I downloaded this a while ago, having come across it while trying to find out more about My Brightest Diamond after hearing their "Feeling Good" on the Dark Was the Night record, but only got round to listening to it this evening, inspired by the previous extemporanea entry. It's a freely downloadable compilation put together by Stereogum as a 10th anniversary tribute to OK Computer, made up of the entire tracklist in original running order, each song covered by a different artist, plus (in the zip file I got) a b-side, "Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)", and makes for an interesting listening experience, these very familiar songs in their equally familiar sequence, each easily recognisable but markedly different from their original forms.
I've only listened to it once, but my sense is that none of the covers manage to escape the long shadow of the original tracks (Vampire Weekend's take on "Exit Music (For A Film)" ends up sounding more like the original Radiohead version than like anything done by Vampire Weekend) - they tend to be fairly muted, sombre interpretations built on low-key vocals and a mixture of programmed and more organic instrumentation and tones. That said, there are no abominations here, and a few of the takes are quite interesting: an outfit called Mobius Band (thumbs up to the name) do a perked-up "Subterranean Homesick Alien", the Cold War Kids are a natural fit for "Electioneering", Marissa Nadler (feat. Black Hole Infinity) brings her hauntedly pretty style to "No Surprises", and My Brightest Diamond turn in a suitably dramatic take on "Lucky" which, for the most part, hews closely to the original but is thereby striking in its departures.
