There's a one-minute stretch in the Radiohead song "Bodysnatchers" that is absolutely killing me right now. The song itself is a blast of fuzzed-out guitars and tortured vocals that finds guitarists Jonny Greenwood and Ed O'Brien cutting loose like they haven't in 10 years. But two minutes in, there is a shift in dynamics. The song doesn't lose pace, but acoustic guitars take over for electric, and Thom Yorke asks, "Has the light gone out for you?/Because the light's gone out for me," and I can't tell whether he sounds like someone who has lost all hope or someone for whom hope is the only thing left.

State of Mind, the hip hop quartet from Grant High School, rocked Berbati's Pan Oct. 6, to say the least. Their half-hour set started off the night for Sandpeople's CD release party, who were celebrating the launch of their sophomore album, Honest Racket.

"If you want to own your own business, you have to be willing to work hard," Sandy Mozan, the co-owner of Cafe Uno, says with a slight smile. There is a bit of a lull in the stream of customers and she leans against the front counter for a moments rest.

Two weeks ago, Radiohead's highly anticipated seventh studio album was scheduled for release in 2008. The band's contract with EMI expired after 2003's Hail to the Thief. They have not signed a new one since then. But on Sunday, Sept. 30, guitarist Jonny Greenwood posted a brief message on the band's website: "The new album is finished, and it's coming out in 10 days. We've called it In Rainbows. Love from us all." Shocking, right?