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I first listened to Radiohead a few years ago; I was going through a stage just getting albums perceived to be 'classics', and near the top of the list were OK Computer and The Bends (I think there was a greatest album ever list with them 1 and 2).
At this time I wasn't really interested in music, it just seemed like something nice to have on in the background whilst I was doing something I actually cared about (e.g. games, books), and thusly I never really listened to them 'properly', to a certain extent I was just overhearing them.
I thought the guitars on tracks like Just and Paranoid Android were nice, as was the tune to No Surprises, but didn't really think much of either album. A couple of plays later and I moved on to some more music, not thinking too much of either of them.
A while later, my parents were getting annoyed at me for playing music late at night, so I picked up a pair of headphones and had a look for something that I thought would be suitable for playing through them. For some reason I picked OK Computer and decided to just listen, testing out whether I liked listening through headphones. I sat there mesmerised for the next 55 minutes, losing myself in the sound.
Radiohead taught me that music can be more than just something in the background; they showed me the rewards of actually listening to music, and have not only changed the way I listen, but it opened the door for me to become the huge music fan I am today.

I should probably mention Pablo Honey as well, shouldn’t I?
Pablo Honey.

Either that or Exeter University is a really popular place...

Oh, and I'm liking the whiteness of it all, looks very nice.

but I think the comma should be a semi-colon, can't should be can, and preferably suited is an awkward phrase, it would probably work without 'preferably'.

But good review overall.

What pictures?

You should ask that last question to every band.

The new style for this year's tips sounds like it should be good.

it seems you tipped a lot of them too early.

Half of these bands could easily be in this years tips list.

Freedom of speech is becoming too much of a grey area these days. Freedom of speech means everything, there shouldn't be any restrictions on that.

What's up with that?

If they are actually signed to anyone yet?

Last year?

Was last year.

Must've missed that.

Who was DiSband number 2?

Hoo

Now I'm glad I didn't fork out for the discbox already.

post the review on the 10th as well then?

doesn't work. There's an 'h' missing.

The actual MySpace doesn't contain I Wanna Be Darth Vader though. :(

if the songs on the album will have numerical titles or have they stopped doing that?

Past tense?

No mention of the cover of 500 miles as the B-side? Anyone know if it's any good?

...Edith Bowman was playing it on Radio 1 the other day.

Oh, and nice review Ben. Very Fair.

that the talking in-between (by the Cribs) is a hell of a lot louder than the songs played?

It sounds like they're shouting.

be written in english?

Or hopelandic

But A Song For The Fields was released before If You Fail, We All Fail, and that it was what created the initial hype, not a response to it.

Or does the rating not match up with the review? It reads like more of a 9 than an 8.

I'll have to give it a listen anyway.

was brilliant.

Is that one of the B-sides off the new single?

Wasn't Sadie on Crimson? Rather than just being an out-take?

Does that mean they've got a new album coming out sometime soon?

he says "bands that matter", he doesn't say mainstream indie bands.

Shirley the bands that matter are the ones that push forward music in some way, as they're the ones that actually make a difference to music as a whole?

Rather than just bands who sells loads?

The full interview was in the Telegraph today.

A couple of choice quotes:
"I've never been interested in pushing music forwards" (after saying how he thinks music is too eclectic and everyone should only listen to one type of music)

"I dare say that every new band that matters over the past few years has named Oasis as an influence" (referring to this year's other Brit nominees)

And he also says that their band's early message was about how "everything's shit" (half a page after slagging off Yorke for doing the same thing).

This is only the first one I've listened to though, so do you have links to any of the older podcasts? Or are they not available any more?

Were you feeling a bit generous at the time?

but what kind of pub plays Bright Eyes in the background?

a rule that you could only buy five copies of the same single or something, but I'm not too sure how that applies to downloads.

Pocket Symphony - March 5th

Didn't she do something with Primal Scream a while back? The 'Kate factor' didn't really raise them to superstardom did it?

As good as the bands mentioned are, a look on the website shows that Kasabian are also playing. At the anti-pop festival. Does anyone else see something wrong with that?

That's download's a bit shitty. 44kBps? It sounds terrible, and that's not because I don't like the song.

I know beggars can't be choosers and all that, but if you're going to do a free download, at least make it decent quality.

No exact date on the album yet then?

So he's blaming other people for people not wanting to buy his shit records now?

was 1999, so doesn't count. It'd probably be in there if it was eligible though.

Would it have made it into the 66 if Don't Look Back Into The Sun was on it?

What's the new stuff that's been added on like then?

the album's leaked all over file sharing networks now.

Surely taking drugs in the first place would be the jump, and rehab would be the people helping you climb back up?

Even if they do deserve it (and I think they do), aren't there loads of other bands who deserve it more?

Having said that, didn't the Spice Girls win in a while back?

In no order:
Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
Radiohead - Kid A
Mastodon - Leviathan
Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punks

Does that mean it includes their performance where they were made to mime and took the piss?

Any chance Dave Grohl'll be on tour with them? Or is that just too much to hope for?

I don't really like the song, if only for the inanity of the lyrics and all that La La La crap that goes on towards the end.