Ben Kweller aimait bien le Radiohead époque The Bends, beaucoup moins époque Kid A :

Dans le NME, vers juin 2004 :

[quote ]I don’t really get this record. There is something to say about changing what you do and trying different things but i just can’t find any song to connect to. I was always confused about why people were going nuts over it. For all the hype it got, it’s basically just another good noise record but without the emotion that i like to hear from Thom. I always preferred Pablo Honey and ‘The Bends'[/quote]