Stanley Donwood decided to ditch the artwork for ‘In Rainbows’ just before the album’s download-only release on October 10, he said on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme
Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood, the band’s regular visual collaborator and university friend of Thom Yorke, confirmed he had designed artwork for the new album but the group had [...]
Radiohead is close to signing a series of deals to release its next album, ‘In Rainbows’ independently and leave the major record companies behind.According to The New York Times, the band is close to a deal to release the CD version of the album in North America through a pact with the music complex headed [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 17 so far )Despite the fact that the new Radiohead album ‘In Rainbows’ was practically free for those who wouldn’t want to pay for it, the 10 new tracks were still downloaded illegally on peer-to-peer networks.
According to reports from Forbes and ARS, once the album became available at inrainbows.com, it spilled immediately onto P2P networks, primarily BitTorrent. [...]
Radiohead’s new album ‘In Rainbows’ was not eligible for the charts to record the sales of the album, since Radiohead offered the download on their own site with the unique pricing system.
Besides the estimated 1.2 millions copies sold for about another estimated average of £2.50 to £4 ($5-$8)… we do have some interesting numbers [...]
Remember October 1st? The day Radiohead.com suffered from the enormous response of all Radiohead fans to order their copies of new album ‘In Rainbows’. And we actually all wondered how Radiohead were actually going to handle the actual downloads 10 days later. But the speed of the downloads were surprisingly fast for most customers. Here’s [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )The response to Radiohead’s digital release of new album ‘In Rainbows’ has been overwhelming. InRainbows.com had dificulties loading, while quite a number of people were still waiting to get their 10 tracks. Makes you wonder how many copies were actually sold.
The band and their long-term management company Courtyard Management have remained tight lipped about [...]
Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’ is now available for download. The first emails with an activation code to download the 10 new tracks were received around 7am (UK time). The first reviews of ‘In Rainbows’ are coming in.
The Times: “In Rainbows compounds their stance. In time you’ll scoot to your favourites on In Rainbows – in [...]
On the eve of Radiohead’s online release of ‘In Rainbows’, it looks like more artists, that are currently without a label, will be following Radiohead’s example.
Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor has announced that he leaves his label for independence. Suggesting that he’ll continue his musical career in the same vein as Radiohead, Reznor announced that [...]
The download of Radiohead’s new album ‘In Rainbows’ will be available tomorrow morning (UK time). It’s been rumoured that the 10 tracks are available around 10am.
The download of ‘In Rainbows’ is DRM-free, which means the tracks are not copy protected. However, the mp3’s which will be sent out in zip file are in medium quality.
As [...]
Now it’s clear that Radiohead’s release of new album ‘In Rainbows’ will not only be available at InRainbows.com, but also a physical release on a record label, rumours have been floating around on which label Radiohead will sign to.
Billboard thinks that the record will actually get release before the end of the year and that [...]
