A couple of years back, an acquaintance and I were comparing notes on the latest Sonic Youth record. "There's something really screwed up about this album," he said with a grin, clearly thrilled at the prospect of wrestling with difficult music. Listening to Radiohead's OK Computer, I couldn't help but remember that moment. That's not to say the record is in any way inaccessible. It's just that there's something delightfully weird about it.

Harold Check