“OK Computer,” the 1997 album by the English rock band Radiohead, is collectively understood as a commentary on the overpowering sense of alienation that results from living in an increasingly ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

The many works of Radiohead have been subject to probably the most discourse of any alternative rock band when it comes to the question “Which album is their best?” Their nine studio albums all have ...

When Radiohead was making “OK Computer” — its classic album released 25 years ago, on May 21, 1997 — there was, of course, lead singer Thom Yorke fronting the band and longtime producer Nigel Godrich ...

The post OK Computer at 25: How Radiohead Foresaw the Future of Rock Music and Humanity appeared first on Consequence. Radiohead could’ve proudly followed 1995’s The Bends with something markedly ...

When Radiohead released their third album, “OK Computer,” on May 21, 1997, they were a band that a typical indie-rock fan would know—but maybe not well. The band’s single “Creep,” from their 1993 ...

Radiohead’s albums do well on the charts. Every album since 2000’s Kid A has peaked in at least the top three spots on the Billboard 200 chart, with two of them (Kid A and In Rainbows) going No. 1.

OK Computer was very much a product of its time. The late 1990s was an era of immense growth, especially in terms of technology and digital landscapes. Where one might find a positive in that change, ...

Radiohead’s third studio album served not only to usurp its predecessors, but to alter our understanding of modern music as well. Equal parts accessible alt and innovative art rock, the groundbreaking ...