Discovery

For those of you who’ve expressed your displeasure over our decision to remove Listen Up from the list of stuff we do every day (we had to make room for “drinking” somewhere!), fear not, for links to songs you can steal from the Internet will still appear from time to time, such as this post, in which we look at some of the other music out there that no one’s really been paying attention to because it isn’t as important as the new Radiohead record we’ve been talking so much about.

Believe it or not, everyone in the world isn’t as jazzed about a new Radiohead album as we are, which is why its good that Jay-Z had a big record come out this week, too. Jay-Z is like the Radiohead of people who talk about money and power over beats instead of playing instruments. (Nah Right)Beirut also just released a pretty great new album, if you’re into people wailing over a Balkan polka orchestra. Beirut is like the Radiohead of bands for people who are too cool admit they still like stuff that’s been around as long as Radiohead. (Audio Deficit Disorder)If, for some reason, you’re compelled to further explore the music of Tay Zonday live in concert, go here (and don’t come back, because you’re weird…we think). I’d say that Tay is the Radiohead of creepy-looking people who got famous for performing a completely insane song on YouTube. (Culture Bully)White Rabbits covered My Morning Jacket. This is like the Radiohead of…okay, this is nothing like Radiohead. (Aquarium Drunkard)And I’ll leave you with LCD Soundsystem, who been getting a lot of face time on my iPod since I saw their mind-sexing show in NYC last weekend. They’re like the Radiohead of American bands capable of actually being as good as Radiohead. (Fluxblog)