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Radiohead: Kid A

Devon Powers, PopMatters, 3 October 2000

TO LIVE THROUGH October 2000, when music's critical landscape has eaten, slept, and breathed Radiohead. To watch the drama unfold: It Band, shaken by Internet leaks, spiced with non-promotions, broiled by resounding yays and everlasting nays, served up with small helpings of secretive concerts — it's more a recipe for As the World Turns than a nurturing environment for a good band to plainly release a new record.

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