Radiohead. Live. All Points West. Incroyable!

There's really not much that I can say about the show. The weather was perfect. The location? Who knew jersey could be that gorgeous! The sound - by far the best live sound I've ever experienced at any show, any where, period(.) This was as close to record a live band has ever got. Outdoors, to boot.

And the performance was exceptional. The band is known for being eclectic even with their own material, and the song selection reflected that - a mix of In Rainbows (in full) and a shuffle of all their cuts from their entire career as random as iTunes with a full blown LED visualizer, which was something that you probably can only appreciate live. Sure, there may be a DVD, but honestly, you should have been there.

The stage was set with three large LED screens, one on either side of the stage, a longer one behind the band. There were six camera shots, the ones behind set dead even, the side screens' frames set just a bit off center for artistic effect. Surrounding the band were a hundred or so LED poles that acted as a filtered screen superimposed over the camera work in the back. You couldn't tell if it was a prison or a crystal palace. Matching moveable flood lights in groups of five in between and one large bar at top added sci fi vibes a la Close Encounters, another low wall of light behind the band at the base of the screen in the back. Loud colors infecting it all, shapes that flowed, jittered, jived, rotated, hyperblinked, the light show in itself was quite a triumph. Every song had its own clever design: The National Anthem started with a simple double frequency line that blazed and exploded over ever distorting camera shots; hypnotizing greens streamed down the stage during the close of Sit Down, Stand Up; an alternating wash of black and white into TV screen rainbow of the closing Idioteque left us all feeling fitter, happier.

Despite the lights and the visualizer aesthetic, the songs didn’t flow into each other, each piece left to resonate in our brains before the next number. There were some great human moments, too. Yorke stayed off the mic except for a few words here and there during set up flops, like “be right with you” while setting up a kid’s drumset for Bangers & Mash and an earnest “I meant to do that” when they had to start Videotape over after Yorke botched the timing of the piano. But the best line of the night was during the dedication of Airbag to Kings of Leon: “If we were as good looking as them, we'd be famous.”

One Day as Lion. Deliciously Indie.

This is not a super group – it’s an ultra dynamic duo akin to Batman and Robin, with roles reversed. Zack de la Rocha leads, nimble and limber, skippin’ and swingin’ like Cassius upon the fascists. Jon Theodore brings out his full utility belt, an even handed arsenal of late day Neil Peart and John Bonham bombastics. Trading the sonic tricks they learned from soundmasters Tom Morello and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, respectively, Mario C mans the cave, producing a record that is crisp and abrasive, with well timed space whirls and cutting samples.

Though only an EP, it’s clear that potential is here. De la Rocha’s electric eclectic rhyme style shows no rust, coming through distorted and reverbed as if the one day is here and now. Lyrically, Zack’s attack is as sharp as ever and pulls no political punches, advising the inactive that “if you fear dying than you’re already dead.” Adding to the mathematics of the outfit, he merges fierce screams with punk vocals, rasta rasp and his newest weapon of choice, the keyboard. With the wash of frequency you’d guess it was guitar, but de la Rocha keeps it chord free, birthing what could be called “punk hop” – one note lines and intervals, with the left hand on bass and the right on melody. While his playing skill sometimes comes off as kids stuff, credit is due for a man who can do this much with what seems the barest effort.

Will One Day have the mainstream success of Rage, or Audioslave? Perhaps not. Most Rage fans are over their own faux activism, and considering the content and delivery, de la Rocha and Theodore might be more satisfied on the indie side. Bottom line: One Day as a Lion is clever noise band duo whose simple and rugged attack matches in subtle eloquence.