From businessweek.com: "I've written elsewhere about how I don't much care for Radiohead's music. But what they're doing with the selling of their just-announced new album is nothing short of brilliant.

For starters: Radiohead--probably the biggest unsigned band in the world--is putting out said album, In Rainbows, without any record label. For another: If you want to buy a digital download of the album, you go to Radiohead's Web site and pay . . . whatever price you want to pay.

Getting physical copies of In Rainbows does cost something, but for a high price one gets a pretty luxe package."

This rocks! I've been waiting for 6 or 7 years for a band to make this move! I am going to order the new album on vinyl, not only to enjoy it but to support them for this bold initiative.

Here it comes! At long last, the death of the (mafia-controlled, monopolized) music industry!!!

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01 October 2007  |   permalink