Lunar Boulevard

I know what you're thinking: how can anything of Radiohead's be underrated? After all, they're one of the most critically acclaimed groups in history and have had a huge following for over 15 years. People love this band and I'm certainly one of them. I think they're brilliant and they're one of my favorite bands. I also agree that the majority of their output has been stellar and worthy of the praise it gets. However, even a great band has some works that tend to fall between the cracks and get overlooked. This is where Amnesiac , the band's fifth album, comes in. I've always liked this record and I think most fans do as well; it just has a lot to live up to, especially considering that it followed masterpieces like The Bends , OK Computer , and Kid A . To be fair, the band's debut album Pablo Honey is their most maligned, mostly because it sounds so different and far removed from the band that Radiohead would eventually morph into. It's a dece...

Everyone knows the hits: Beautiful Day, With or Without You, Vertigo, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride (In the Name of Love), One, Staring at the Sun, Gloria. The list is endless and any casual listener of U2 can name most of their hits and well-known songs. However, there's an entire catalogue of amazing music that the casual listener is missing out on. The hits are well-deserved and the albums themselves are chock full of wonderful and inventive music that shouldn't be missed. As a diehard fan I wanted to take a look at ten of my favorite U2 songs that aren't on an album or are unknown to a mainstream audience: b-sides (remember those?), unreleased tracks, and exclusives that only obsessive fans and collectors can find, although some of these are easier to get than others and most of them are readily available on YouTube. Some of these have also been released with the deluxe edition remasters of their earlier albums so be sure to pick those up if you get a chance. They sound g...