The New York Times have an interview with Radiohead online, featuring mp3 samples of the interview and new photos of the band. A big part of the interview is – of course – about the ‘Pay What You Want’- release of ‘In Rainbows’, but also about the recording process of Radiohead’s seventh album.
The Internet had already witnessed much of the gestation of “In Rainbows,” as Radiohead tested songs in public, knowing they would be bootlegged immediately. “The first time we ever did ‘All I Need,’ boom! It was up on YouTube,” Mr. Yorke said. “I think it’s fantastic. The instant you finish something, you’re really excited about it, you’re really proud of it, you hope someone’s heard it, and then, by God, they have. It’s O.K. because it’s on a phone or a video recorder. It’s a bogus recording, but the spirit of the song is there, and that’s good. At that stage that’s all you need to worry about.”
Read it in full at NYTimes.com
Radiohead news on this day..
- Radiohead to play Les Arenes in Nimes, France – 2011
- ‘Paranoid Android’ tops Ultimate Radiohead Top 20 – 2007
- Tonight: The Ultimate Radiohead Top 20 – 2007
- Too $hort on Amplive ‘In Rainbows’ remix album – 2007
- Download & print a 2008 Radiohead calendar – 2007
- NME: ‘The Eraser’ 15th best album of the year – 2006
- Coldplay still Radiohead light – 2005
- New Radiohead.com frontpage – 2004
- B-sides album to be released? – 2003
- OK Computer featured in USA Today Top 40 – 2003
