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September 5, 2008 Hear the band recorded live in concert, from one of the year's most memorable tours.

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February 25, 2008 The Radiohead guitarist gives the avant-garde piece 'Popcorn Superhet Receiver" its U.S. debut.

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Interviews & Profiles

Detail of the cover art from Ultraísta, the debut album from Nigel Godrich's new trio.

October 6, 2012 The super-producer behind Radiohead's albums has a new band to show off: his own.

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Jonny Greenwood is responsible for the score of The Master and There Will Be Blood.

September 15, 2012 Jonny Greenwood scored the new film The Master, his second for director Paul Thomas Anderson.

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Thom Yorke at Radiohead's Sept. 28 concert at Roseland Ballroom in New York.

October 6, 2011 Members Thom Yorke and Ed O'Brien discuss the patchwork process behind the band's newest material.

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September 26, 2008 Sara Fishko explores the 5/4 time signature found in music by Tchaikovsky, Dave Brubeck and more.

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July 8, 2008 An artist rigged castoff printers to play a song by Radiohead and created a video viral sensation.

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Thom Yorke

February 14, 2008 Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke shares some of his favorite music.

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October 12, 2007 Lead singer and songwriter Thom Yorke talks about making headlines and making music.

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Discover Songs

Philip Selway

August 22, 2010 Hear the Radiohead drummer's beautiful new solo album in its entirety.

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July 6, 2010 The All Songs Considered gang previews some of the summer's most anticipated new albums.

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November 16, 2009 Our list of the 50 most important recordings of the decade continues, from OutKast to Sigur Ros.

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August 17, 2009 Now on All Songs Considered: a new single from Radiohead, plus Modest Mouse, more.

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April 20, 2009 Now on All Songs Considered: The super group Dead Weather, St. Vincent and more.

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February 22, 2008 This track from the There Will Be Blood score is art that has the power to destroy.

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Thom Yorke

February 14, 2008 Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke shares some of his favorite music.

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December 21, 2007 All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen shares his picks for the year's top ten CDs.

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December 20, 2007 Tens of thousands of listeners voted for the year's best CDs, with Radiohead coming out on top.

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December 20, 2007 Writer and reviewer Will Hermes shares his favorite albums of the past year.

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December 20, 2007 All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton shares his picks for the best CDs of 2007.

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December 20, 2007 All Things Considered Reviewer Tom Moon offers his picks for the year's best albums.

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December 6, 2007 All Songs reviewers parley the year's biggest surprises, letdowns and best new music.

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December 5, 2007 Here's a look at 10 CDs from the past year that are virtually guaranteed to impress your friends.

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October 12, 2007 Host Bob Boilen looks at some of the most anticipated CDs coming out before the end of the year,...

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December 23, 2003 The mail poured in from listeners telling us their picks for 2003's best CDs. There were a few t...

July 22, 2002 On this episode, we dig through our archives to bring you some of our favorite artists and album...

August 1, 2001 Wynton Marsalis interprets Thelonious Monk; the playful melodies of Raymond Scott; Roger Eno joi...

News

Lil Wayne performing the song "6'7'" on stage at "Saturday Night Live" just days after it was released on iTunes.

December 20, 2010 More music ignored traditional release dates, and fans and musicians alike reaped rewards.

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December 30, 2009 Radiohead shocked the industry by letting fans pay the price they wanted to download In Rainbows.

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February 6, 2009 Tom Moon profiles the nominees for Album of the Year at Sunday's Grammy Awards.

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October 10, 2007 Radiohead shakes up the music industry by releasing its new album on its own Web site.

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October 1, 2007 The band is working without a label. Fans can pay what they want for the CD on the band's Web site.

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Reviews

The Nottingham DJ known as Lone tackles Radiohead's tricky "Feral," in the process capturing an air of discovery.

November 3, 2011 The U.K. DJ known as Lone tackles the tricky "Feral," in the process capturing an air of discovery.

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Radiohead onstage in California last year.

February 18, 2011 The British band announced its newest album on short notice, then released it a day early.

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August 17, 2009 Now on All Songs Considered: a new single from Radiohead, plus Modest Mouse, more.

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April 20, 2009 Now on All Songs Considered: The super group Dead Weather, St. Vincent and more.

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February 22, 2008 This track from the There Will Be Blood score is art that has the power to destroy.

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December 20, 2007 Writer and reviewer Will Hermes shares his favorite albums of the past year.

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December 18, 2007 Reviews of new music releases from Lupe Fiasco, Rivers Cuomo, Mary J. Blige and Radiohead.

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October 10, 2007 Even without all the fanfare about the download-only delivery, a Radiohead release is an event.

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October 2, 2007 Fresh CDs from Bruce Springsteen, Dashboard Confessional, and Radiohead.

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More Stories

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February 6, 2007 Listeners share their favorite Valentine's Day songs and the stories of how they came to love them.

"Abducted," by Cults, tops the list of Bob Boilen's favorite songs of 2011.

December 28, 2011 Listen to Bob Boilen's favorite songs of the year, from Cults to Caveman and Milagres to M83.

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December 5, 2011 The list of our 50 favorite albums includes Kanye West And Jay-Z and more artists from K to R.

Radiohead in concert at Roseland Ballroom in New York City, Sept. 28, 2011.

November 7, 2011 Hear a live track from the band's recent Roseland Ballroom shows and get details on new tour dates.

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Radiohead performs live at the Roseland Ballroom in New York on Sept. 28.

September 29, 2011 To watch Radiohead perform Wednesday night was to witness something genuine stripped to its essence.

Radiohead live in studio

July 11, 2011 See the band perform its entire album, plus two new songs, live in studio.

June 27, 2011 Bjork, Wilco and Radiohead all make our radar with new releases.

Calm down, Thom. The King of Limbs didn't make the cut for our 25 favorite albums of the year so far, but at least one of us still loves you.

June 21, 2011 NPR Music staffers defend half a dozen albums that were left off the list of our 25 favorites.

Two anonymous NPR Music snobs stomp various albums from Radiohead's later discography.

March 25, 2011 Need a secure group to wax Radiohead with? It has arrived.

Radiohead (top), Panda Bear (bottom left), The Dodos (bottom right).

March 1, 2011 This week on All Songs Considered, Radiohead's surprise album gets a little time to sink in.

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Brad Mehldau (left) and Yaron Herman.

February 25, 2011 Hear recent and classic takes on jazz's favorite rock band by Brad Mehldau and Yaron Herman.

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February 24, 2011 One listener from last Friday's listening party mapped out Radiohead's genre-hopping history.

Pearl Jam (top left), Missy Elliott (top right), the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind (bottom right), PJ Harvey (bottom left), Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel (center).

February 22, 2011 This week, All Songs Considered examines the music of the '90s at its best, worst and weirdest.

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Thom Yorke

February 22, 2011 Yorke's shimmies set to Beyonce, Hall and Oates and Black Swan.

Radiohead

February 18, 2011 The band released The King of Limbs a day earlier than promised, along with a new video.

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December 18, 2008 John Schaefer recommends standout music from 2008, touching on classical, pop, folk and world music.

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December 11, 2008 Here are 10 releases from 2008 that are worth the extra effort of being heard on vinyl.

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November 21, 2007 Critic Alex Ross says these five pop songs could make classical music fans sit up and take notice.

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June 30, 2010 Hear the new solo track from Radiohead drummer Phil Selway

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