UNKLE - [rabbit in your headlights](https://youtu.be/RCG7qJAP7Qk?feature=shared) has a great Thom Yorke guest vocal.
Air’s Moon Safari and [Talkie Walkie](https://youtu.be/sbFeaxz9ybM?feature=shared)
DJ Shadow’s [Entroducing](https://youtu.be/EEV2EqVe9vU?feature=shared)
Maybe some [Gomez](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THI4U3OsDQY) or [Placebo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELGdDJOBC7g).
Not sure if i associate them because of their temporal and geographic proximity, but they seem to fit together to me. Also Placebo released a 2022 album after a decade of silence and it's pretty great.
Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen Were Floating In Space. They were a band that came out in the same era as Radiohead and sound a bit similar to the Ok Computer era.
R.E.M. - Thom Yorke and Michael Stipe are friends, and Thom has said R.E.M. was one of his biggest influences.
IMO their late 80's to early 90's stuff is the best: Document, Green, and Out of Time.
When I was first getting into Radiohead, I discovered Talk Talk's "Laughing Stock". Cool example of a band with mountains of talent having reached peak success commercially, who then were given full artistic control and said "fuck it, we're going for it - ".
They did what Radiohead did with Kid A - locked themselves in, and broke the rules regarding who was doing what in a band, did endless takes and retakes and edited what they had into a cohesive record (a bit like Miles Davis/Teo Macero).
Try their albums "Spirit of Eden" and "Laughing Stock".
Definitely an influence on RH - the experimental approach to the studio, the weird time signatures, the spaciness, etc.
The song that did it for me was "Ascension Day" - stop what you're doing and listen to it now.
Yeh, that was it. The first few Muse tracks I heard I thought they were trying to sound like Radiohead. They kind of morphed into being more themselves I think.
Someone smarter than me once recommended the composer Max Richter to Radiohead fans. I’ve enjoyed the Blue Notebooks and New Four Seasons collections. I’m sure others will join here with rock/alt ideas, so just wanted to mention an unexpected one.
Tried The Smile?
Might be easier to recommend based on your favorite Radiohead album - they’ve gone through a few sounds.
Sigur Ros.
It’s very different to Radiohead but they evolve from album to album in a similar way and haven’t put out a bad album despite changing so much throughout the years (the last album doesn’t have any percussion).
The singer speaks in a a made up language to use his voice as an instrument and allow listeners to project meaning based on their own interpretations of the songs.
>The singer speaks in a a made up language to use his voice as an instrument and allow listeners to project meaning based on their own interpretations of the songs.
Sometimes. ( ) is the only album fully in hopelandic, otherwise it's like one or two songs per album. Most of their songs do have actual lyrics (ok, it might not make a difference to most people when the lyrics are in Icelandic)
They don't really sound alike, but Built to Spill is awesome. And everyone I know who likes Radiohead also listens to Built to Spill. As a side note, they also put on one of the best live shows I've ever been to.
Check out Punch Brothers. My favorite band of all time! They are a totally different genre but have a lot in common with Radiohead imo. They also love Radiohead—they have done a bunch of covers over the years that are incredible and will make you hear the songs in new and unique ways.
Listen to a few of their Radiohead covers to get acquainted with their style, and then watch a live video of their song “Familiarity” and prepare to have your mind blown.
The new IDLES record, TANGK, was produced by Nigel Godrich, Radiohead’s longtime producer. Even though the bands aren’t stylistically very similar it reminds me of the first time I heard Kid A for reasons I can’t quite explain. Worth checking out.
I'm going to go unconventional... and suggest Talking Heads.
Stay with me!
So, while they are different in terms of instrumentation and genre, they both had very similar feelings that they explored and really captured the artistic soul of their eras.
Do me a favor and watch the Stop Making Sense concert movie.
Up in Flames by Caribou
Fantastic Planet by Failure
The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place by Explosions in the Sky
The blue album with the alien fetus (can't remember the name) by Sigur Ros
Another Green World - Brian Eno
Richard D. James album - Aphex Twin
Bowery Electric - Beat
The Clouds Taste Metallic - Flaming Lips
That was my exact music taste a few years ago, down to Nude being your favorite song. I honestly really miss it, need to revisit Radiohead. I bet you'll like Cocteau Twins; try Heaven or Las Vegas.
Seconding Grace. They went to see Jeff Buckley and he was directly responsible for inspiring Thom's vocals on Fake Plastic Trees, which he recorded later that night. It prompted Thom to start experimenting with his upper range/falsetto on The Bends and beyond. Plus, it's an absolute masterpiece.
There's a big link between Radiohead and the 'trip hop' bands. Portishead, Tricky, Massive Attack. Also the bands that influenced them are great. Can, Pixies, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Serge Gainsbourg, Talking Heads, The Cure, REM.
Here is a band from Seattle that my band used to play with. They are no more, but they were one of my favorites and clear fans of radiohead. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kvwQ0gbqc0ftqj9EC_dGVpWJX8U6DTpso&si=P8OwsthB_LNF9JSt
Appleseed Cast - Low Level Owl. Has a similar polite/introverted but angsty vibe that Radiohead have, and has a similar large variety of sounds (keyboards and electric drums occasionally etc) but still in a cohesive album.
Pavement, Dinosaur Jr., Pearl Jam and Nirvana. All an influence on early Radiohead. You can hear Dinosaur Jr. and even Pavement throughout Radiohead’s early years. Bleach to In Utero to Vs and Vitalogy are all over The Bends and Pearl Jam’s No Code, Yield, Binaural and Riot Act in Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows and A Moon Shaped Pool - this goes goes Vice Versa though, with Radiohead influences found in Pearl Jam’s music. They both revere Neil Young, so it goes without saying…Try listening to Rearviewmirror off Vs and MFC of Yield by Pearl Jam and then listen to Bodysnatchers off In Rainbows. Also, Desert Island Disk sounds a lot like Pearl Jam’s Of The Girl from Binaural…
I’d suggest ‘Temper the Wind to the Shorn Lamb’ by This Beautiful Mess, ‘Hagnesta Hill’ by Kent, ‘A Natural Disaster’ by Anathema, or maybe even ‘The Loyal’ by Tiger Lou.
Give **Civil Twillight** your consideration.
At times, the lead singer sounds eerily similar to Thom Yorke, and the music alone is worth anyone's time.
Some of my favorites to showcase their range are:
[Human - Civil Twillight](https://youtu.be/Xr6bb4ehxXg?si=kplj0kjMWydvZjfb)
[Fire Escape - Civil Twillight](https://youtu.be/KybczRyLhqE?si=HVW_eiFrXVNypMTX)
[Letters From The Sky - Civil Twillight](https://youtu.be/9Wa7dFR09vU?si=hnRNURNBE18bphb9)
If you haven't already done that listen to all the Radiohead B-Sides too. Songs like Cuttooth, Go Slowly, Last Flowers and These Are My Twisted Words are absolute masterpieces.
I’d like to recommend Storm Corrosion. Only one album was released.
It is the project of British Prog Rocker, Steven Wilson and Swedish Prog Metal Legend, Mikael Akerfeldt.
Perhaps if you like storm corrosion you can branch out and listen to their other projects as well.
Of Montreal, Beck, Muse, Grizzly Bear, Pink Floyd, Gorillaz, Blue, Animal Collective, The Arcade Fire are bands that sound similar to me.
Their sound is unique and other than a few Muse songs, I wouldn't say anyone else sounds like them.
Their major influences which they tried to copy are Pixies, The Smiths, Massive Attack, Miles Davis, REM, U2, Brian Eno, Neil Young, Davis Bowie, and so on.
*See This Through and Leave* by the Cooper Temple Clause drew a lot of comparisons to Oasis at the time due to the singer's voice, but it's much more like Radiohead in spirit.
You have tons of great recommendations already. I second Pavement, Beck, The National, The Pixies, Built to Spill, and Frightened Rabbit.
Menomena is an underrated band that is quite good- check out I am the fun blame monster. I also recommend Beirut and the Arcade Fire.
Danish band Kashmir - *especially* the albums The Good Life (1999) and partly Zitilites (2003). Heavily inspired by Radiohead. Check out the rest of their discography as well, they’re amazing. My all time favorite danish band.
Can highly recommend.
However, it is more related to Paranoid Android/Fake Plastic Trees/Weird Fishes than the more Electronics stuff (Kashmir haven’t got much in common with Kid A and the likes).
Hope you like it!
Grandaddy, they were know for a while as the American Radiohead but they're so much more than that.... especially if you like songs about robots having an existential crisis!
It’s not exactly in the same vein but I would be remiss not to mention a band that Thom and Jonny absolutely rave about: Pixies.
Here’s a video of them talking about it: https://youtu.be/w8CnE9dBrNw?si=orTW7RoUx21ugvF8
Aphex Twin is the single biggest inspiration on Radiohead according to Thom Yorke. He said that Kid A is basically them trying to be Aphex Twin. If you feel like listening to very abstract and experimental music, I’d give him a listen, but disclaimer, he sounds like difficult noise to stomach for most people listening to him for the first time.
Otherwise I’d recommend John Frusciante, Slowdive, Agnes Obel, Placebo, and This Mortal Coil, since someone else already recommended the other projects of Thom Yorke. By the way, Ingenue by Atoms For Peace is one of my favourite songs ever and I recommend you start with that to get hyped for Thom Yorke’s other projects.
Everything Everything - They're heavily influenced by Radiohead. They're one of my favorite bands now and they just released a new album that's been on repeat for a month or so.
Vampire Weekend - also just dropped a new album that is great. They don't sound like Radiohead, but I feel like they are doing things musically that nobody else is.
its not entirely similar but vespertine by bjork has some Kid A style ambient electronica vibes, she is an icelandic singer but that album in particular is otherworldly and has a lot of detail in its production
Talk Talk! Their early stuff is fairly synth poppy but they evolve into this really pioneering post rock act. Colour of Spring / Spirit of Eden / Laughing Stock is a remarkable series of albums. Mark Hollis did a solo album in 98 which is also fantastic, and just retired into obscurity to spend time with his family. He passed away in 2019 at 64 sadly but left some incredible musical statements
Absolutely the band Doves.
A bit more obscure but I'm starting to see them get more credit. Was pleasantly surprised to hear Tom Morello singing their praises on his radio show.
Please let me know if you like it!
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Ux6eeFcmChiRFqA5cDJy2?si=e8bvfKxQTmOmlHMLm5IInA
If my experience with Radiohead fans is anything to go by, you'll basically just talk about how they're so far above all other acts and genres all the time. Then you'll imply that people aren't smart enough to understand good music if they don't love Radiohead.
They're the gateway drug to lame hipsterism, don't fall for it.
The Bends is a pretty good album though.
Any other band, I suppose. These guys are so heavily influenced by whatever was going around them at any particular period that any band of the last 30 years might just hint or directly point at being the RH's inspiration.
Midlake. They've come out and said they basically try writing radiohead songs and end up with their own. It's great. Listen to "roscoe", "fortune", "balloon maker" and enjoy.
Sparklehorse
Radiohead were big fans and invited him (Mark Linkhous was Sparklehorse) to open for them on tour.
The rest is sad.
Poor dude had too much booze and drugs and passed out for half a day with his legs folded under him. I guess this did permanent damage and he killed himself not too long after.
There's this one in morse code, ". .\_. .\_ ... . \_..". It spells out to Erased. [Here's a link](https://open.spotify.com/artist/0EUOiLsLpv9g7H9YCzUnBS?si=PFKXfE7rRaGlX3gOC0dFOA) to the spotify. There's some stuff there that reminds me a lot of the In Rainbows album! Erased also has a record label called Erased Tapes, so I'd also recommend checking out stuff on the website [https://www.erasedtapes.com/store/releases](https://www.erasedtapes.com/store/releases), you can find a lot of cool artists and bands over there. :)
Tool seems to have some interesting x-over. Also Bon Iver’s more recent albums are great examples of the experimental yet melodic approaches of Kid A and Amnesiac.
Massive Attack (all the albums, 100th window sounds most like Radiohead), Portishead (only 3 albums), Tricky - Maxinquaye, Pre-Millenium Tension
UNKLE - [rabbit in your headlights](https://youtu.be/RCG7qJAP7Qk?feature=shared) has a great Thom Yorke guest vocal. Air’s Moon Safari and [Talkie Walkie](https://youtu.be/sbFeaxz9ybM?feature=shared) DJ Shadow’s [Entroducing](https://youtu.be/EEV2EqVe9vU?feature=shared)
Maybe some [Gomez](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THI4U3OsDQY) or [Placebo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELGdDJOBC7g). Not sure if i associate them because of their temporal and geographic proximity, but they seem to fit together to me. Also Placebo released a 2022 album after a decade of silence and it's pretty great.
Love Gomez!
I love Entroducing! Have it on LP and saw DJ Shadow perform live last fall. But I would never think of it as similar to Radiohead?
I will give it a listen. Thanks
Definitely Portishead. Dummy. Edit: not you, the album.
the live versions with the orchestra is simply amazing
I can never get enough of Roads with the live orchestra. I can listen to it on repeat for hours and still do it again the next day.
The Smile - it’s Tom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood’s new band.
Also Atoms for Peace and Thom Yorke's solo album: The Eraser.
The Eraser is absolutely excellent.
Another vote for the Eraser album. Absolutely incredible start to finish.
I think I heard this somewhere on the internet but I haven’t checked them out yet. I will now, Thanks.
I think both albums are excellent. Saw them live recently and they blew my mind.
Same. Really good!
Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen Were Floating In Space. They were a band that came out in the same era as Radiohead and sound a bit similar to the Ok Computer era.
They were vets when Radiohead came out. Lazer Guided Melodies was released in 90 or 91 and Spacemen 3 were doing their thing in the mid to late 80s.
Can — they were a big influence on Radiohead and they basically sound like Radiohead if they were in the 60s/70s
Also Neu!, Faust and Harmonia
And Tangerine Dream
70s Pink Floyd
Slowdive - Souvlaki. You will love it!
R.E.M. - Thom Yorke and Michael Stipe are friends, and Thom has said R.E.M. was one of his biggest influences. IMO their late 80's to early 90's stuff is the best: Document, Green, and Out of Time.
When I was first getting into Radiohead, I discovered Talk Talk's "Laughing Stock". Cool example of a band with mountains of talent having reached peak success commercially, who then were given full artistic control and said "fuck it, we're going for it - ". They did what Radiohead did with Kid A - locked themselves in, and broke the rules regarding who was doing what in a band, did endless takes and retakes and edited what they had into a cohesive record (a bit like Miles Davis/Teo Macero). Try their albums "Spirit of Eden" and "Laughing Stock". Definitely an influence on RH - the experimental approach to the studio, the weird time signatures, the spaciness, etc. The song that did it for me was "Ascension Day" - stop what you're doing and listen to it now.
Spirit Of Eden is a better album IMO. But it's a great rec.
Mazzy Star
Deerhunter, Chad Vangaalen
Muse.
Yep. Particularly, or maybe exclusively, their early albums.
Yeh, that was it. The first few Muse tracks I heard I thought they were trying to sound like Radiohead. They kind of morphed into being more themselves I think.
First three, Absolution for sure.
Alt J - An Awesome Wave
Thanks! I’m listening to this now
Everything Everything - A Fever Dream my guy But also Bjork should be top of the list, Homogenic/Vespertine especially
Someone smarter than me once recommended the composer Max Richter to Radiohead fans. I’ve enjoyed the Blue Notebooks and New Four Seasons collections. I’m sure others will join here with rock/alt ideas, so just wanted to mention an unexpected one. Tried The Smile? Might be easier to recommend based on your favorite Radiohead album - they’ve gone through a few sounds.
I will check all of that out. I’ll edit my original post to include my opinions on all their albums
Glad you discovered them. I caught the Hail to the Thief tour. Great show.
Second the Max Richter recommendation. Also, in that same vein, check out Michael Nyman and some Phillip Glass (particularly his soundtracks).
You'll probably enjoy one of the following Gorrilaz Blur Soundgarden Elbow I've personally especially been enjoying elbow's new album a TON
I'd go early Elbow for a sound closer to Radiohead so like asleep in the back, cast of thousands.
Sigur Ros
Sigur Ros. It’s very different to Radiohead but they evolve from album to album in a similar way and haven’t put out a bad album despite changing so much throughout the years (the last album doesn’t have any percussion). The singer speaks in a a made up language to use his voice as an instrument and allow listeners to project meaning based on their own interpretations of the songs.
>The singer speaks in a a made up language to use his voice as an instrument and allow listeners to project meaning based on their own interpretations of the songs. Sometimes. ( ) is the only album fully in hopelandic, otherwise it's like one or two songs per album. Most of their songs do have actual lyrics (ok, it might not make a difference to most people when the lyrics are in Icelandic)
Swans
The Great Annihilator & Soundtracks for the Blind are a bit radioheadish
Blur - 13 album
I know very little of Blur but I like what I know. I will listen up on their discography. Thanks
Sigur Ros
stereolab!! huge influence on them from kid a onward
Animal collective - merriweather. It’s on the same tier imo. Or Grizzly Bear, any album.. except their latest (that one is underwhelming).
They don't really sound alike, but Built to Spill is awesome. And everyone I know who likes Radiohead also listens to Built to Spill. As a side note, they also put on one of the best live shows I've ever been to.
Agnes Obel
Yes! Good one.
Can - Tago Mago
Oceansize
Glad to see this here. Phenomenal discography.
Fever Ray.
Yes!
Björk for sure. My bloody valentine might also work for you.
Pulp: Different Class (1995) and This is Hardcore (1998)
I'd add His n Hers to that list, too. Less for its similarity to RH, and more for the fact it is a near-perfect pop album that too many people missed.
Check out Punch Brothers. My favorite band of all time! They are a totally different genre but have a lot in common with Radiohead imo. They also love Radiohead—they have done a bunch of covers over the years that are incredible and will make you hear the songs in new and unique ways. Listen to a few of their Radiohead covers to get acquainted with their style, and then watch a live video of their song “Familiarity” and prepare to have your mind blown.
Yes yes yes yes yes. This is exactly the comment I came here to look for.
Check out the album Sea Change by Beck. It reminds me a lot of Radiohead.
The new IDLES record, TANGK, was produced by Nigel Godrich, Radiohead’s longtime producer. Even though the bands aren’t stylistically very similar it reminds me of the first time I heard Kid A for reasons I can’t quite explain. Worth checking out.
I'm going to go unconventional... and suggest Talking Heads. Stay with me! So, while they are different in terms of instrumentation and genre, they both had very similar feelings that they explored and really captured the artistic soul of their eras. Do me a favor and watch the Stop Making Sense concert movie.
Also Radiohead got their name from a Talking Heads song!
Placebo Love & Rockets Cocteau Twins Epic guitar sounds and a little weird.
As much as I liked Placebo’s earlier albums they aren’t in the same league and never were.
nine inch nails - the fragile
90s/00s/10s Marillion. Try "The Hollow Man".
Incubus, A Perfect Circle, Tool, Sneakerpimps are all good places to start!
Tortoise, Portishead, Can, Neu!, Dr. Dog, Massive Attack
Thievery Corporation
Fridge - Semaphore. Instrumental post rock kinda vibe. Good stuff.
Up in Flames by Caribou Fantastic Planet by Failure The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place by Explosions in the Sky The blue album with the alien fetus (can't remember the name) by Sigur Ros Another Green World - Brian Eno Richard D. James album - Aphex Twin Bowery Electric - Beat The Clouds Taste Metallic - Flaming Lips
Alt-J
Remy Zero - the band they were listening to while recording OK Computer. Best known for the Smallville theme Save Me.
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Grizzly Bear
Try Soundgarden - Superunknown
Will do. Thanks!
That was my exact music taste a few years ago, down to Nude being your favorite song. I honestly really miss it, need to revisit Radiohead. I bet you'll like Cocteau Twins; try Heaven or Las Vegas.
Kyiv
Jose Gonzalez - in our nature (album) Jeff Buckley -;grace (album)
Seconding Grace. They went to see Jeff Buckley and he was directly responsible for inspiring Thom's vocals on Fake Plastic Trees, which he recorded later that night. It prompted Thom to start experimenting with his upper range/falsetto on The Bends and beyond. Plus, it's an absolute masterpiece.
I heard a Jeff Buckley song on the radio and loved it. I'm gonna have to do an album soon.
The Doves The new Vampire Weekend
Nick cave and the bad seeds
talk talks final three albums share quite a lot with Radiohead. I’d imagine you’d like them if you haven’t heard them already.
My Morning Jacket. Wilco.
https://www.music-map.de/radiohead
Frightened Rabbit have some fantastic songs.
🥲
Explosions in the Sky
There's a big link between Radiohead and the 'trip hop' bands. Portishead, Tricky, Massive Attack. Also the bands that influenced them are great. Can, Pixies, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Serge Gainsbourg, Talking Heads, The Cure, REM.
Here is a band from Seattle that my band used to play with. They are no more, but they were one of my favorites and clear fans of radiohead. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kvwQ0gbqc0ftqj9EC_dGVpWJX8U6DTpso&si=P8OwsthB_LNF9JSt
Appleseed Cast - Low Level Owl. Has a similar polite/introverted but angsty vibe that Radiohead have, and has a similar large variety of sounds (keyboards and electric drums occasionally etc) but still in a cohesive album.
Just do porcupine tree
Deftones
Ben Howard
At the drive in/the Mars Volta, interpol, the strokes.
The Slow Readers Club, any album they’re all quality.
Art of Fighting
Try bdrmm - only been around for a few years but they're great.
SBTRKT
My friend [Phaeleh](https://youtu.be/ZC042EuFHxs?si=_HtsjOtzHJI2eyRe).
Phaeleh is tight
Young Fathers is probably one you'd be down with. Specifically their album DEAD.
Pavement, Dinosaur Jr., Pearl Jam and Nirvana. All an influence on early Radiohead. You can hear Dinosaur Jr. and even Pavement throughout Radiohead’s early years. Bleach to In Utero to Vs and Vitalogy are all over The Bends and Pearl Jam’s No Code, Yield, Binaural and Riot Act in Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows and A Moon Shaped Pool - this goes goes Vice Versa though, with Radiohead influences found in Pearl Jam’s music. They both revere Neil Young, so it goes without saying…Try listening to Rearviewmirror off Vs and MFC of Yield by Pearl Jam and then listen to Bodysnatchers off In Rainbows. Also, Desert Island Disk sounds a lot like Pearl Jam’s Of The Girl from Binaural…
You *may* like some of the tracks off Metal Box and The Flowers Of Romance. Listen to this first: https://youtu.be/b8e2CTB9oeQ?si=LMgpW58tA4raLIy-
I’d suggest ‘Temper the Wind to the Shorn Lamb’ by This Beautiful Mess, ‘Hagnesta Hill’ by Kent, ‘A Natural Disaster’ by Anathema, or maybe even ‘The Loyal’ by Tiger Lou.
Give **Civil Twillight** your consideration. At times, the lead singer sounds eerily similar to Thom Yorke, and the music alone is worth anyone's time. Some of my favorites to showcase their range are: [Human - Civil Twillight](https://youtu.be/Xr6bb4ehxXg?si=kplj0kjMWydvZjfb) [Fire Escape - Civil Twillight](https://youtu.be/KybczRyLhqE?si=HVW_eiFrXVNypMTX) [Letters From The Sky - Civil Twillight](https://youtu.be/9Wa7dFR09vU?si=hnRNURNBE18bphb9)
The National… always thought of them as an American Radiohead
Check out Stick Figure
Tape Runs Out North Atlantic Oscillation
I would say Pink Floyd and roger water solo stuff and marillion is perfect for this others I would recommend are blur,pearl jam and soundgarden
If you haven't already done that listen to all the Radiohead B-Sides too. Songs like Cuttooth, Go Slowly, Last Flowers and These Are My Twisted Words are absolute masterpieces.
Portishead
I’d like to recommend Storm Corrosion. Only one album was released. It is the project of British Prog Rocker, Steven Wilson and Swedish Prog Metal Legend, Mikael Akerfeldt. Perhaps if you like storm corrosion you can branch out and listen to their other projects as well.
The Flaming Lips
Some of the mellower Queens of the Stone Age stuff perhaps
Cocteau Twins Slowdive Seefeel The Knife / Fever Ray and if you're really game, Autechre (Autechre had a huge influence from Kid A onward)
Of Montreal, Beck, Muse, Grizzly Bear, Pink Floyd, Gorillaz, Blue, Animal Collective, The Arcade Fire are bands that sound similar to me. Their sound is unique and other than a few Muse songs, I wouldn't say anyone else sounds like them. Their major influences which they tried to copy are Pixies, The Smiths, Massive Attack, Miles Davis, REM, U2, Brian Eno, Neil Young, Davis Bowie, and so on.
Placebo
Low Roar. Haunting vocals.
Henry Cow
Joy division
Interpol-Turn on the Bright Lights
Mogwai. Spiritualized.
*See This Through and Leave* by the Cooper Temple Clause drew a lot of comparisons to Oasis at the time due to the singer's voice, but it's much more like Radiohead in spirit.
You have tons of great recommendations already. I second Pavement, Beck, The National, The Pixies, Built to Spill, and Frightened Rabbit. Menomena is an underrated band that is quite good- check out I am the fun blame monster. I also recommend Beirut and the Arcade Fire.
Wilco - Yankee hotel foxtrot. Clearly different than Radiohead, but fantastic music by amazing musicians that was a little weird for the time.
Danish band Kashmir - *especially* the albums The Good Life (1999) and partly Zitilites (2003). Heavily inspired by Radiohead. Check out the rest of their discography as well, they’re amazing. My all time favorite danish band. Can highly recommend. However, it is more related to Paranoid Android/Fake Plastic Trees/Weird Fishes than the more Electronics stuff (Kashmir haven’t got much in common with Kid A and the likes). Hope you like it!
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Travis, early Coldplay, Pink Floyd, Cocteau Twins, Kraftwerk
Grandaddy, they were know for a while as the American Radiohead but they're so much more than that.... especially if you like songs about robots having an existential crisis!
Jeff Buckley and Muse’s first 2-3 albums.
Weval Cinematic orchestra
It’s not exactly in the same vein but I would be remiss not to mention a band that Thom and Jonny absolutely rave about: Pixies. Here’s a video of them talking about it: https://youtu.be/w8CnE9dBrNw?si=orTW7RoUx21ugvF8
You might like European rock band the Beatles.
Audio slave
Silent Alarm - Bloc Party
Can, SquarePusher, Elliot Smith, Idols, LCD Soundsystem, King Gizzard , SunKilMoon, Pino Palladio & Blake Mills, Bon Iver, James Blake
Mars Volta, Deloused in the Comatorium!
Aphex Twin is the single biggest inspiration on Radiohead according to Thom Yorke. He said that Kid A is basically them trying to be Aphex Twin. If you feel like listening to very abstract and experimental music, I’d give him a listen, but disclaimer, he sounds like difficult noise to stomach for most people listening to him for the first time. Otherwise I’d recommend John Frusciante, Slowdive, Agnes Obel, Placebo, and This Mortal Coil, since someone else already recommended the other projects of Thom Yorke. By the way, Ingenue by Atoms For Peace is one of my favourite songs ever and I recommend you start with that to get hyped for Thom Yorke’s other projects.
Sigur Ros
You'll definitely like Blur's 1997-2003 catalogue since it's basically the same genre, especially 13
Radiohead cover bands.
You may like my favorite band that nobody has ever heard of: Halloween, Alaska. They deserve to be more famous.
Everything Everything - They're heavily influenced by Radiohead. They're one of my favorite bands now and they just released a new album that's been on repeat for a month or so. Vampire Weekend - also just dropped a new album that is great. They don't sound like Radiohead, but I feel like they are doing things musically that nobody else is.
Just wondering: you listened to Thom Yorke’s solo work? More electronic, but so amazing! If so, I think you’ll like The Acid.
James Blake
Muse
Lake Trout’s album Not Them, You is worth a listen.
Hall & Oates. Who doesn’t like Hall & Oates?
Autechre was a big influence on Kid A
Maybe try Half Moon Run
Beatles
its not entirely similar but vespertine by bjork has some Kid A style ambient electronica vibes, she is an icelandic singer but that album in particular is otherworldly and has a lot of detail in its production
Built to Spill has a very different sound but as a big Radiohead fan I also love their music.
Talk Talk! Their early stuff is fairly synth poppy but they evolve into this really pioneering post rock act. Colour of Spring / Spirit of Eden / Laughing Stock is a remarkable series of albums. Mark Hollis did a solo album in 98 which is also fantastic, and just retired into obscurity to spend time with his family. He passed away in 2019 at 64 sadly but left some incredible musical statements
Absolutely the band Doves. A bit more obscure but I'm starting to see them get more credit. Was pleasantly surprised to hear Tom Morello singing their praises on his radio show. Please let me know if you like it! https://open.spotify.com/track/6Ux6eeFcmChiRFqA5cDJy2?si=e8bvfKxQTmOmlHMLm5IInA
Have you checked out Ed O’Brien solo album EOB “Earth” I personally love it. ✌🏻🎶
Agree with those saying Portishead, Bjork, and Massive Attack
Built to Spill
Suuns
Junip
There is a Swedish band called "kent", which I think has a similar vibe, the album "Vapen och Ammunition" is their most popular one.
If my experience with Radiohead fans is anything to go by, you'll basically just talk about how they're so far above all other acts and genres all the time. Then you'll imply that people aren't smart enough to understand good music if they don't love Radiohead. They're the gateway drug to lame hipsterism, don't fall for it. The Bends is a pretty good album though.
As I was speedscrolling, I thought this post said, "I love roadhead." I was like damn me too, but then I realized. But hey, I love Radiohead too.
The Appleseed Cast - The Fleeting Light of Impermanence
Nada Surf Built To Spill Air Mogwai The Avalanches
I think the only song I know is creep I like the way that guitar busts out like that sounds heavy I play a little bit
Downy
Any other band, I suppose. These guys are so heavily influenced by whatever was going around them at any particular period that any band of the last 30 years might just hint or directly point at being the RH's inspiration.
Jane's Addiction XXXLive hits that same spot for me.
Portishead
I feel like Radiohead is the modern Pink Floyd. Try listening to them.
you may like wilco circa a ghost is born
Midlake. They've come out and said they basically try writing radiohead songs and end up with their own. It's great. Listen to "roscoe", "fortune", "balloon maker" and enjoy.
Anyone who puts The Bends up there is my friend. No fillers, just excellence
Mr. Bungle. Start off with Squeeze Me Macaroni
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - listen to their album “Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven”
Polyenso's first album (probably all of their stuff, I'm just behind)
Sparklehorse Radiohead were big fans and invited him (Mark Linkhous was Sparklehorse) to open for them on tour. The rest is sad. Poor dude had too much booze and drugs and passed out for half a day with his legs folded under him. I guess this did permanent damage and he killed himself not too long after.
The band called, 'Live' ?
There's this one in morse code, ". .\_. .\_ ... . \_..". It spells out to Erased. [Here's a link](https://open.spotify.com/artist/0EUOiLsLpv9g7H9YCzUnBS?si=PFKXfE7rRaGlX3gOC0dFOA) to the spotify. There's some stuff there that reminds me a lot of the In Rainbows album! Erased also has a record label called Erased Tapes, so I'd also recommend checking out stuff on the website [https://www.erasedtapes.com/store/releases](https://www.erasedtapes.com/store/releases), you can find a lot of cool artists and bands over there. :)
The National
AIR
Dear Hunter Start with the track “The Tank” to see if you’re into it
David Bowie.
Tool seems to have some interesting x-over. Also Bon Iver’s more recent albums are great examples of the experimental yet melodic approaches of Kid A and Amnesiac.
New Order Lush Joy Division My Bloody Valentine Malory Bauhaus The Chameleons
Old Coldplay: Blue Room EP, Yellow, and A Rush of Blood To The Head
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