The Music and Art of Radiohead

Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series

by Joseph Tate

The Music and Art of Radiohead provides compelling close readings of the English band's music, lyrics, album cover art and music videos as well as critical commentary on interviews, reviews and the documentary film Meeting People is Easy. Established and emerging academic scholars engage with Radiohead's music and art via concerns of broader implication to contemporary cultural studies. Topics range from the band's various musical and multivalent social contexts to their contested situation within a global market economy; from asking the question, 'how free is art?' to considering the band's musical influences and radical sonic explorations. Together, the essays form a comprehensive discussion of Radiohead's entire oeuvre, from Pablo Honey to Hail to the Thief, with a special focus on the critically acclaimed best-selling albums Kid A and Amnesiac.

Genres: Music

234 pages, Paperback

First published May 30, 2005

Reviews

[Jerome · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally, an intellectual insight into the music of Radiohead from a variety of authors and in-depth analysis. Not only am I a fan of the band, I was pleased in reading some exegesis on their music and its meanings. It is a nice blast from the past, as the book focuses primarily on OK Computer and Kid A, coming out around the release of Hail to the Thief. Imagine if the author compiled a followup work for In Rainbows and The King of Limbs, both of which in my opinion are the natural continuation of quintessential Radiohead sound.