased on this band seeing as it's one of my long time favorites.

Radiohead is a unique band, offering a wide spectrum of songs from slow and dramatic to fast and poetic. Their lead singer (Thom York) has a nack for developing a song into a artistic piece of lyrical goodness within the first half of the song. Almost all of their songs are crypict and appear to mean one thing on the surface, but have a completely different meanign alltogether.

Arguably the most famous song "creep" is a perfect example of a radio-song. The bands first released song was thought to be the bands one hit wonder. Similar to many of the tracks on their debut alumb, creep starts slow toying with the emotions of the protagonist and builds up to a choris of self revelation and longing to be "special".

In my opinion, the bands best album is Hail to the Theft which serves as a turning point from guitar rock and mild electronics into a band that focuses on lyric distortion and musical artwork.
After Hail to the Thief comes In Rainbows, this years release.

If you enjoy finding the meaning to lyrics you could spend days going over each album trying to uncover the secrets of each note. This band is not for those looking for fast paced "rock out" singles.

Favored Songs
-Creep
-Jigsaw Falling Into Place
-2+2=5
-Weird Fishes / Apreggi

Related Artists
-Muse
-Modest Mouse
-Pink Floyd
-Sonic Youth
-Rob Dougan
-Coldplay