RADIOHEAD

The rare band whose paranoia aged into prophecy. They wrote the alienation of the internet before most people had it, and every stylistic molt — guitars to glitch to orchestra — somehow tightened the grip instead of loosening it.

Start anywhere and the seriousness holds: OK Computer as the last great album-length argument of the CD era, Kid A as the sound of a band burning its own map, In Rainbows as proof they could still make dread feel like a slow dance.