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We Talk About Radiohead's Love of Electronic Music on the THUMP Podcast

Episode 17 dives into the band's fascination with and fear of computers.
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Radiohead's landmark record OK Computer is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, so we're marking the occasion with a special episode of the THUMP Podcast. Our host Emilie Friedlander is joined by Associate Editor Ezra Marcus and Managing Editor Colin Joyce to discuss how that album sparked the band's long fascination with electronic music, and how their music channels some of Western society's greater anxieties about machines. Also, Colin forgets that The King of Limbs ever happened.

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For more, read our recent piece about OK Computer's relationship with technology.

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