I've read a great many knuckleheaded comments lately about The King of Limbs, Radiohead's new album, which is too bad because it means that a lot of people are not appreciating it for what it is: a deepening of their musical concept and process (which do overlap, but are not precisely the same thing). And it seems like the band are getting it from both sides - either the record is too experimental or not experimental enough... It's neither actually. In fact, it's simply further exploration of a way of making music, which they invented, by the way, and which produces results that are unlike those of any other artist. Think of that: after all these years, there's still no one that sounds like them. Of course, this means that there might not be as much of a change between this one and In Rainbows as there was between, say, The Bends and OK Computer, but that's as it should be. It means that they're honing their process. And it's important to keep in mind that these guys are a great and unique rock band, not trend-followers. They'll be remembered among the greatest musicians of our time, of any, in fact. And the best thing I've heard about them recently came in an interview with Jonny Greenwood, in which he said (and I'm paraphrasing) that the band has learned a lot about how to speed up their process. My hope is that this means that we're going to get new music from them more frequently. Here are links to their most recent release (a two-sided single for Record Store Day). For maximum enjoyment, listen to them with the right mindset: "Supercollider"- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ii-FumszIg. "The Butcher": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w19ZlO_JEJ0&feature=related.