The contents of the second disc in Radiohead's In Rainbows discbox have now been splayed across the 'net as they were destined to, leaving the impulse buyers with only elaborate artwork to soothe the eighty dollar gash in their wallets. But among their many impressive resume bullet points, the Oxford lads have to be considered one of the finest b-side bands of any era, perhaps even the retiring champs now that the physical single seems destined to the format graveyard. Radiohead extras have to be seriously considered, now matter how they've been delivered or how they fit into marketing and pricing schemes.

Like "Bodysnatchers" on the the album proper, "Bangers & Mash" is the wild rocker amid a primarily sedate set. Actually, it's the single most savage track they recorded in the scope of the Rainbow's sessions. The band's willingness to go for bruised tones is appreciated, recalling Hail to the Thief's uncommonly interesting dirge, "Myxomatosis." It's Phil Selway's drumming that's the song's star, though. He works himself immediately into an oddly configured little clockwork rhythm that manages to sound rough and tumble in spite of its obvious manicured precision. Up front, Thom's still got sex on the brain, likening lust to poisonous bite and clamoring for more. "Whatever turns you on, whatever gets you up," goes his open minded shrug. It'd take an odd fetish indeed for that thing to be Radiohead in the grips of this nasty grumble, though there is a certain swagger here that's hard to ignore.