Radiohead

Radiohead are the Oxfordshire five-piece of Thom Yorke, Jonny and Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien and Philip Selway, one of the most acclaimed rock bands of the last 30 years. 'Knives Out' comes from Amnesiac (2001), the album drawn from the same 1999-2000 sessions that produced Kid A, and it is the most guitar-driven, Smiths-like song on a record otherwise full of electronics and jazz colors; Johnny Marr himself praised its guitar work for capturing his old band's melodic feel. Famously, this deceptively simple song took the band 373 days to finish, and its Michel Gondry video was shot in a single continuous take. The single reached number 13 in the UK and number 1 in Canada, and Amnesiac went to number 1 in the UK and number 2 in the US. After a seven-year break from touring, Radiohead played 20 arena shows across five European cities in late 2025, selling tickets through a registration system designed to keep bots and touts out, and in 2026 said they plan to tour a different continent each year from 2027.

From the notes for Episode 04 · fact-checked Sep 23, 2026.