It’s a rare occasion in music writing that superlatives are justified. Radiohead is one of them. Starting with OK Computer and never stopping, Radiohead have defined—via music—a generation, if not a century, of the human experience. Don’t like The King of Limbs? Listen to it in a year and deny its brilliance. Who else articulates the tedium, isolation, and chaos of modern urban life with such precision? Answer: no one. (KeyArena, Seattle Center, www.ticketmaster.com, 7:30 pm, $66.50, all ages)
Grant Brissey covered everything from hard news and technology, to music, film, and visual arts during his time working for The Stranger. Grant's work has also appeared at Geekwire, and in Billboard,... More by Grant Brissey