Radiohead - In Rainbows

This looks like the best gig of all time to me.

Evidently you weren't at Glastonbury '97.

The In Rainbows material works really well live, I think. (if not better than on the album itself)

I love the way the drums sound, sort of soft and tactile; and in a lot of cases they sound "closer" to the listener (less reverb / panning) than the other parts of the song.

It actually reminds me of some idm (thinking of RDJ album) - drums and melody have these kind of parallel independent lives, rather than one serving the other.

The "Scotch Mist" show was on TMF last night, nice.

I'm listening to this/watching this now.

Did I already say they are the best live band in the world on this thread yet? And did I mention they are coming to my town? And do you know those fuckers will never be as good in the studio as they are live? Really I'm not quite sure why they even try.

They'd be great in the studio if they just stopped over producing everything.

I love this album more every time B0b L3fs3tz froths about it.

I think the uglier Thom Yorke gets, the more unshaven, the more "fell out of bed" his hair looks, the more I like it. I think he ought to really go the whole hog, grow out the beard/hair, do a bad 70's fashion thing, man. Then I'll really be happy.

Great as this album is, Radiohead are approaching oversaturation at the moment.

15 step sounds curiously nice at 33rpm

are they going to take four years dribbling out another one of these then?

^probably

I LOVE THE STICKERS YOU GET WHEN YOU BUY THE CD EVEN IF YOU ALREADY BOUGHT THE DOWNLOAD!

All my impulses to be a creative child were satisfied by realizing these stickers were there! You can peel them off and put them on a white piece of paper and wow! COLOURFUL ART ON YOUR WALL! I love it.

Only live versions of these songs suffice, now, though. Only live versions. I will not go to my grave before seeing them live again, mark my words.

http://www.gigwise.com/news/40672/emi-to-release-radiohead-greatest-hits-album

Ed O’Brien told Canadian music-TV presenter Strombo: “They’re planning to do a greatest hits for April, May to coincide with our tour. That’s an interesting one. We won’t be doing any promotion for that, obviously.”

Yeah, I wonder if that means they're not going to play any of the songs on the greatest hits...

not sure why they'd be "wrathful" or whatever about this. nice for them that they're breaking even.

I just started recently appreciating those bonus tracks!!!!

But live versions trump all.

It's impossible to get "4 Minute Warning" or "Down Is The New Up" out of my head once they start.

Also have they got an amazing drummer or WHAT?

...I'm still rather amused by imagining a parallel-o-verse where Radiohead have released a collection of Richie Blackmore covers.

TOPSY TURVY TOWN

I think this is, now, definitely my favourite Radiohead album. I still; think they're hideously overrated, though.

I actually want to listen to this from time to time; that's the deal-maker.

Anyone else pick up tickets for the US tour? My girlfriend and I snagged a decent pair of seats for Houston, May 17.

Though I will say, it baffles me that Radiohead can come up with a brilliant, barely tested way to distribute their album independently, for free and for profit simultaneously, and avoid all the major label bullshit - yet for concerts, they're still going with Ticketmaster without protest.

not on sale for the bay area yet, but I'll go this time; the hail to the thief show we saw in London four years ago was one of the best shows I've ever seen, certainly better than the last time I saw them, which was after Pablo Honey (yeah I'm dumb)

can't they just do like 10 shows at the warfield instead of sending me down to mountain view?

is that where it'll be? so terrible. I'd almost rather it just be at the fucking coliseum

Tickets went on sale yesterday, but I've been lazy.

first buy/'borrow' the download.
then buy the boxset.
then the proper cd in the shop.
now buy the bits !

Radiohead, iTunes and Garageband are giving fans the opportunity to remix the band's new single "Nude” at http://www.radioheadremix.com

To make remixing easy, the separate ‘stems’* from the song will be available to purchase from iTunes. The ‘stems’ available are bass, voice, guitar, strings/fx and drums. Fans can mix them in any way they like, either by adding their own beats and instrumentation, or just remixing the original parts.

Fans who purchase all five ‘stems’ from iTunes during the first week they're available, will be sent an access code to a GarageBand file ready to open in GarageBand or Logic. However, you don’t need GarageBand to do a remix, all the stems are available in iTunes Plus and compatible with several music software platforms.

Finished mixes can be uploaded to http://www.radioheadremix.com where the public will listen and vote for their favourite remix (voting ends May 1st). Fans can also create a widget allowing votes from their own website, Facebook or MySpace page to be counted as ‘mix votes’ back on radioheadremix.com.

Nude is out now in the UK on CD, 7” and download.

*‘stems’ are the component parts of the song.

these guys know how to make a buck -- nothing is wasted.

Fans can also create a widget allowing votes from their own website, Facebook or MySpace page to be counted as ‘mix votes’ back on radioheadremix.com.

Oh shit, if SCENE QUEEN HANNA BETH makes a remix this contest is OVER

EMI's Best Of tracklist :

Radiohead "Best of" is something you may recall we first talked about in February, when it emerged (via guitarist Ed O'Brien) that the Oxford quintet's former label EMI would be releasing one.

True to his word, a double compilation album of singles, a b-side and album songs from their 12-year back catalogue with the label, will surface billed as Radiohead: The Best Of.

Available as a two-CD set and a 4x12" vinyl package, EMI will release it on June 2nd to coincide with their UK and Ireland tour in the same month.

CD1 Tracklisting:

Just
Paranoid Android
Karma Police
Creep
No Surprises
High and Dry
My Iron Lung
There There
Lucky
Fake Plastic Trees
Idioteque
2+2 = 5
The Bends
Pyramid Song
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Everything In Its Right Place

CD2 Tracklisting:

Airbag
I Might Be Wrong
Go To Sleep
Let Down
Planet Telex
Exit Music (For A Film)
The National Anthem
Knives Out
Talk Show Host
You
Anyone Can Play Guitar
How To Disappear Completely
True Love Waits

Would've started disc 1 with 'Everything' myself.

yeah, it's pretty lame to charge for a remix kit.

No "Pop is dead"

Just listening to In Rainbows for the first time (and I'm going to have to finish later). I'm afraid I just conistently find Thom Yorke's singing too depressing.

yeah, it's pretty lame to charge for a remix kit.

considering the bands percieved understanding of the online world, i am amazed at this decision. its very weird, as surely they cant believe this is a money earner - and are they really that hard up after all the brilliance behind the marketing for the album proper they have to scratch around for the crumbs.
feels like someone has really cocked up with this suggesiton.
i mean several bands have done this remix competition type of groove, but i cant recall anyone charging for the stems (urgh).

if you get sued for pirating/sharing 1/5 of a song, do you pay 1/5 the fee?

thomas dobly vs radiohead

"THOMAS DOLBY REMIXES RADIOHEAD

80'S ICON 'SAT SHIVERING BY NORTH SEA' TO CRAFT ETHEREAL REMIX

(Suffolk, UK April 21st 2008) Influential electronic musician and early MTV icon Thomas Dolby has produced a stunning remix of Radiohead's current single 'Nude'. The dreamy, semi-ambient mix is reminiscent of Dolby's work as a collaborator with the likes of Joni Mitchell, Prefab Sprout and Joan Armatrading.

Continuing the innovative marketing approach for their album 'In Rainbows',
Radiohead has allowed users to download individual 'stems' of the song to create their own remix, and upload it for public listening and voting. Thomas Dolby has never met Radiohead, and his remix was unsolicited. Instead, he simply downloaded to song parts from iTunes for $0.99 each and created his own mix, submitting it to http://www.radioheadremix.com along with nearly 2000 other fans. Most of these remixers are amateur enthusiasts and virtually unknown, but Dolby is perhaps the best-known participant to date. He explains how it came about:

'I was trying out my new wireless router to see if I could get reception down on the beach in front of my house,' said Dolby. 'Sitting there shivering beside the North Sea with my laptop, huddled in a blanket and listening to Radiohead's 'Nude' stems on iTunes, with the waves lapping the shore and a crowd of seagulls fighting over a crab shell, I got an idea for a lovely remix.'

Entitled 'Nude (Bathing In The Icefloe Mix)' it is available for free at http://www.radioheadremix.com/remix/?id=1825. There are no plans to release it commercially. Thomas Dolby-these days often regarded as the original steampunk--made a return to touring last year after a hiatus of nearly 15 years. During this time his technology company Beatnik Inc was responsible for engineering the ringtone synthesiser embedded in nearly 800 million mobile phones made by Nokia and other manufacturers. In the mid-90's Beatnik also powered the first ever Web-wide remix contests for artists like Queen Latifah, Britney Spears, N'Sync and David Bowie. How does Dolby feel about being on the 'other end of the wire' and submitting his own Radiohead remix along with thousands of fans?

'Well as a fan myself I'm happy to pay homage to Radiohead just because I adore their music. But objectively, it's great that a band of their stature would open up their intricately crafted music to regular users. And I love the fact that anyone with affordable music software gets to have a go, and might end up with the most votes. It's a true meritocracy in this amazing age of YouTube and MySpace, where big record labels and stadium rock bands are on level playing field with the hordes of brilliant amateurs out there who have never had an audience of their own.'
"

Thomas Dolby-these days often regarded as the original steampunk

I have questions.

PR gumph aint it.
but the remix is rather nice it has to be said, now if only i could rip an MP3 out of the effing flash driven crap.

The dreamy, semi-ambient mix is reminiscent of Dolby's work as a collaborator with the likes of Joni Mitchell, Prefab Sprout and Joan Armatrading

I have also questions.

RESPECT THE SPROUT

yeah, but 'reminiscent of Joni Mitchell, Prefab Sprout and Joan Armatrading' ?

like, can't they just say "he has also worked with xxx in the past" ?

Meh, he hasn't done anything interesting with it, just shuffled it round a bit.

a-ha!

Radiohead says no more music freebies

By Mimi Turner

LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - It was a pivotal moment for the music industry which many thought sounded the death knell for recorded music sales, but Radiohead won't be repeating its initiative to let fans pay what they want for their downloads, The English rock band's frontman said Tuesday.

"I think it was a one-off response to a particular situation," Thom Yorke said of the band's decision last October to let viewers pay what they wanted for digital downloads of the new album "In Rainbows."

"Yes. It was a one-off in terms of a story. It was one of those things where we were in the position of everyone asking us what we were going to do. I don't think it would have the same significance now anyway, if we chose to give something away again. It was a moment in time," Yorke told the Hollywood Reporter.

Radiohead's decision to allow fans to pay into the online equivalent of an honesty box for the album came shortly after it walked away from troubled record label EMI, sparking acres of comment about the future direction of the music industry and the dwindling revenue pot from CD sales.

The band has remained quiet about whether the experiment was a success, with many fans thought to have downloaded the album without paying anything at all. "In Rainbows" was later released conventionally as a CD, and topped the U.S. and U.K. charts.

The groundbreaking move towards potentially free music has been adopted by a number of artists including Prince and Nine Inch Nails. Most recently fellow English rockers Coldplay said Monday that they would give away its new single "Violet Hill" free of charge, resulting in the group's Web site crashing the next day due to demand.

Nude, covered by printers, scanners and hard drives:

http://www.vimeo.com/1109226?pg=embed&sec=1109226

(actual song only starts after a minute or so)

That is very very very good.