AMU 307 - The Art and Music of Radiohead

Course Units: 1.0

(Not Offered this Academic Year) This course focuses on the music and art of seminal rock group Radiohead. Formed in the 1980s in Oxfordshire, UK, Radiohead since has released nine critically acclaimed studio albums and more than 40 music videos, topping the charts for decades, and rivaling The Beatles for a top spot in the pantheon of British rock legends. They are widely respected not only for their musical innovation, involving creative modality and rhythmic organization but their ecological mindfulness, political edginess and industry changing approaches to the production of popular music, ever critical of consumer capitalism. This combination has allowed the group to maintain creative autonomy and authenticity, while garnering worldwide recognition and commercial success. The group’s emergence from British synth-pop and evolution to contemporary icons will be explored through reading, listening, musical analysis, and video. Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor. CC: HUM