The Featured Fifty in the Quarry
Each week a new artist....This week Radiohead
In a brilliant move, Radiohead released In Rainbows via optional-pay download; I paid $12.23, in honor of my mom's birthday. Almost all the songs are already familiar to fans from live versions, but here they become expansive new creations. "Arpeggi" and "Bodysnatchers" ride on white-heat rhythm-guitar overdrive, while "House of Cards" is a fragile lovers-rock ballad closely resembling Dusty Springfield's (and the Byrds') "Going Back." "All I Need" has erotic pleading ("I'm an animal trapped in your hot car"), sad chimes in the "No Surprises" mode, and an ominoso synth-piano rumble. They tour until September. Openers:Grizzly Bears, Liars
