New EMI owners caused record label split

Posted on December 2nd, 2007.

Radiohead refused to sign a new deal with EMI when the company went under new management.  Ed O’Brien claims that new owner of EMI, Guy Hands,  prevented them from signing a new deal.
Radiohead ended their long association with the company earlier this year and decided to find other partners to release their seventh album [...]

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EMI removes Radiohead ‘Rainbow’ ad

Posted on November 13th, 2007.

Tension between Radiohead and EMI was highlighted again today when the band’s former label removed a misleading ad for the group’s back catalogue from the internet.
Until the end of last week, anyone typing in Radiohead into Google would be met with a paid-for ad at the top of the search results reading: “Radiohead - New [...]

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Radiohead not involved in Box Set release

Posted on November 7th, 2007.

As Parlophone/EMI sent out emails last Monday announcing the release of the carreer-spanning album box, USB stick and DRM-free downloads (apart from ‘In Rainbows’ obviously), fans wondered about Radiohead’s role in this. The announcement which started with ‘Radiohead are releasing…’ was later in the day changed to ‘EMI/Parlophone are releasing…’.
On Monday, Boing Boing posted [...]

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EMI to release 7 CD Radiohead Box Set

Posted on November 5th, 2007.

Following the annoucement to release Radiohead’s new album ‘In Rainbows’ through XL Recordings in Europe, Radiohead’s previous label (EMI/Parlophone) is going to re-release all other albums in 7 CD Box Set, a USB Stick and as a digital bundle on December 10th exclusivily through www.radioheadstore.com.
All six of Radiohead’s Parlophone studio albums (‘Pablo Honey’, ‘The Bends’, [...]

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Radiohead generation believes music is free

Posted on October 8th, 2007.

It’s been a week since Radiohead have announced the unconventional release of new album ‘In Rainbows’, which is already available as a download this Wednesday. The press have put out some interesting articles on how Radiohead have shocked the music industry.
The Telegraph wrote on how the music industry has changed in these digital times and [...]

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Industry: Radiohead will sign with ATO or Warner

Posted on October 5th, 2007.

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 [...]

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Radiohead negotiate ‘In Rainbows’ label release

Posted on October 2nd, 2007.

Despite the revolutionary annoucement yesterday of Radiohead’s new album release through their website, it doesn’t mean that the band will remain label-less. There’s still a big chance ‘In Rainbows‘ will be available in record stores early next year.
As LA Times reports; In the coming weeks, Courtyard Management, which represents the band, will reportedly negotiate with [...]

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Radiohead catalogue high quality downloads

Posted on September 18th, 2007.

As of today, you can finally download the full Radiohead catalogue in high quality through ateaseweb.com. The catalogue consists of all of Radiohead’s albums plus  a large number of singles, available in the 320 Kbps, DRM-free MP3 format.
You can download the tracks through the Download Store at ateaseweb.com, which is powered by 7digital. EMI, Radiohead’s [...]

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Pre-order your copy of Radiohead’s LP7…

Posted on February 10th, 2007.

…or not? Amazon is listing the new Radiohead album for release on August 6th 2007 through EMI.
Maybe nothing to take too seriously, but the first actual date that has popped up since recordings for the new album started or whatever they’re doing over there. For now, we just call the album ‘No Image Available’… pre-order [...]

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Observer interview with Thom Yorke online

Posted on June 18th, 2006.

Is there a future for Radiohead - or for the planet? When your fans are counted in the millions, and include leading politicians of every hue, the pressures can tell. In his most personal interview ever, Thom Yorke talks to Craig McLean about how the band nearly split, their carbon imprint, the death of David [...]

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