is there already a radiohead thread, briggins

Joined! Oouf, this is going to be difficult. :confused:

 

EDIT: Nope, sorry.....this just isn't going to happen..... :P

www.radioheadlp7.com[/url] (the site that was previously the hoax site!!!) it takes you right to inrainbows.com ! Haha I guess radiohead bought the domain name from that dude who did the hoax :P

 

nah, the guy who did the hoax is a radiohead fan.

he just made it so that his site now automatically redirects to inrainbows.com. :P

Joined! Oouf, this is going to be difficult. :confused:

 

EDIT: Nope, sorry.....this just isn't going to happen..... :P

 

:laugh3:

 

I couldn't do it either, i listened to some of their recent live tracks and it looks like this album is gonna be one of their best since OK Computer :D

 

Just my opinion though... and I'm loving Videotape.

Early 2008 :dead:

ah Im so glad videotape is the ending song

Its a killer song...

 

Would be sin not to order this

October 1st 2007 is the day Radiohead shocked not only their fans, but also the music industry and the press by offering their new album ‘In Rainbows’ as a download, without a label and with a unique pricing method.

 

http://www.ateaseweb.com/2007/10/02/the-day-after-the-press-on-in-rainbows/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Despite the revolutionary annoucement yesterday of Radiohead’s new album release through their website, it doesn’t mean that the band will remain label-less. There’s still a big chance ‘In Rainbows’ will be avaialble in record stores early next year.

 

http://www.ateaseweb.com/2007/10/02/radiohead-negotiate-in-rainbows-label-release/

How freaking awesome is this????:dance:

 

whaaaa I can't believe it...I'm able to download this album for free!Thank you Radiohead...I'll seriously buy the CD when it will be released but currently I'm SO out of money (I'm moving out, start to study etc....) that this is the best thing they could do....awwwwwwwwww...

 

 

erm I ordered it now for 0.00.....and I don't need a credit card for this, right?because obviouls yit worked...I can't believe that I can order it for NOTHING!:uhoh:

I cant believe it too,I seriously think it will increase the number or bought albums

Radiohead throws down the gauntlet

 

Even if you’re not a fan of their music, you still have to be impressed and amazed by the bold move that Radiohead made with the release of their new album, In Rainbows, which is coming out in less than two weeks as a download (if you have a jones for a hard copy, the band is also offer the CD/LP/bonus model as of December too). It’s sure to shake up the industry but it might be in ways that you might not expect and might not take hold for a while too.

 

With their contract up, instead of signing to a new label, they decided to put out their new record themselves. A lot of bands have done that with their own labels but Radiohead decided that they wanted to put it out online first and ask fans to pay whatever they think is fair. This not only goes against the fixed pricing that Apple has demanded for iTunes but also the flexible model that the labels have been fighting for because in the end, they themselves still set the price. Actually, it goes against the whole orthodoxy of the industry itself.

 

Granted that Radiohead is a best-selling band and that’s why they could get away with such a gutsy move but give credit where credit is due—lots of best-selling bands could have done the same thing but haven’t so far. After this, they will. The success or failure of this experiment would usually be measured by how well it sells. That means not just how many copies are downloaded but also how much everyone pays for it. But considering that fans will want to support their band, expect them to shell out and show their love with their wallets. Personally, I plan to pay out and support not just a band that I enjoy and admire but also a great experiment like this which deserves to be nurtured.

 

Even before it happens, you can bet that the majors are in a tizzy over this, wondering what the hell they’re going to do now. They stand to lose some of their biggest cash cow bands if they like what they see as this comes about and if they’re gone, that means that the labels are toast. Remember how EMI was banking on releases by Coldplay and Gorillaz to keep the company solvent? That’s two acts supporting a major label, which should show you what thin ice they’re on and how much thinner it’s going to get now. The Radiohead model obviously isn’t ideal for smaller bands (though it can be used by them) but if you have a large built-in audience, their model is very attractive and makes a lot of sense. It’s incredibly fan-friendly to say “pay what you like,” which is another reason that they’ll respond well to this. As a wise PR friend pointed out, a major helped to get Radiohead to where they are today (though their music and work ethic certainly helped, right?) but in the last few years, bands like Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah and Arctic Monkeys broke out through Net-roots campaign so that also may be a model for the future (note though that the former still puts out their own albums while the Monkeys signed with indie label Domino).

 

What’s also interesting about this experiment is the leeway time for it. News broke about this yesterday and now the album is coming out in 10 days later. Usually, albums have months of leeway time to build publicity but in an age when Net leaks get the music out there way before an artist or a label would like, Radiohead decided to be realistic and cut the time down. They’ll still get plenty of publicity and frenzy over this but just in a smaller, more concentrated amount of time. Also, editors and writers who usually have to get their reviews in now for albums that are coming out 1-2 months later are no doubt going crazy over this too. They have to scramble to keep up and schedule this, assign this and make room for it. But even Radiohead’s publicity company Nasty Little Man warned them that they’d have to wait like everyone else to get their own copies on the 10th. Again, it helps to be a major band to have the leverage and chutzpah to do this. Here’s the full announcement:

 

There will be no advances, promotional copies, digital streams, media sites, etc. of RADIOHEAD’s In Rainbows.

 

Everyone in the world will be getting the music at the same time: Oct. 10. That includes us. We don’t have anything to play anyone in the nine days until the record is available. Everyone at Nasty has

put his or her order in and just to clarify: you are not being asked to pay for a promo (as some have inquired). you can pay nothing or as much or as little as you want.

 

There will be no promotional copies of the discbox either, as each discbox is being made to order. Sorry.

 

 

Again, wow… I remember when I got mailed the limited edition version of Hail to the Thief as a promo when I was going to review it. It seems like so long ago now.

 

So then the big question is, what happens next for the biz? It’s not gonna crumble overnight (though was already crumbling anyway) but this is another huge challenge to it now. Other big acts will get the bright idea that they can do this too, no matter how long and how strong a relationship they’ve had with their label (when you see Springsteen or U2 bolt, you know the game’s really over for majors). Plus, they’ll come up with other innovative ideas to get their music out, connect with the fans and by-pass the labels. And all the ill-gotten gains from the RIAA lawsuits ain’t gonna change that. Also, the other ways that the majors are trying to make money with legal downloads, ringtones and even some merchandising deals that they’re trying to work out with artists now aren’t gonna save them either because the tide is turning too quickly. They’ll be forced to cannibalize their back catalogs even more and try to milk more and more money out of it.

 

And then what? Radiohead and anyone other artist who takes this bold path is still gonna need PR firms and some sort of distribution deal (manufacturing CDs or just placing them as downloads online) but that can be done with outside of the realm of their old labels. It’s a brave new world for artists (and fans) for sure but a frightening black hole for the majors too.

 

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/blogs/crazedbythemusic_post/49279/radioheads-throws-down-the-gauntlet/

I'm sure there'll be 3 definitive phases of ways to get the album:

 

1) October 10 - digitally exclusively through w.a.s.t.e

2) December 3 - full physical release - special 'fans' collection box (2 discs, 2 vinyls + extra's), excusively through w.a.s.t.e.

3) Early 2008 - worldwide release (digitally also, such as iTunes and all)

 

I really love what they did here.

I mean... getting it either extremely cheap (though digital only) or quite expensive (the whole deal, and I mean EVERYTHING)

And others... they'll just have to wait a bit.

 

I mean, it's a bitch if you actually can't afford to pre-order it right now.

But releasing it digitally SO SOON for a buck-and-a-half (or whatever you 'want' to pay for it) is mindblowingly brilliant.

 

I love, love, love them for this.

Only Radiohead could come up with this. Cheer brilliance!

 

Can't wait til next week. Woooo!! 10 new songs!

 

 

I wonder if they´ll release any singles or videos though. It doesn´t really ´match´ the concept.

 

You missed a 4th stage:

1) October 10 - digitally exclusively through w.a.s.t.e]

2) 10th October - Digitally available to download on forums via file-sharing programs :P

3) December 3 - full physical release - special 'fans' collection box (2 discs, 2 vinyls + extra's), excusively through w.a.s.t.e.

4) Early 2008 - worldwide release (digitally also, such as iTunes and all)

YAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!

 

I still have difficulties to believe it.

 

God I was having one of the worst days since months and I just came across this.

 

I think i'm gonna cry.

I must admit, Thom Yorke has managed to get himself a lot more money than if he put the CD out as normal.

 

Most of the hard-core fans will be buying the £40 boxset, where some of the less hard-core fans will be buying the download for about a tenner, cutting out the middle man they will get more money.

 

But it's not original, The Barenaked Ladies did pretty much the same thing back in 2004 for a limited edition release on a lesser size sale (boxsets limited to 1000 copies)

You missed a 4th stage:

1) October 10 - digitally exclusively through w.a.s.t.e]

2) 10th October - Digitally available to download on forums via file-sharing programs :P

3) December 3 - full physical release - special 'fans' collection box (2 discs, 2 vinyls + extra's), excusively through w.a.s.t.e.

4) Early 2008 - worldwide release (digitally also, such as iTunes and all)

 

Radiohead isn't on iTunes now, so I doubt they'd appear there in a few months without a label and all.

Radiohead isn't on iTunes now, so I doubt they'd appear there in a few months without a label and all.

 

They are on iTunes...

 

 

True it's only these 4 songs:

fake plastic trees (acoustic)

creep

lucky

i want none of this

 

But it's not original, The Barenaked Ladies did pretty much the same thing back in 2004 for a limited edition release on a lesser size sale (boxsets limited to 1000 copies)

 

True, but Barenaked Ladies aren't nearly as big as Radiohead in the world of music. TBL are actually very creative though. The USB keys of audio from their shows you could get after the show was a genius idea as well. (Not sure if they were the first to do so.)

I didn't know about the usb key straight after the show. I knew about them being one of the first bands if not the first band to release music on usb sticks

Radiohead website crashes as fans rush to order album

 

By Arifa Akbar, Arts Reporter

 

Published: 03 October 2007

 

 

 

Radiohead's official website was back online last night after overwhelming demand for the band's new album caused it to crash. Traffic on the site slowed to a crawl after the rock group told fans on Monday that they could pre-order the new release, In Rainbows, from http://www.radiohead.com at any price they wanted.

The band's spokesman, Murray Chalmers, said the collapse of the site was caused by waves of British fans logging on after the announcement about the album. They were followed by fans on the east coast of the US, who woke to the surprise news, followed by Radiohead enthusiasts on the west coast.

"It's getting busy in there, busier than they expected," guitarist Jonny Greenwood wrote of the band's official W.A.S.T.E. store, which is selling In Rainbows. "So, if you please bear with us, it should get cleared out soon." He added: "I sound like a bouncer. Get behind the rope. No denim. Thanks for your patience with the site and interest in the record."

The 10-track album will be available to download from 10 October, with a £40 "discbox" version including two CDs, two records, artwork and booklets following on 3 December.

Mr Chalmers said engineers had ironed out the problems with the website yesterday. So far, he added, most fans were pre-ordering the discbox and very few were trying to download the album for next to nothing.

He said: "Although the idea is that you can decide what you want to pay, most people are deciding on a normal retail price, with very few trying to buy it for a penny."

In Rainbows is the band's first release without a record label since they fulfilled their contract with Parlophone after 2003's Hail To The Thief. The Oxford-based outfit are in talks with EMI Music – which owns the Parlophone label – about their future, along with a number of other companies.

Radiohead were formed in 1986 and have sold more than 20 million albums and singles worldwide. They have kept the same line-up of Thom Yorke, Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway since the start but have changed their musical style with almost every release, dividing critics and fans alike.

Since news of the album broke on Sunday, Radiohead have risen from No 15 to No 3 on the Buzz 100 chart compiled by the US rock magazine Billboard, which measures blog traffic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What's going to happen when we all try to d/l on the 10th :confused:

yep.. saw that article... and you know what it doesn't surprise me in the least..:)

NME have dug up an old interview with Colin Greenwood and Thom Yorke when they’ve just started recording LP7, ‘In Rainbows’. The interview by NME’s Julian Marshall, conducted in March 2006 is available on the website in two parts. The first part has been posted today.

 

 

http://www.ateaseweb.com/2007/10/02/radiohead-on-recording-in-rainbows/

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4324/omgti4.jpg - this is the new cover of album

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hyZPat7B33Q first official release

:lol:

 

yah I guess the title is a bit gay.

 

 

so is Jonny's shirt here. and posture

 

Name That Tune, And Then Name Your Price

 

Mega-band Radiohead (which no longer has a record label) just dropped a bomb on the music industry in announcing that their music will be out in a few days and you can pay what you like for it.

 

While musicians have given away a track or two for free before, no band this big ever has done something as bold. You can preorder their box set for a hefty price, with liner notes, vinyl, pretty pictures etc., and it’ll show up in your mailbox in December. Or, pay whatever you want to pay for the crystal clean and clear download. This is a band whose last album debuted at # 3 on the Billboard 200.

 

The frustration musicians are having with their labels continues to climb. Trent Reznor-- former front man for another mega-band Nine Inch Nails (who plan to split up) --encouraged people to download and use his music illegally when he was touring last month, after finding out what Universal was charging fans for his music in Australia.

 

Alternative models are emerging. Labels like Magnatune in Berkeley let you sample for free and pay any price between $5 and $18 for the whole album; it’s up to you. And 50% of the cash goes straight to the artist -- no labels, lawyers, or overhead.

 

Jane Siberry of Vancouver is part of a handful of small artists who sell directly. She suggests a price, but lets you pay now, pay later, pay more or pay less -- and the site even keep stats on it. The average track sells for more than if it was priced on iTunes.

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/10/02/couricandco/entry3321515.shtml

isn't is so that now that i have pre-ordered the discbox, I should get the download code automatically to my email in one of these days and I don't have to order the download separately?