Present tense : a Radiohead compendium
2019
Book
For over 25 years, Radiohead have been the most radical and fascinating rock band in the world. Fearless in their desire to change and shape-shift, the Oxfordshire quintet has -- through the nine studio albums from 1993's Pablo honey to 2016's A moon shaped pool -- consistently stretched the boundaries of what 'rock' means and does. Anchored in Thom Yorke's soaring voice and elliptical lyrics, and in the compositional genius of guitarist/keyboardist Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead continue to astonish as they approach their fourth decade. This book collects the best writing on this most literate of pop groups, from the earliest local reports about On a Friday -- Radiohead's first moniker -- through the inspired commentary of Mark Greif and Simon Reynolds to the trenchant profiles of Will Self, John Harris and others. It's an anthology that goes a long way towards explaining what Rock's Backpages editor Barney Hoskyns describes as the band's 'seriousness, emotional grandeur and willingness to stare humanity's dystopian hi-tech future in the face'.
Main title:
Present tense : a Radiohead compendium / edited by Barney Hoskyns.
Author:
Hoskyns, Barney, editor
Imprint:
London : Constable, 2019.©2019
Collation:
308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781472129437 (paperback)
Dewey class:
782.421660922781.66
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
351584