Radiohead
Coachella Festival
Indio
May 1, 2004

Who could upstage such a show? Only Radiohead, the greatest band on the planet. I say this without bias (well I guess they do happen to be my favorite band), but there simply isn’t a band more stirring or inventive than Radiohead. The songs off of Radiohead’s latest album, the dense but rewarding Hail to the Thief, sounded best. The already adventurous tunes were infused with even more ideas, including electronic improvisation and the near-possessed intonations of frontman Thom Yorke (never mind that Yorke lost his voice days earlier). Hail to Radiohead, the only band who could outdo the Pixies.

Billy Gil

The UCSD Guardian Online
05.05.04