musicscramble

So Radiohead have done it again. (What I consider are) the best band of our generation announced the completion of their new (8th) album today.

In 2007 the band confounded the world by announcing they had completed their 7th album In Rainbows and it was available in just 10 days time via download. Why did they do it this way? Well, they had recently completed their contract with EMI and refused to sign with another label claiming the record industry is mired in the traditional method of hype, advertising, lead singles, interviews and all the usual moves of an unstoppable “machine”. With the birth of the internet and more specifically MP3 files, the way music is listened to and distributed has changed forever; there was no need for Record Labels, traditional distribution models and fat profit percentages. Continue reading →