October 11, 2007

Radiohead - And Then This Happens

by Piers Fawkes

radioheadThe thing about offering your album for next to nothing is that everyone downloads it, listens to it and then discusses it online. We’ve never seen Wired ever take time to discuss “which track is best” on their blog before - and without the freedom of the music, it would have never happened.

Radiohead’s In Rainbow

Wired’s Listening Post

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One Response to “Radiohead - And Then This Happens”

  1. Christine Huang
    Posted from: 66.151.115.66

    October 11th, 2007 at 12:03 pm

    Yesterday, at least ten of my instant messaging contacts were making reference to “In Rainbows” in their status away messages. I’ve never seen so much buzz about an album release across people of such different tastes.

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