You THINK you know how Radiohead got their name. They named themselves On A Friday, the label hated the name, they pulled True Stories from Talking Heads and landed on “Radio Head,” and the rest was history. Yes, but that’s incomplete. Today we’re exploring the true story behind Talking Heads […]
👉 Sponsored by Meze Audio 105 Silva Headphones: https://mezeaudio.com/products/105-silva?_ef_transaction_id=&oid=49&affid=130 The King of Limbs is without question Radiohead’s most divisive album. In early 2011, Radiohead dropped The King Of Limbs with almost no warning; a short, looping, rhythm-driven album that left many longtime fans confused and disappointed. They either love it […]
https://www.patreon.com/AlfoMedia https://alfo-media-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.instagram.com/renshawhs/ https://twitter.com/renshawhs https://www.twitch.tv/alfomedia ———– Here’s a video pitting multiple songs with the same title against one another! Not for any particular reason, just uhhhhh, cause I thought it’d be fun. Like when you go to search for a song and then you remember that there are a million […]
Everything pointed to Radiohead’s lead single off OK Computer being the WORST pick to introduce fans to their third album. It was too long, it had no consistent chorus, and there were multiple time and key changes. Conventional wisdom pointed to it being a flop. But people loved it. This […]
Radiohead debuted “True Love Waits” in Brussels in 1995 while on tour for The Bends. They tried to capture it in the studio for OK Computer, then again for Kid A and Amnesiac, failing at every turn. Yet fans LOVED it. This is the story of Radiohead’s ‘secret song,’ “True […]
When Radiohead created “Everything In Its Right Place,” it became the key that unlocked Kid A, both musically and emotionally. In the aftermath of OK Computer, Thom Yorke was crushed by fame and burnout, unable to write, frustrated by false starts and creative paralysis. Yorke’s block became an existential crisis […]
In November 2025, Radiohead surprised everyone with a return tour, their first in nearly a decade after quietly slipping away in August of 2018. What was behind this departure was a blend of grief, controversy, and the feeling that they had pushed themselves too far. Thom Yorke’s previous partner and […]
In 2025, a Radiohead song nearly 3 decades old hit the charts. But here’s the catch, back in 1997, Thom Yorke thought it “too pretty” to be on OK Computer, and it nearly tore the band apart. This is the story of “Let Down,” how it defined OK Computer, how […]
THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING Welcome to season 5 of Vinyl Monday! This is my series where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about classic albums in my collection. This week we’re celebrating Radiohead’s Kid A, released 25 years ago this week. Subscribe for more Vinyl Monday! Keep in […]
“Fake Plastic Trees” is one of Radiohead’s most heartbreaking songs. But what does it mean? And how did Thom Yorke come up with those lyrics? This is the REAL history and meaning behind the classic song off Radiohead’s sophomore album The Bends, how they recorded it, and how it became […]
