Video: Radiohead - "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)"

Radiohead tribute to Harry Patch, Britain's only remaining veteran of WWI, who died in July at the age of 111

Leeds and Reading Festival Lineups Announced

Some highlights from the Leeds Festival
Radiohead
Kings Of Leon
Bloc Party
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Placebo
Vampire Weekend
Full Line Up Here


Some highlights from the Reading Festival
Kings Of Leon
Radiohead
Maximo Park
Fall Out Boy
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Placebo
Vampire Weekend
Brand New
Full Line Up Here

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Amplive's Radiohead Remix Album

After a cease & desist put the breaks on Amplive's Radiohead In Rainbows remix project, the online music community reasonably wondered if the tracks would ever see the light of day. Today comes an answer: they most definitely will. While the Oakland producer/DJ acknowledges that he probably should have contacted Radiohead (who were not involved in the project) to seek approval prior to making his interpretations publicly available, an agreement has been reached between all involved parties and Amplive has been granted permission to release Rainydayz Remixes for free to the general public. And guess what -- it's available now. Effective immediately, the eight-track record will be available for download in zip format at the below address:

ALBUM:

http://www.onesevensevensix.com/amplive/index.html

Rainydayz Remixes is composed exclusively of source material pulled from In Rainbows, re-envisioned by Amplive and complimented by vocal work from Too $hort, MC Zumbi of Zion I, Chali2na of Jurassic 5, Codany Holiday, and Del The Funky Homosapien. The highly-anticipated Del track, which can be downloaded below, is a hiccupping take on the devastatingly gorgeous, album-closing "Videotape."

MP3: Amplive - "Videotape (Remix Ft. Del The Funky Homosapien)”

http://www.onesevensevensix.com/download/AmpLive_Video_Tapez.mp3

Radiohead Tops The Billboard Charts

Radiohead has now officially taken surprised the hell out of the record labels by first giving away their album "In Rainbows" online (allowing fans to pay what they want) and by topping the Charts with the physical release.

How "In Rainbows" performed on the various charts
From the Wikipedia

Radiohead "In Rainbows" (Scotch Mist Version)

Radiohead - 15 Step (Scotch Mist Version)



Radiohead - Nude (Scotch Mist Version)


Watch the rest of the Radiohead videos here

Radiohead "In Rainbows" Performance on Current TV

Radiohead will perform the entire "In Rainbows" album on Current TV on New Years Eve. Check your local listings for time and channel.

"In Rainbows" is available in stores nationwide on Jan 1st.

So how much money did Radiohead make off "In Rainbows"?

From an interview David Byrne did with Thom Yorke for Wired Magazine

"In terms of digital income, we've made more money out of this record than out of all the other Radiohead albums put together, forever — in terms of anything on the Net. And that's nuts. It's partly due to the fact that EMI wasn't giving us any money for digital sales. All the contracts signed in a certain era have none of that stuff."

Radiohead Commercial to hit TVs on Monday

This is apparently the new Radiohead Commercial that is going to go live on TVs on Monday. The video comes straight from the Radiohead YouTube Channel.

Radiohead - In Rainbows - In Stores 01.01.08

New Music Video:: Radiohead - "Last Flowers (Live at the Basement)"

Have you downloaded the new Radiohead Album Yet?

You have until December 10th to purchase and download the new album "In Rainbows". After December 10th the band will be taking down the site and you will have to wait for the physical release on December 31st. (From the Radiohead site)

Radiohead's In Rainbows Remixed By Amplive

Amplive decided to pick apart the most buzzed about record of the year, immersed himself in the ten tracks, dissecting every second, breaking the work of Thom Yorke and company down to its rhythmic core. The result is Rainydayz Remixes, an eight-song collection of reworked tracks that each serves as its own testament to Amplive’s ability as a versatile producer with an uncanny ear for timing and texture.

Tracklist and more details to come, but in the meantime, check the sleek, starry remix of “Nude,” featuring a verse from Too Short.

Download “Nude (Amplive Remix ft. Too Short & Zion)” (Download Link)

Some Live Radiohead Videos

Radiohead - Bodysnatchers (thumbs down version)



Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place (thumbs down version)

The Future of the Music Industry & Deep Elm Records statement on illegal file sharing

""Illegal downloading is killing indie rock. The signs are everywhere: bands are giving up, indie labels are shutting their doors, mom and pop record stores are closing, new artist development opportunities have dried up and touring is way down. Why would anyone steal music...especially from independent bands and labels that only survive on selling very few records in the first place? Illegal downloading is not right...and it's against the law."

Deep Elm's owner John Szuch, along with label representatives from Revelation, Lookout, 31G and Ninja Tune, were recently interviewed by the Norwegian music press regarding illegal file sharing."
You can read the entire statement and interviews Here

Personally I think Labels need to grow up and prepare themselves for the future. Illegal downloading is just not going away. The major labels have spent millions on the RIAA and they have still been unable to stop illegal downloading.

Indie labels need to find ways to make illegal downloading work for them. The future for Labels will be in Merchandising & Concerts and the future for Bands will be in both Merchandising & Concerts.
Here is an example:

Drive-Thru Records signed Hellogoodbye in 2004 and released their EP free. The EP had millions of downloads from both the Drive-Thru Records site, countless music sites, blogs and illegal downloading sites. The band became huge in the emo pop punk scene and went on to appear in the MTV Austin Real World, won the MTV2 "Dew Circuit Breakout", recently headlined the Myspace Tour.

The label & the band made a ton of money off all kinds of Hellogoodbye apparel and the band went on to release a successful album that reached the top 20 on the Billboard and a single that dominated the latter half of 2006 and the early part of 2007. The artist has made more money off apparel and concerts then they probably have lost due to illegal downloading.

A more recent example would be Radiohead. The band made more money off there recent self release then they would have through a label and now they will go on to tour & play all the big festivals which will pay them top dollar to perform.

A label needs to learn to view the free downloads as not lost business but free marketing. Your going to have consumers who pay for the album and go see the band live and your going to have free marketers which will be those that downloaded the album illegally, shared it with their friends and in the end become consumers by going to see the band live and maybe buy a shirt.

In the future your going to see more deals like the Livenation/Madonna deal. This quote from LiveNation CEO Michael Rapino pretty much sums up the future of the music industry

"(talking about the Madonna deal) will be "cross collateralized" across dozens of products -- ticket sales, DVDs, books, t-shirts, clothing lines, streaming videos, private concerts. "Anything you can think of we can do," said Cohl, who runs tours for the Rolling Stones, among other acts.

"Make no mistake," said Rapino. "We are not getting into the record business. We are not building a system to sell 6-inch discs....We're a marketing and distribution company.""

Another Week Gone By and Radiohead Still Dominates on Last.fm

I think this makes it the 3rd consecutive week that Radiohead dominates the Last.fm top 10

Top Tracks for the week ending 18 Nov 2007

1		15 Step Radiohead	27,923 listeners 57,584 plays
2 1		Bodysnatchers Radiohead	26,364 listeners 53,246 plays
3 1		Nude Radiohead	26,185 listeners 55,609 plays
4		All I Need Radiohead	25,765 listeners 56,502 plays
5		Reckoner Radiohead	25,261 listeners 56,107 plays
6		Weird Fishes/Arpeggi Radiohead	24,571 listeners 50,746 plays
7		Faust Arp Radiohead	24,134 listeners 49,586 plays
8		Jigsaw Falling Into Place Radiohead	23,896 listeners 54,156 plays
9		House of Cards Radiohead	22,735 listeners 46,987 plays
10		Videotape Radiohead	22,017 listeners 46,863 plays

From Last.fm

Radiohead Out In Stores January 1st

On January 1, 2008, TBD Records/ATO Records Group will release in North America the physical version of Radiohead’s In Rainbows.

Released in download format earlier this year, In Rainbows has already received tremendous acclaim in the press. British music magazine Q wrote “In Rainbows is a brilliant work” while Rolling Stone said the album “delivers an emotional punch that proves all other rock stars owe us an apology.” New York magazine raved, “Radiohead has made their best music in years, maybe ever.”

Produced by Nigel Godrich, In Rainbows is the band’s seventh studio album and the follow-up to 2003’s RIAA certified Platinum Hail to the Thief.

Radiohead Still Dominates Top 10 on Last.fm

Songs have moved around a bit but the top ten songs still belong to Radiohead.

Top Tracks for the week ending 11 Nov 2007

1		15 Step Radiohead	31,314 listeners 64,237 plays
2		Nude Radiohead	29,688 listeners 62,405 plays
3		Bodysnatchers Radiohead	29,574 listeners 59,209 plays
4		All I Need Radiohead	29,081 listeners 62,958 plays
5		Reckoner Radiohead	28,173 listeners 61,519 plays
6		Weird Fishes/Arpeggi Radiohead	28,018 listeners 57,156 plays
7		Faust Arp Radiohead	27,104 listeners 54,533 plays
8		Jigsaw Falling Into Place Radiohead	26,728 listeners 58,483 plays
9		House of Cards Radiohead	25,824 listeners 52,326 plays
10		Videotape Radiohead	25,027 listeners 53,148 plays

Anberlin Covering Radiohead

Anberlin - Creep (Radiohead Cover)

Radiohead Dominates The Last.fm Community

Radiohead had the top 10 most played songs by Last.fm users last week.

Top Tracks for the week ending 28 Oct 2007

1		15 Step Radiohead	43,596 listeners 108,476 plays
2		Bodysnatchers Radiohead	41,693 listeners 99,379 plays
3		Nude Radiohead	41,615 listeners 104,668 plays
4		All I Need Radiohead	40,674 listeners 105,970 plays
5		Weird Fishes/Arpeggi Radiohead	39,576 listeners 97,568 plays
6		Reckoner Radiohead	39,144 listeners 103,040 plays
7		Faust Arp Radiohead	38,423 listeners 93,118 plays
8 1		Jigsaw Falling Into Place Radiohead	36,753 listeners 95,152 plays
9 1		House of Cards Radiohead	36,525 listeners 88,871 plays
10		Videotape Radiohead	35,381 listeners 89,366 plays

From Last.fm

Radiohead signs with XL Recordings for the release of "In Rainbows"

Looks like Radiohead will be releasing the physical cd of "In Rainbows" via British Label XL Recordings. Deal covers everything but North America which means the band will probably sign a separate deal with an American Label to cover the North American region. (via Billboard)

Radiohead To Tour In 2008

According to Billboard.com Radiohead will hit the road in 2008

""We plan to tour next year, starting in May through to probably the end of the year. With lots of holidays in that period," says Bryce Edge of Courtyard Management, the firm that manages the band.

"At the moment we are talking with our agents in North America and for the rest of the world, trying to get a schedule which works for the band and works financially," he adds."